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GOWANSCS COSMOPOLITAN LIBRARY. NO. 5
French Section
THE TWELVE BEST SHORT STORIES
IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
THE TWELVE BEST
SHORT STORIES
IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
SELECTED BY
AUGUSTE DORCHAIN
GOWANS & GRAY, LTD.
5 ROBERT STREET, ADELPHI, LONDON, W.C.
58 CADOGAN STREET, GLASGOW
1915
_First Edition, Demy 8vo, June, 1915._
_Second Edition, Small Fcap. 8vo, September, 1915._