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le Figaro, 1884, French AND English?

From: Andrew Nash <anash~at~julesverne.ca>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:49:52 -0500
To: jvforum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

I have recently added a copy of the 1884 le Figaro Illustre Supplement to
my collection.
It contains the short story "Frritt-Flacc".

But what seems to be undocumented, is that my copy contains 9 pages of ads,
ALL in French while the text of ALL the stories are in English.

All the English bibliographies I have consulted, mention the 1892
(July) Strand publication of Dr Trifulgas as the first English
translation of Frritt-Flacc. Well..le Figaro of 1884 (Dec) seems to have
that beat by 8 years!

French bibliographies I have consulted mention the publication of
Frritt-Flacc in le Figaro, but fail to mention that it is in English....
SO, Can someone confirm that le Figaro was published in French AND English!
Merci,
Andrew Nash
www.julesverne.ca
Received on Wed 19 Jan 2005 - 07:11:27 IST

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