# The Life and Writings of Alexandre Dumas/Appendix C

APPENDIX C
List of Books by Dumas or Attributed to him, with their Approximate Dates of Publication and Remarks on their Authenticity.
It is almost impossible for any student of Dumas to compile a perfectly exhaustive and accurate bibliographical list of his works. They were published, some in Paris, some in Brussels, in varying forms and with different titles, and the works of reference available for our purpose are incomplete. Even the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, has not a complete set of his works. But for the use of the ordinary reader the following table will be found adequate. It is based on the list of Dumas's works as given by Calmann-Lévy, the authorised publishers, with one or two additions, and is prepared from the notes afforded by Glinel, Parran and Quérard, supplemented by the information supplied in Dumas's various autobiographical writings and in the biographical sketches on Dumas, etc., and by our own researches and information privately supplied to us. For the comments respecting the genuineness or otherwise of the books the writer is, of course, solely responsible, although in most cases his opinion is that of the majority of the impartial critics who have dealt with the subject. For the convenience of readers those books not ordinarily accessible in English are printed in italics, and to facilitate reference the works are given in alphabetical rather than chronological order.
Several of the dates have been kindly supplied by M.M. Calmann-Lévy.
Romances and Autobiographical Works.
| Name of Book. | Year of Publication. | Remarks re Authenticity, etc. |
| Acté | 1839 | Mainly Dumas's, but probably finished by an assistant. |
| Amaury | 1844 | (?) Written by P. Meurice, probably under Dumas's supervision. |
| Ange Pitou (or "Taking the Bastille") | 1853 | For explanation of the abrupt end see Part III. We believe that this book is solely Dumas's. |
| Ascanio | 1843 | Dumas, in collaboration with Meurice. |
| Une Aventure d'Amour | 1862 | Dumas. This volume also contains "Herminie" or "Une Amazone." |
| Les Aventures de John Davys | 1840 | Stated by Thackeray to be half original, half derived from an anonymous work. |
| Aventures de Lyderic | 1842 | The story of Siegfried. See "Le Bouillie," etc. |
| Le Bátard de Mauléon | 1846 | In collaboration with Maquet, who finished the romance. |
| Black | 1858 |
| Les Blanc et les Bleus | 1867-8-9? | Dumas's last work. Contains "The Eighth Crusade." |
| La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe | 1844 | A fairy-tale for children. Followed, in Calmann-Lévy, by "Aventures de Lyderic." |
| La Boule de Neige ("The Snowball") | 1853 | Written by Dumas from Marlinsky. |
| Bric-à-Brac | 1861 | Fugitive papers and autobiographical "mems." |
| Un Cadet de Famille | 1860 | A translation, at the direction of Dumas, of Trelawney's "Adventures of a Younger Son." ​ |
| Le Capitaine Pamphile | 1840 | Written by Dumas for a children's journal. |
| Le Capitaine Paul (Jones) | 1832 | Dumas's sequel to Fenimore Cooper's "Pilot." |
| Le Capitaine Richard | 1858 | Undoubtedly Dumas. |
| Catherine Blum | 1854 | Said to have been suggested by Iffland's "Gardes Forestiers." Dumas. Translation out of print. |
| Causeries | 1860 | A collection of autobiographia, jeux d'esprit and sporting sketches. Contains also D.'s impressions of England. |
| Cecile, or Le Robe de Noce | 1843 | Probably mainly by a collaborator. |
| Le Chasse au Chastre | 1841 | Dumas. Included in the "Impressions de Voyage" ("Le Midi de la France"). |
| Le Chasseur de Sauvagine | 1859 | Probably written by Dumas from a story supplied by the Comte de Cherville. |
| Le Chateau D'Eppstein | 1844 | According to Dumas, narrated to him in 1841. Probably not his. |
| Le Chevalier D'Harmenthal (or "The Conspirators") | 1843 | Dumas, with the assistance of Maquet. |
| Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge | 1846 | Ditto. See "Mémoires d'un Médecin." |
| Le Collier de la Reine | 1849-50 | Ditto. |
| La Colombe | 1851 | Dumas. Bound with "Maître Adam le Calabrais" (C. L.). |
| Les Compagnons de Jehu | 1857 | Dumas. Probably with Paul Bocage's assistance. |
| Le Comte de Monte Cristo | 1844 | Dumas, with the assistance of Maquet. ​ |
| *Le Comte de Moret | 1866 | Dumas. Not available either in French or English. |
| La Comtesse de Charny | 1853-5 | Dumas alone. See "Mémories d'un Médecin." |
| La Comtesse de Salisbury | 1839 | First chapter fiction; the rest a mere chronique of history. |
| Les Confessions de la Marquise | 1857 | Part of a version of the "Mémoires de Madame du Deffand." Not by Dumas. |
| Conscience l'Innocent "or l'Enfant" | 1853 | Written by Dumas on the basis of some chapters in Hendrik Conscience's "Conscrit." |
| *Crimes Célèbres | 1839-40 | Under the editorship of Dumas, and most of the articles written by him. (See Part III.). |
| La Dame de Monsoreau ("Chicot the Jester") | 1846 | Dumas, with the assistance of Maquet. See "Les Quarante-Cinq." Not a sequel to "La Reine Margot." |
| La Dame de Volupté | 1863 | From the "Mémoires de Mdlle. de Luynes." Unlikely to be by Dumas. |
| Les Deux Diane | 1846-7 | It is said that Dumas, in a letter written to Meurice in 1865, gives that ex-collaborator the entire "honours" of this historical romance. He probably dictated the plot, however. The same no doubt applies to "Le Page du Duc de Savoie." |
| Les Deux Reines | 1864 | Sequel to "La Dame de Volupté." |
| Dieu dispose | 1852 | Dumas. Sequel to "Le Trou de l'Enfer." ​ |
| Le Docteur Mystérieux | 1872 | Dumas. Published in book form posthumously. See "La Fille du Marquis." |
| Emma Lyonna | 1865 | Sequel to "La San Felice." "Emma" is Lady Hamilton, on whose reputed Memoirs Dumas is said to have based the work. |
| La Femme au Collier de Velours | 1851 | Dumas. "After" Hoffman. |
| Fernande | 1844 | Not Dumas. Claimed by H. Auger. |
| La Fille du Marquis | 1872 | Sequel to "Le Docteur Mystérieux." |
| Une Fille du Régent | 1845 | Dumas with Maquet's assistance. |
| Le Fils du Forçat | 1860 | Dumas in collaboration with an anonymous assistant. |
| Les Frères Corses | 1845 | Undoubtedly Dumas. With this (in C.-L.) is bound "Otho l'Archer." |
| Gabriel Lambert | 1844 | Either based on fact as alleged, or on a story supplied to Dumas. |
| Georges | 1843 | Attributed by some to Mallefille. Much more probably by Dumas with Mallefille's assistance. |
| La Guerre des Femmes (Nanon) | 1845-6 | Dumas with Maquet's assistance. |
| Histoire de mes Bêtes | 1868 | Dumas chatting on pets, servants, etc.: with some autobiographical episodes. |
| Histoire d'un Casse-Noisette | 1844 | Translated and adapted from Hoffman's book of that name. ​ |
| L'Homme aux Contes | 1858 | Collection of translations of fairy-tales from other languages. |
| L'Horoscope | 1858 | Little more than a fragment, but undisputably Dumas. |
| L'Ile de Feu | 1870 | Dumas, probably in collaboration with an "assistant" who knew Java. |
| Ingénue | 1854 | Dumas. Said to have been written with Maquet, but this is unlikely. |
| Isaac Laquedem | 1853 | Little more than a fragment. Stopped by the Censor. Dumas's own work. |
| Isabel de Bavière | 1836 | A series of scenes selected, dramatised and vitalised with dialogue from Barante's "Histoire des Ducs de Bourgoyne." Translation out of print. |
| Jacques Ortis | 1839 | A translation, said to be by Fiorentino, of a work by Ugo Foscolo. |
| Jacquot sans Oreilles | 1859-60 | Said to have been "given" to Dumas: certainly not by him. |
| Jane | 1863 | From the Russian of Marlinsky. Contains also "Un coup de feu" and "Le faiseur de cerceuils" (both also from the Russian). |
| Les Louves de Machecoul | 1859 | Dumas. Probably with an assistant. |
| Madame de Chamblay | 1863 | Doubtful. Attributed to Octave Feuillet. |
| La Maison de Glace | 1860 | Translated from the Russian. ​ |
| Maître Adam le Calabrais | 1840 | Unquestionably Dumas. Bound with "La Colombe." Collaborator: Fiorentino. |
| Les Mariages de Père Olifus | 1850 | Dumas. From materials obtained during a visit to Holland. |
| Le Marquis d'Escoman (Drames Galantes) | 1861 | Not by Dumas. |
| Mémoires d'un Aveugle | 1856-7 | A version of the "Mémoires de Madame du Deffand." See "Les Confessions de la Marquise." Not by Dumas. |
| Les Mémoires d'un Médecin ("The Memoirs of a Physician") | 1847 | Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. (Sequels: "Le Collier de la Reine," "Ange Pitou," "La Comtesse de Charny" and "Chevalier de Maison-Rouge." |
| Le Meneur de Loups | 1857 | Dumas. A tale of Villers-Cotterets. |
| Mes Mémoires | 1852-4 | The story of his life, 1802-32. |
| *Mémoires d'Horace | 1860 | Not now accessible. |
| Les Milles-et-un Fantomes | 1849 | Said to have been in collaboration with Paul Bocage. A treatise on the horrible, rather than a story. |
| Les Mohicans de Paris | 1854-5 | Dumas in collaboration with Bocage. Translation now out of print. Followed by "Salvator." |
| Les Morts vont vite | 1861 | "Appreciations" of Chateaubriand, le Duc et Duchesse D'Orléans, Béranger, Sue, De Musset, etc., by Dumas. |
| Une Nuit à Florence | 1861 | Dumas. ​ |
| Olympe de Clèves | 1852 | It is asserted that Maquet was a collaborator with Dumas in this work. If so, his share was small. |
| Le Page du Duc de Savoie | 1855 | See "Les Deux Diane." |
| Parisiens et Provinciaux | 1864 | Dumas, in collaboration with the Comte de Cherville. |
| Pascal Bruno | 1838 | Dumas. Bound with "Pauline" (C. L.) |
| Le Pasteur d'Ashbourn | 1853 | Not by Dumas. At most, rewritten by him from an English story, or a German story with an English locale. |
| Pauline | 1838 | Dumas. First indications appeared in his Swiss "Impressions de Voyage." |
| Le Père Gigogne | 1860 | Chiefly, if not entirely, translations of fairy tales from foreign authors, introduced by "Le Lièvre de mon grandpère," told to Dumas by de Cherville. One story which bears the undoubted stamp of our author's style is "La Jeunesse de Pierrot." |
| Le Père la Ruine | 1860 | Probably written with de Cherville. |
| Le Prince des Voleurs and Robin Hood le Proscrit | 1872 1873 | Not Dumas. Probably translations of some English stories. |
| La Princesse de Monaco | 1854 | Not by Dumas. The title-page announces the book as "recueilli" par Alexandre Dumas. |
| La Princesse Flora | 1863 | Translated from Marlinsky. ​ |
| Les Quarante-Cinq ("The Forty-Five Guardsmen") | 1848 | Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. The concluding portion dictated to his son. |
| La Reine Margot ("Marguerite of Valois") | 1845 | Dumas, with Maquet. This book has no sequel. |
| El Saltéador (In Dent's edition "The Brigand") | 1854 | In a prefatory note to this romance in the "Mousquetaire," Dumas disavows the authorship. Nevertheless it is probably by him and one of his 'prentices. |
| Salvator | 1855-9 | Dumas, with Bocage. See "Les Mohicans de Paris." |
| La San Felice | 1864-5 | Probed to be by Dumas. His only long untranslated romance. Followed by "Emma Lyonna" and "Souvenirs d'un Favorite." |
| Souvenirs d'Antony | 1835 | A collection of short stories by Dumas, previously published—called after the hero of the famous play, Antony figuring in one of them, "Le Bal Masqué." The others are "Le Cocher de Cabriolet," "Blanche de Beaulieu" (or "Le Rose Rouge"), "Cherubino et Celestini," "Bernard," "Dom Martyns de Freytas," and "Le Curé Chambard." Of the untranslated ones "Cherubino et Celestini" is the most important. ​ |
| Souvenirs Dramatiques | 1868 | Collection of articles by Dumas: dramatic criticisms, essays on the theatre and the State, etc., including "William Shakespeare," "Mon Odyssée à la Comédie Française," and a report of the "special commission" of 1849 (of which Dumas was a member) on the question of the censorship. |
| Souvenirs d'un Favorite | 1865 | See "La San Felice" and "Emma Lyonna." |
| Sultanetta | 1859 | Dumas's version of a Russian story by Marlinsky. |
| Sylvandire | 1844 | Dumas with Maquet's assistance. |
| La Terreur Prussienne | 1867 | The thread of fiction is only slight. Dumas treats chiefly of Frankfort during the Prusso-Austrian War of 1866. |
| Le Testament de M. Chauvelin | 1861 | Dumas, and partly autobiographical. This volume in C.-L. also contains "Don Bernardo de Zuniga." |
| Les Trois Mousquetaires | 1841 | Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. Founded on Coutils de Sandraz's "Mémoires de D'Artagnan." Sequels: "Vingt Ans Après" and "Le Vicomte de Bragelonne." |
| Le Trou de l'Enfer | 1850-1 | Dumas, possibly with Gérard de Nerval or some other 'prentice acquainted with Germany. Sequel, "Dieu dispose," probably Dumas's alone. ​ |
| La Tulipe Noire | 1850 | Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. |
| Le Vicomte de Bragelonne | 1848-50 | Dumas, with Maquet. Based on material taken from Madame de la Fayette's "Histoire d'Henriette d'Angleterre." See "Les Trois Mousquetaires." |
| Une Vie d'Artiste | 1854 | Dumas's account of the early struggles of the comedian Mélingue, the creator of the stage "D'Artagnan." |
| Vingt Ans Après ("Twenty Years After") | 1845 | Dumas, with Maquet. See "Les Trois Mousquetaires." |
History, Biography, etc.
| Name of Book. | Year of Publication. | Remarks re Authenticity, etc. |
| Charles le Téméraire | 1859 | Historical sketch of Charles the bold of Burgundy. |
| Les Drame de '93 | 1851-2 | See "Louis XIV. et Son Siècle."" |
| Les Drames de la Mer | 1852 | Includes "Boutikoë," "Le Capitaine Marion," "La Junon" and "Le Kent." Stories of shipwreck and other sea-adventures. |
| Filles, Lorettes et Courtisanes | 1873 | "Les Serpents" is included in this volume. |
| Les Garibaldiens | 1861 | Dumas's "despatches from the seat of war" during Garibaldi's progress from Sicily to Naples, 1860. |
| Gaule et France | 1853 | A rapid survey of French history from the earliest time, ending with a remarkable prophecy as to the future. ​ |
| Les Grand Hommes en Robe-de-chambre: | | Part of a scheme for a series of biographies of great men from the earliest to the latest period, written from a new point of view. |
| César | 1857-8 | Part of a scheme for a series of biographies of great men from the earliest to the latest period, written from a new point of view. |
| Henri IV. | 1866 | Part of a scheme for a series of biographies of great men from the earliest to the latest period, written from a new point of view. |
| Louis XIII., et Richelieu | 1866 | Part of a scheme for a series of biographies of great men from the earliest to the latest period, written from a new point of view. |
| *Histoire des Bourbons | 1863 | Originally written in Italian, "I Borboni di Napoli." |
| Histoire de Louis Philippe | 1852 | or "Histoire de Dix-Huit Ans" (1830-48), published in 1853, and again, "Le Dernier Roi." |
| Les Hommes de Fer | 1867 | A republished collection of "studies" of Pépin, Charlemagne, etc. |
| Italiens et Flamands | 1846 | Appreciative sketches of painters—Andrea del Sarto, Botticelli, Holbein, Dürer, etc., etc. |
| Jehanne la Pucelle | 1842 | A "chronique" of Joan of Arc. |
| Louis XIV. et Son Siècle | 1844-45 | The first of a series of "historical eras" which ended with the "Drame de '93." Dumas's most important historical work. |
| Louis XV. et sa Cour | 1849 | The series continues ("Le Régence" intervening). |
| Louis XVI. et la Révolution | 1850-1 | Ditto: followed by the last of the series, "'93." |
| Les Medicis | 1845 | Should be read in connection with "Trois Maitres" and "Italiens et Flamands." |
| Mémoires de Garibaldi | 1860 | An account of Garibaldi's exploits in S. America, written by Dumas from materials afforded by Garibaldi himself. |
| *Mémoires de Talma | 1850 | Written by Dumas from materials left by Talma. ​ |
| Mémoires d'Horace | 1860 | Not now accessible in English or French. |
| Napoléon | 1839 | A picturesque biography. |
| La Régence | 1849 | See "Louis XIV. et son Siècle." |
| Les Stuarts | 1840 | Not a trustworthy work. Contains lengthy extracts from Scott's "Abbot," etc. |
| Trois Maîtres | 1862 | The three masters are Michael Angelo, Titian and Raphaël. See "Italiens et Flamands" and "Les Medicis." |
Travels.
| Name of Book. | Year of Publication. | Remarks re Authenticity, etc. |
| Une Année à Florence | 1841 | See "Le Midi de la France." |
| L'Arabie Heureuse | 1860 | By Haji 'ahd el Hamid Bey. Published by Dumas's assistance. |
| Les Baleiniers | 1861 | The travels of Dr Felix Maynard, published by Dumas. |
| Le Capitaine Arena | 1842 | Account of a voyage round Sicily, etc. See "Le Speronare." |
| Le Caucase | 1859 | Sequel to the Russian "Impressions." |
| Le Corricolo | 1843 | Impressions of Naples. Written with Fiorentino. |
| De Paris à Cadix | 1848 | Letters from Spain, describing Dumas's tour in 1846. See "Le Véloce." |
| Excursions sur les Bord du Rhin | 1841 | Belgium and the Rhine. Possibly with Gérard de Nerval, Dumas's companion. ​ |
| Un Gil Blas en Californie | 1852 | Published by Dumas, with an introduction by him. |
| Impressions de Voyage en Russie | 1860 and '65 | Followed by "Le Caucase." |
| Impressions de Voyage en Suisse | 1833 | Dumas's first book of travel, thought by many to be his best. |
| Mémoires d'un Maître d'Armes | 1840 | Classified by Calmann-Lévy as "travels." Dumas edited his friend Grisier's impressions of St. Petersburg, etc. There is a slight element of narrative. |
| Le Midi de la France | 1841 | Followed by "Une Année à Florence" and "La Villa Palmieri." This book concludes with "La Chasse au Chastre." |
| Un Pays Inconnu | 1865 | Not Dumas. Notes on Brazilian travel by another hand. |
| Quinze Jours au Sinaï | 1839 | Written by Dumas from notes by Baron Taylor, and drawings by Dauzats. |
| Le Speronare | 1842 | Impressions of Sicily. Written with the help of Fiorentino. Followed by "Capitaine Arena" and "Le Corricolo." |
| Le Véloce | 1848 | Account of Dumas's visit to Tangiers, Algiers and Tunis, etc. Sequel to "De Paris à Cadix." |
| La Vie au Désert | 1860 | Simply a translation of R. G. Gordon-Cumming's book on the adventures of a lion hunter in Africa. ​ |
| La Villa Palmieri | 1843 | Souvenirs of Florence. See "Une Année à Florence." Contains "Un Alchimiste du Dix-Neuvième Siècle." |
The sixty-six plays are issued in twenty-five one-franc volumes, or fifteen volumes at 3 f. 50 c., by MM. Calmann-Lévy, as follows:—
* Tome I$^{er}$.—Comment je devins auteur dramatique.—La Chasse et l'Amour.—La Noce et l'Enterrement.—Henri III. et sa Cour.—Christine.
* Tome II.—Napoléon Bonaparte.—Antony.—Charles VII, chez ses grands vassaux.
* Tome III.—Richard Darlington.—Teresa.—Le Mari de la Veuve.
* Tome IV.—La Tour de Nesle.—Angèle.—Catherine Howard.
* Tome V.—Don Juan de Marana.—Kean.—Piquillo.
* Tome VI.—Caligula.—Paul Jones.—L'Alchimiste.
* Tome VII.—Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle.—Un Mariage sous Louis XV.—Lorenzino.
* Tome VIII.—Halifax.—Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr.—Louise Bernard.
* Tome IX.—Le Laird de Dumbiki.—Une Fille du Régent.
* Tome X.—La Reine Margot.—Intrigue et Amour.
* Tome XI.—Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge.—Hamlet.—Le Cachemire vert.
* Tome XII.—Monte-Cristo (1$^{re}$ partie).—Monte-Cristo (2$^e$ partie).
* Tome XIII.—Le Comte de Morcerf (3$^e$ partie de Monte-Cristo).—Villefort (4$^e$ partie de Monte-Cristo).
* Tome XIV.—La Jeunesse des Mousquetaires.—Les Mousquetaires.
* Tome XV.—Catilina.—Le Chevalier d'Harmental.
* Tome XVI.—La Guerre des Femmes.—Le Comte Hermann.—Trois Entr'actes pour l'Amour médecin.
* Tome XVII.—Urbain Grandier.—Le Vingt-Quatre Février.—La Chasse au chastre. ​
* Tome XVIII.—La Barrière de Clichy.—Le Vampire.
* Tome XIX.—Romulus.—La Jeunesse de Louis XIV.—Le Marbrier.
* Tome XX.—La Conscience.—L'Orestie.—La Tour Saint-Jacques.
* Tome XXI.—Le Verrou de la Reine.—L'Invitation à la valse.—Les Forestiers.
* Tome XXII.—L.'Honneur est satisfait.—Le Roman d'Elvire.—L'Envers d'une conspiration.
* Tome XXIII.—Le Gentilhomme de la Montagne.—La Dame de Monsoreau.
* Tome XXIV.—Les Mohicans de Paris.—Gabriel Lambert.
* Tome XXV.—Madame de Chamblay.—Les Blancs et les Bleus.—Simples lettres sur l'Art dramatique.
* (Maurel adds: "Les Frères Corses," and "Pauline," but there is no record of their public production.)
* ↑ Those books starred thus * are the only ones not included in the Calmann-Lévy series.
* ↑ A translation by the writer will shortly be published.