Tales for a Stormy Night.
Subtitle: Translations from the French of Tourguéneff, Balzac, Merimée, Alphonse Daudet.
By: Translations from the French of Tourguéneff, Balzac, Merimée, Alphonse Daudet
Contributors: Longworth, Susan Walker, tr.; Storer, Maria Longworth, tr.; Bliss, Eugene F. (Eugene Frederick), tr. (editor)
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Robert Clarke & Co.
Published: 1891
Place of publication: Cincinnati
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 279
Copyright date: 1891
Subjects: Fiction -Russian; Fiction French
Genres: Ghost Stories
First sentence: I COULD not sleep, and tossed on my bed from one side to the other.
Description: A collection of ghost stories and stories of the supernatural translated from French and Russian.
Notes: The editor of this book was Eugene F. Bliss although he is not credited. He mentions in the Preface that the editor is also one of the translators and refers to the editor as "himself". As only one of the translators is a male this make it obvious that he is the editor. It is also mentioned in "Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-192" by Charles Frederic Goss on page 494 that Bliss is the editor of this volume. Bliss mentions that the story "Ghosts" was translated from Russian into French by Merimee and his version was translated into English. The other two editors were related to the prominent and wealthy Cincinnati Longworth family. Maria established the famous Rookwood Pottery in Cincinnati.
Table of contents: title: Ghosts. From Tourgueneff
pagenum: 1; title: A Miracle in Flanders. From Balzac. By Susan Walker Longworth
pagenum: 69; title: The Venus of Ille. From Merimee. By Eugene F. Bliss
pagenum: 109; title: The Battle of Pere-Lachaise. From Daudet. By Maria Longworth Storer.
pagenum: 175; title: Farewell. From Balzac. By Maria Longworth Storer.
pagenum: 185