PIERRE GRASSOU

BY

HONORE DE BALZAC



Translated by
Katharine Prescott Wormeley



DEDICATION

To the Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery, Periollas,
As a Testimony of the Affectionate Esteem of the Author,

De Balzac




PIERRE GRASSOU



Whenever you have gone to take a serious look at the exhibition of
works of sculpture and painting, such as it has been since the
revolution of 1830, have you not been seized by a sense of uneasiness,