WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALZAC

BY

JUANITA HELM FLOYD




TO

MY SISTER NANNIE



" . . . for no one knows the secret of my life,
and I do not wish to disclose it to any one."
_Lettres a l'Etrangere_, V. I, p. 418, July 19, 1837.



PREPARER'S NOTE

This text was originally published in 1921 by Henry Holt and
Company.



PREFACE