Excerpt from The Novels Tales Vaudevilles Life and Reminiscences of Charles Paul De Rock HE undersigned is now issuing to sub scribers an edition in English of the writ ings of Charles Paul de Kock, published and illustrated here for the first time, and comprising his novels, tales, vaudevilles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.