Marmontel's Moral Tales

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Marmontel's Moral Tales: Selected With a Revised Translation, Biographical Introduction and Notes I cannot, however, say that I myself should base Mar montel's claims by any means so exclusively upon the Memoirs as sainte-beuve - though it is true he makes a few reserves in the later part of his essay - seems here disposed to do. We shall have something to say to his work in detail presently, and a good deal to say about the Contes Moraux. But before coming to these things, or to a sketch of the outward course of his life, it may be well to say a few words about his claims generally. 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.