# The Collection of Antiquities Author: Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Marriage, Ellen, 1865-1946 [Translator] Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1405 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Collection+of+Antiquities+Balzac&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Dear Baron,--You have taken so warm an interest in my long, vast “History of French Manners in the Nineteenth Century,” you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most important representatives of conscientious, studious Germany? Will not your approval win for me the approval of others, and protect this attempt of mine? So proud am I to have gained your good opinion, that I have striven to deserve it by continuing my labors with the unflagging courage characteristic of your methods of study, and of that exhaustive research among documents without which you could ne... ## Chapters - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-collection-of-antiquities-1405/chapters/14/index.md)