CHOFFARD

You may never have heard of Choffard and never have seen his work, but if any production from his hand should be brought before your eyes, however insignificant, and you fail to admire it, then it is to confess that no artistic corner exists in your soul!

Of all the vignettists, Choffard is the freshest, most ingenious, and charming. Elegance exists in all his productions equalled, perhaps, by no other artist.

None act so well a love scene on the stage as those who love each other in real life, so with all things and with book writing in particular. To love an artist, gives the author a hand unfettered in dealing with his work; it becomes no longer a forced history of his art, but a work of affection free from affectation.

The author of this little book is a true admirer of Choffard and you may accept the contents as a faithful representation of the artist and his work. I therefore trust that after you have perused the pages which follow, if not already an admirer of Choffard, you will have become one.

Broomhill,

Tunbridge Wells.

Most biographers are so self-confident that they believe the subject of their book will prove