Excerpt from Songs of Old France In conclusion I wish to ofi'er my sincere thanks to Madame Yvette Guilbert and to all others who have assisted me in the preparation of this book among whom I must particularly mention and thank my friends, M. Theophile Baumann and M. Gaston Lorette, whose help has been as valuable as it has been generous and unstinted. 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.