Colomba (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Colomba But Mérimée was not a professional man of letters. He devoted to writing only the few hours of leisure that his administrative duties and the demands of a worldly life left him. At first the head of a department under one of Louis - Philippe's ministers, he became later a General In spector of Historical Monuments, an office which he filled with the greatest intelligence and devotion. 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.