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trance upon life. Nevertheless, he had a
little property which he devoted to founding the establishment you know. With a
touch of charlatanism, he could have made
a fortune; he was satisfied to make his
expenses. He avoided notoriety, and
whenever he attained a marvellous cure,
he did not proclaim it from the housetops.
His reputation made itself, and almost in
spite of him. His treatise on Monomanie
raisoznante, which he published through
Bailliere in i842, is in its sixth edition without the author having sent a single copy
to the papers. Modesty is certainly good
in itself, but it ought not to be carried to
an extreme. Mlle. Auvray has not more
than twenty thousand francs dowry, and
she will be twenty-two years old in April.
About a fortnight ago (it was, I think,
on Wednesday, December I3th), a cab
stopped before M. Auvray's gate. The
driver rang, and the gate was opened.