Excerpt from An English Version (the Original Crowned by the French Academy) Of Fr d ric Mistral's Mir io: From the Original Proven al Under the Author's Sanction Athough the translator cannot hope that his v/ersion of Mir io will give the same degree of pleasure as that derived from reading the poet in his own language, still he hopes it will give pleasure of the same kind, notwith standing any inferiority in strength and spirit of his English to the Provencal. 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.