From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: A Russian story adapted or translated with much improvement by Dumas from Marlinsky.
The scene is laid in the Caucasus in 1830.
Original edition : Brussels, Méline, Cans et Cie., 2 vols., 32mo., 185—.
First French edition, as "La Boule de Neige;" Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, l vol., 12mo., 1862.
It now fills one volume in the standard Calmann-Lévy edition, and one in their "Musée Littéraire."
In Le Vasseur's "Alexandre Dumas Illustré" it forms part of Vol. XVI.
References :— Parran: "Bibliographie d'Alex. Dumas," page 68. Glinel: "Alexandre Dumas et Son Œuvre," page 459.
"Academy," November 25th and December 2nd, 1899.
"Outlook," June 3rd and 17th, 1899.
English Translation :—
Refer to "Sultanetta," page 362.
From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: (CCLXVI.) Chapter I., six lyric lines, a, a, b, c, c, b.
(CCLXVII.) Chapter IV., three four-line stanzas, rhyming alternately.
