LE DIABLE BOITEUX, It
bwi'te,
Limping. Devil' (1707), by
Sage, seems from its title a translation or adaptation of
declaration in the preface that he meant no one in particular could put off the track only the very
and aroused the others to elaborate
v?hich added much to the great vogile of the book. There are hits at Fontanelle and La Motte, at Ninon de l'Enclos and the noted actor Baron. In a later edition Voltaire is quipped in terms which the author of •the
never forgot nor forgave. But in spite of the ingenuity with which the shifting scenes are,connected and the wit with Which human foibles are portrayed,
Limping Devil) inevitably lacics the unity of structure that alone can produce great artistic effect in a work of fiction. It has been trans lated under the title