The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert

THE PUBLIC _vs_. M. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

The folios referred to in the trial are the folios either of the _Revue de Paris_ or of the first edition of the book.--EDITOR.

_Speech of the Prosecuting Attorney_,

M. ERNEST PINARD

Gentlemen, in entering upon this debate, the Public Attorney is in the presence of a difficulty which he cannot ignore. It cannot be put even in the n...