From A Bibliography of Alexandre Dumas père by Frank Wild Reed: During the year 1854 the following works appeared, for each of which Dumas wrote a preface :—
"BIANCA CAPELLO," by Capefigue, Brussels, 1854.
"HISTOIRES CAVALIÈRES," by D. L. Eimann; Paris, Coulon-Pineau, "Bibliothèque du Mousquetaire," 1854.
"VOYAGE AU PAYS DES NIAM-NIAMS," by du Couret, and "Publié par Alexandre Dumas; " Paris, Martinon, 1854.
This curious little work of 102 pp. is entitled as follows : Voyage/ au/Pays des Niam-Niams/ou/HOMMES À QUEUE/avec le portrait d'un Niam-Niam/et une notice biographique sur l'auteur/par Alexandre Dumas./ Par/Hadji-abd-el-Hamid-Bey/Paris/Martinon, Libraire./ Rue de Grenelle-Saint-Honoré, 14/1854.
Pages 7 to 20 are taken up with Dumas' Preface, which moreover is the greater part of the "Causerie" which he contributed to "Le Mousquetaire" on the 23rd of September, 1854. (Compare also the "Causerie" in the same journal for November 8th, 1854.)
