*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1307 *** the magic skin by honore de balzac translated by ellen marriage to monsieur savary, member of le academie des sciences. [omitted: a drawing representing the serpentine path made by the tip of a stick when flourished.] sterne--tristram shandy, ch. cccxxii. the magic skin i. the talisman towards the end of the month of october 1829 a young man entered the palais-royal just as the...