The work of Henri Lasserre 1869.

  "This excellent Catholic writer, expressing miraculously cured of blindness, lyrically translated fate of Bernadette. Despite reports of fierce writer with the mission of the cave, his book is at a global success editorial: 142 editions seven years, translated into 81 languages! The bestseller of the nineteenth century. " 

From J,F Labourie "Notoriété de Lourdes" in "Lourdes, bernadette , une ville, une vie", edition Atlantica.