The Ivory Mischief Author:Arthur Meeker, Jr In a Note About Sources from the author he states, "The Ivory Mischief is a novel, not a biography nor a historical work. At the same tie, it should be reiterated that every character in it actually lived in France 300 years ago. Virtually all the incidents, too, really happened just as described; the author has invented only where it was nece... more »ssary to link together beads in the chain, and has in no case trifled with the dates or facts of public events, or of private ones either, so far as they are definitely established."« less