BIBLIOGRAPHY 



A. SELECTED LIST OF TAINE'S WORKS, 

 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 



This list makes no claim to completeness, but is designed rather to further 

 the aims of our study by providing a minimum of information which should be 

 included in a genetic account of Taine's development. For more complete data 

 the reader should consult: 



1. H. Taine, Sa Vie et sa correspondance, Paris: Hachette, 1908 (3rd edition), in 

 4 volumes (referred to as 'F. & C). The introductory chapters list Taine's 

 important works and discuss the circumstances under which they were written.! 



2. 'Bibliographic des ceuvres de Taine', Appendix I (pp. 161-204) in Victor 

 Giraud's Essai sur Taine: son oeuvre et son influence ^ Paris: Hachette, 1901. 

 Appendix II (pp. 209-219) is an out-of-date 'Bibliographic des travaux sur 

 Taine'. 



3. A. Laborde-Milaa, Hippolyte Taine: Essai d'une biographie intellectuelle, Paris, 

 1909, 223 pages, contains a useful 'Schema logique et chronologique de I'ceuvre 

 de Taine' (Appendix I, pp. 216-217) and a 'Bibliographic des Essais, Nouveaux 

 Essais, Derniers Essais de critique et d'histoire, et des articles non recueillis' (Appen- 

 dix II, pp. 219-223). This last was based on the definitive editions and has 

 therefore been used for our listings of the essays. 



4. For the latest and most complete listing of works by and about Taine, see 

 Hugo P. Thieme, Bibliographie de la litterature frangaise de 1800 a 1930, Paris, 

 1933. in 3 volumes, Vol. II, pp. 835-845. 



In our own bibliography, only Taine's major works are included, and an 

 attempt is made to list them in the order of their composition. In cases where 

 they were written over a period of years, as with the History of English Literature 

 and the collections of essays, such an order can only be approximated. 



The following items are given in each case: 



(i) The date or dates of composition, the title of the book as it will most 

 probably be available to a reader today, and an English translation of the title. 



(2) A brief account of the circumstances under which it was written, and 

 a description of its contents, where relevant. Dates of essays are dates of 

 first publication, given in Giraud's 'Bibliographic'. 



(3) A listing of the first French edition. 



(4) A brief account of its later publishing history, where relevant. 



(5) Where one is available, the English translation will be listed. 



i English: Life and Letters of H. Taine, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., etc. 

 1902-1908, 3 vols. Vol. 1-2, translated by Mrs. R. L. Devonshire; Vol. 3, 

 abridged and translated by E. Sparvel-Bayly. Contents: Vol. I, 1828-1852; 

 Vol. II, 1853-1870; Vol. Ill, 1870-1892. 



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