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Beaufort, Niebuhr), au point devuedes generalizations (Tite-Live, Machiavel, 

 Montesquieu); 3° I'histoire consider^e comme un art: caracteres des 

 nations et des individus — narrations et discours — style et langue. C'est 

 exactement le plan du programme. 



La difficulte pour moi, dans une recherche, est de trouver un trait carac- 

 teristique et dominant duquel tout peut se deduire geometriquement, en un 

 mot d'avoir la formule de la chose. II me semble que celle de Tite-Live est la 

 suivante: un orateur qui se fait historien. (F. & C, II, 7.) 



As a result of his steady grind of work, he fell ill with laryngitis in October, 

 a turn for the worse in his health which continued and led to his trip to the 

 Pyrenees the following year. 



There was a struggle within the French Academy in 1854 for and against 

 giving Taine's Essay on Livy the prize. William Guizot, the historian and states- 

 man, liked it, but it became a bone of political contention {V. & C, II, 37). 

 It was criticized as showing too much inclination for modern schools of philo- 

 sophy of history; among those who did not approve was Victor Cousin (F. & C, 

 II, 56-60). After some minor revisions had been made, to suit the objectors, the 

 prize was finally awarded in May of 1855 (F. & C, II, 100). 



1856 (April). — Essai sur Tite-Live, par H. Taine, ancien eleve de I'ficole 

 normale, docteur es lettres. Ouvrage couronne par I'Academie fran^aise, 

 Paris: Hachette, 1856, 348 pages. 



The 5th edition (1890) was reviewed and corrected; we have used the nth 

 edition (no date, viii-364 pages). 



1854 (May-December) 



Voyage aux Pyrenees [Voyage to the Pyrenees] 



Suggested to Hachette in May (F. & C, II, 53) and completed by the end of 

 the year. 



Because of Taine's ill-health, his friend. Doctor Gueneau de Mussy, suggested 

 in the Spring that he travel south to Saint-Sauveur. By a happy coincidence, 

 Hachette was looking for some one at the time to write a short Guide to the 

 Pyrenees. On the recommendation of Jules Simon, this assignment was given to 

 Taine (F. & C, II, 5), who made the trip that summer, putting his impressions 

 into long letters to his mother and sisters. The book was finished by the end of 

 the year. It was through this volume that Taine began his long association with 

 the 'Librairie Hachette'. 



1855 (April). — Voyage aux eaux des Pyrenees, par H. Taine. Illustre de 65 

 vignettes sur bois par G. Dore, Paris: Hachette, 1855, 274 pages. 



This was before most of Gustave Dore's major works of illustration (Dante, 

 Cervantes, Milton, La Fontaine, Rabelais, and the Bible), but already his 

 facility and magnificent style were evident. The second edition (1858) saw the 

 title changed to its present form, together with a thorough rewriting of the text. 

 By 1907, in its 17th edition. 



English: A Tour Through the Pyrenees ^ by H. A. Taine, translated by J. 

 Safford Fiske, with illustrations by G. Dore. New York: H. Holt and Co., 1874, 

 xvi-523 pages. 



