26o BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The Notes on England probably also incorporated observations Taine had 

 made during his two previous trips to England (see discussion of the History of 

 English Literature). They appeared first as a series of articles in Le Temps 

 (August-October, 187 1). 



1 87 1 (December). — Notes sur VAngleterre, par H. Taine, Paris: Hachette, 

 1872, viii-395 pages. 



By 1895, in its loth edition. 



English: Notes on England, by H. Taine, D. C. L. Oxon, etc., translated with 

 an Introductory chapter, by W. F. Rae, with a portrait of the author, New York: 

 Holt & WiUiams, 1872, lix-377 pages (London: Strahan & Co., 1872). 



I 866-1 889 



Derniers essais de critique et d^histoire [Last Critical and Historical Essays] 



The essays in this volume had been chosen by Taine and were published 

 posthumously. The definitive edition included: 'Mme. d'Aulnoy' (November, 

 1866), 'Paul de Saint- Victor' (January, 1867), 'L'ficole des Beaux-Arts' (April, 

 1867), 'Les Ardennes' (November, 1867), 'Sainte-Beuve' (October, 1869), 

 'E. Boutmy' (January, 1870), 'L'opinion en Allemagne et les conditions de la 

 paix' (October, 1870), 'L'intervention des Neutres' (October, 1870), 'Fondation 

 de rficole libres des sciences politiques' (October, 1871), 'Du suffrage universel 

 et de la maniere de voter' (December, 1871), 'Th. Ribot' (November, 1873), 

 'Prosper Merimee' (December, 1873), 'Ribot, Bain et Spencer' (March, 1874), 

 'George Sand' (July, 1876), 'Charles Clement: Gleyre' (April, 1878), 'Louis de 

 Lomenie' (Taine's speech, on the occasion of his reception into the French 

 Academy, January, 1880), 'Preface d'une anthologie anglaise, intitulee depuis 

 VArt' (February, 1880), 'Mallet du Pan' (March, 1884), 'Marcelin' (May, 

 1888), 'Edouard Bertin' (May, 1889). 



1894. — Derniers essais de critique et d^histoire, par H. Taine, de I'Academie 

 fran9aise, Paris: Hachette, 1894, viii-396 pages. 



1 87 1 (December) 



Du suffrage universel et de la maniere de voter [On Universal Suffrage and On the 

 Manner of Voting] 



This brochure, which first appeared as an article {Le Temps, 5 December, 

 187 1 ), is indicative of the transition in Taine's interests from literature, art, 

 and science to practical concerns of politics. 



1 87 1 (December). — Du suffrage universel et de la maniere de voter, par H. Taine, 

 Paris: Hachette, 1872, 62 pages. 



Finally incorporated in the Last Essays. 



1872-1893 



Les Origines de la France contemporaine [Origins of Contemporary France] 



Taine devoted his last two decades almost exclusively to this magnum opus, 

 in which he attempted to arrive at some understanding of the causes of the 



