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history are : E. Carette's " Les Assemblies pro- 

 vinciales de la Gaule romaine"; Richard Wad- 

 dington's "Louis XIV et les Prc'liminaires de la 

 Guerre de Sept Ans " and " Louis XV et le Ren- 

 versement des Alliances " ; " Le Grand Siecle Louis 

 XIV : les Arts, les Idees," by Em. Bourgeois ; the 

 Due d'Aumale's " Histoire des Princes de Conde " 

 (completed) ; E. Rodocanachi's " Renee de France, 

 Duchesse de Ferrare," conscientious, yet brilliant ; 

 E. de Broglie's " Les Portefeuilles du President 

 Bouhier: Extraits et Fragments de Correspond- 

 ances litteraires, 1715-'46" ; "Precis historique des 

 Assemblies parlementaires et des hautes Cours de 

 Justice en France, 1781-1895," by Leon Muel ; 

 Amedee Delorme's spirited " Lettres d'un Zouave : 

 de Constantine a Sebastopol"; P. de Coubertin's 

 frank and thorough account of the political and 

 constitutional "Evolution francaise sous la troi- 

 sieme Republique"; Ch. de Lacombe's monograph 

 on Berryer, the noted Legitimist orator ; Germain 

 Bapst's biography of Canrobert ; Chesnelong's 

 " Campagne royaliste de 1873 "; the Due de Broglie's 

 " Mission de M. de Gontaut-Biron a Berlin," relat- 

 ing the story of the resumption of diplomatic rela- 

 tions between France and Prussia, 1871-'78 ; the 

 Marquis de Gabriac's " Souvenirs diplomatiques de 

 Russie et de FAllemagne " ; Elie de Cyon's " His- 

 toire de 1'Entente franco-russe, 1886-'94 : Docu- 

 ments et Souvenirs" (second edition) ; Mine. Ed^ar 

 Quinet's moralizing "La France ideale"; Gabriel 

 Hanotaux's " L' Affaire de Madagascar " ; " La 

 Verite sur la Guerre de Madagascar," by Col. 

 XXX; and H. Galli's "La Guerre a Madagas- 

 car: Histoire anecdotique de 1'ExpMition. His- 

 torical works dealing with other countries are : 

 Leon Cahun's positive " Introduction a FHistoire 

 de 1'Asie : Turcs et Mongols des Origines a 1405 " ; 

 " line Princesse romaine au XVII" Siecle, Maria 

 Mancini Colonna," by Lucien Perey (Lucie Herpin) ; 

 Gabriel Syveton's " Une Cour et un Aventurier an 

 XVIII 6 Siecle: le Baron de Ripperda"; Rene de 

 Kerallain's " La Jeunesse de Bougainville et la 

 Guerre de Sept Ans" in Canada; Desire Charnay's 

 translation of " Lettres de Fernand Cortes a Charles 

 V sur la Decouverte et la Conquete du Mexique " 

 Auguste Moireau's " Histoire des Etats Unis " 

 Emile Gebhardt's delightful " Moines et Papes 

 Essai de Psychologic historique " ; Thureau-Dan- 

 gin's " Saint- Bernardin de Sienne " ; A. G. Drandar's 

 " Les Evenements politiques en Bulgarie depuis 

 1876 jusqu'a nos Jours " ; L. Dupuy-Peyou's " Bul- 

 garie aux Bulgares, hier, aujourdhui, demain," and 

 G. Bley's " La Roumanie : Etude economique et com- 

 merciale." Ch. V. Langlois's " Manuel de Biblio- 

 graphie historique " is a handy and efficient guide ; 

 G. Capus takes us " A travers la Bosnie et FHerze- 

 govine " ; Bazin's " La Terre d'Espagne " is marked 

 by graceful simplicity: Dugard's "La Societe 

 Americaine " and Auguste Lutaud's " Aux Etats- 

 Unis " are appreciative though not always accurate ; 

 Th. Bentzon describes " Les Americaines chez 

 Elles" with fidelity and grace ; and Grille and La- 

 borde tell of " Les Travaux publics aux Etats- 

 Unis." Noteworthy publications in economics 

 are Henry Mjchel's masterly critical essay upon 

 " L'Idee de 1'Etat" in France since the revolution ; 

 Paul Lafitte's " Le Parti Modere, ce qu'il est, ce 

 qu'il doit etre": "Organisme et Societe," by Rene 

 Worms (author also of " La Science et 1'Art en 

 Economic politique"), attempting to "resuscitate 

 the metaphysical conception of the state " ; Count 

 de Lucay's interesting historical account of " de- 

 centralization," with special reference to the trans- 

 formation of the French provinces into departe- 

 ments; Charles Benoist's original and daring treat- 

 ment of universal suffrage ; M. de Marcere's pro- 

 posed reformed municipal law; Colson's study of 



railways and the budget; "Les Chemins de Fer 

 aux Ktats-Unis," by L. Paul-Dubois ; Paul Leroy- 

 Beaulieu's quite monumental " Traite theorique et 

 pratique d'Economie politique": and "Les Tribu- 

 lations de M. Faubert," by Yves Guyot (author also 

 of " L'Economie de 1'Effort "), a humorous and sen- 

 sible criticism of the graduated income tax. The 

 " Meeanisme de la Vie moderne " is dissected by G. 

 d'Avenel ; B. Malon discusses " La Morale sociale " ; 

 and Leon Bourgeois " Solidarite." Concerned with 

 the ever-present question of socialism are Leon 

 Say's " Centre le Socialisine " (posthumous, like his 

 " Les Finances " in the " Vie Nationale " series) ; G. 

 de Molinari's brilliantly polemical " Comment se 

 resoudra la Question sociale " ; " Demagogues et 

 Socialistes," by Joseph Reinach (author also of 

 "L'Histoire d'un Ideal "), in which "the Liberal 

 principles of 1789 are contrasted with the collectiv- 

 ist doctrines of the school of Karl Marx " ; Leon 

 de Seilhac's discriminating "Le Monde socialiste: 

 Groupes et Programmes " ; and G. Deville's " Prin- 

 cipes socialistes." Arthur Desjardin considers " P. 

 J. Proudhon, sa Vie, ses (Euvres, sa Doctrine"; 

 Georges Weill traces the development of the school 

 of Saint-Simon, as does S. Charlety in " Histoire du 

 Saint-Simonisme, lSio-'(i4 " : Clemenceau makes 

 Iiis debut as a philosopher in his idealistic " Le 

 grand Pan," tedious in treatment and " declama- 

 tory and turgid " in style : M. de Freycinet has pro- 

 duced a graceful and lucid " Essai sur la Philoso- 

 phic des Sciences." Gustave Vapereau presents 

 notes and impressions on " L'Homme et la Vie"; 

 La Vtsse. d'Adhemar discourses on " Nouvelle Educa- 

 tion de la Femme dans les Classes cultivees," G. Com- 

 payr6 on " L'Enseignement secondaire aux Etats- 

 Unis " and " L'Enseignement superieur aux Etats- 

 Unis," and Jacques Parmentier on the "Histoire de 

 1'Education en Angleterre." Ferdinand Brunetiere's 

 somewhat acrimonious " Education et Instruction" 

 deals with the educational value of Latin. Sully- 

 Prudhomme's " Que sais-je ? " contains some exqifisite 

 ] >assages. J. Grand-Carteret tells of " Les Almanachs 

 f rancais, publics a Paris, 1600-1895." " La Critique 

 litteraire : Etude philosophique " is by A. Ricardon. 

 Contributions to literary history are a notable 

 " 1 listoire de la Langue et de la Litterature fran- 

 caises des Origines a 1900," by various eminent 

 writers, edited by Petit de Julleville ; Raoul Rosi- 

 eres's valuable critical " Recherches sur la Poesie 

 conternporaine " ; G. L. Fonsegrive's " Les Livres 

 et les Idees, 1894-'95," studied from the Christian 

 standpoint ; Rene Doumic's " Etudes sur la Littera- 

 ture francaise " and the somewhat ephemeral " La 

 Vie et les Moeurs au Jour le Jour " ; Jusserand's ex- 

 cellent " Histoire abregee de la Litterature anglaise " ; 

 Augustin Filon's " Le Thetttre anglais, hier, aujour- 

 d'hui, demain " ; Amedee Roux's history of Italian 

 literature (4 volumes) ; Charles Rabany's " Carlo 

 Goldoni : le Theatre et la Vie en Italic au 18 

 Siecle " ; J. Kont's " La Hongroie litteraire et scion- 

 tifique " ; E. Combe's " Profils et Types de la Lit- 

 terature russe "; and Arsene Houssaye's light and 

 not very important "Souvenirs de Jeunesse, 1830- 

 '50." Important monographs on individual writers 

 are : Eug. Ritter's " La" Famille et la Jeunesse de 

 J. J. Rousseau," offering much new material ; Leo 

 Claretie's "Jean Jacques Rousseau et ses Amies"; 

 J. Texte's "Jean Jacques Rousseau et les Origines 

 du Cosmopolitisme litteraire. Etude sur les Re- 

 lations litteraires de la France et de 1'Angleterre 

 au 18" Siecle"; the interesting "Chateaubriand, 

 sa Femme et ses Amis," by G. Pailhes ; Paul 

 Stapfer's " La Famille et les Amis de Montaigne : 

 Causeries autour du Sujet"; Le Breton's lenient 

 account of " Rivarol : sa Vie, ses Idees, son Tal- 

 ent"; Lafenestre's "Lafontaine" (in the series 

 " Grands Ecrivains f rancais ") ; Francois Descostes's 



