The First Revolutionary Step 87 



Memoires du marquis de Ferrieres, par MM. Berville et Bar- 

 riere. 3 vols. Paris, 182 1. 



Histoire de la revolution frangaise par M. Necker. 4 vols. 

 Paris, 1 82 1. 



We have read what other memoirs and the various histories 

 of the French revolution say on our subject. We mention in 

 our bibliography, however, only the work of Cherest, Aime : La 

 chute de I'ancien regime (iy8y-i'/8g). 3 vols. Paris, 1884-86. 

 Vol. Ill deals more in particular with our subject. It contains 

 the best account we have. Cherest used his material on the 

 whole intelligently. He made good use of the Recit and the 

 Proces-verbaux and the Lettres du comte de Mirabeau a ses 

 commettans. But he employed altogether too much the memoire 

 literature, which is of questionable value, and too much material 

 from the Histoire parlementaire. He preferred this work to the 

 Moniteur and the Archives parlementaires, both of which he 

 used at intervals, although it is vastly inferior to either of the 

 others. Furthermore, he naturally made no use of the political 

 correspondence of deputies which has been published since his 

 day. 



We mention finally a study by Dr. Charles Kuhlmann on the 

 Influence of the Breton Deputation and the Breton Club in the 

 Revolution (April — October J 1789), which appeared in the Uni- 

 versity Studies, October, 1902. 



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