'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 238.

[87] The attitude of Marianne towards her faithless lover and his ultimate
return are foreshadowed in the early part of the story, although Marivaux
leaves the breach unclosed. In fact, the opportunity for dramatic action
is neglected by Marivaux, whose genius led him to analyses of motives
rather than to portrayals of deep feeling or strong emotion.

[88] La Harpe, _Cours de litterature ancienne et moderne_, tome XVI, p.
273.

[89] Marivaux, _Vie de Marianne_, 4e partie. Oeuvres, tome VI, p. 212.

[90] Ibid., 5e partie. Oeuvres, tome VI, p. 285.

[91] Marivaux, _Le Paysan parvenu_, 4e partie. Oeuvres, tome VIII, pp.
136-137.

[92] An exception must be made in the case of the _Iliade travestie_, in
which work his pen is needlessly wanton. See Larroumet, _Marivaux_, p.
517.

[93] _Impressions de theatre_, 2e serie, p. 29.

[94] Fleury, _Marivaux et le marivaudage_, p. 214.

[95] Grimm et Diderot, _Correspondence litteraire_, tome 1, p. 41.

[96] Marivaux, _le Spectateur francais_, 19e feuille. Oeuvres, tome IX, p.
190.

[97] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 259.

[98] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 259.

[99] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 260.

[100] For an excellent comparison of Marivaux and the English novelists
see Larroumet, _Marivaux_, pp. 348-364.

[101] See d'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 229, and Colle, _Journal historique_,
fevrier, 1763, tome II, p. 290.

[102] Larroumet, _Marivaux_, edition of 1894, pp. 293-294.

[103] _Causeries du lundi_, tome IX, p. 286 and p. 296. His criticism of
Marivaux as novelist is rather harsh.

[104] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 221.

[105] La Harpe criticises Marivaux for this peculiarity. "Le noeud de ses
pieces n'est autre chose qu'un mot qu'on s'obstine a ne dire qu'a la fin,
et que tout le monde sait des le commencement." _Cours de litterature_,
etc., tome XIII, p. 336.

[106] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 222.

[107] Deschamps, _Marivaux_, p. 186.

[108] Deschamps, _Marivaux_, p. 52.

[109] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 282, note 12.

[110] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 292.

[111] D'Alembert, _Eloge_, p. 293.]

[112] _L'Ile de la Raison, La Reunion des Amours, la Dispute, Felicie,
Arlequin poli par l'Amour, le Prince travesti, l'Ile des Esclaves, le
Triomphe de Plutus, le Triomphe de l'Amour, la Colonie._ Larroumet,
_Marivaux_, p. 252, note 2.

[113] Jules Lemaitre, _Impressions de theatre_, 2e serie, p. 27.
Larroumet, pp. 292-297, gives a most interesting compa