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witzerland, where, after her marriage, she was domiciled. But (and here come the reasons for the former exclusion) she learnt her French as a foreign language. She was French neither by birth nor by extraction, nor, if I do not mistake, by even temporary residence, though she did stay in England for a considerable time. Some of these points distinguish her from Hamilton as others do from Madame de Montolieu. If I put her in, I do not quite see how I could leave Beckford out. P. 400, ll. 2, 3.--_For_ "1859 ... 1858" _read_ "1857--a year, with its successors 1858 and 1859," CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE MADAME DE STAEL AND CHATEAUBRIAND 1 Reasons for beginning with Mme. de Stael--_Delphine_--The tone--The story--_Corinne_--Its improved conditions--An illustrated edition of it--The story--The character of Nelvil--And the book's absurdities--Compensations: Corinne herself--Nelvil again--Its aesthetics--The author's position in the History of the Novel--Chateaubriand: his peculiar position as a novelist--And the remarkable interconnection of his works in fiction--_Atala_--_Rene_--Difference between its importance and its merit--_Les Natchez_--_Les Martyrs_--The story--Its "panoramic" quality--And its remarkable advance in style--Chateaubriand's Janus-position in this--Illustrated. CHAPTER II PAUL DE KOCK, OTHER MINORS OF 1800-1830, AND NODIER 39 The fate of popular minor novelists--Examples of them--Paul de Kock--_L'Enfant de ma Femme_--_Petits Tableaux de Moeurs_--_Gustave_--The caricatured _Anglais_--_Edmond et sa Cousine_--_Andre le Savoyard_--_Jean_--_La Femme_, _le Mari et l'Amant_--_Mon Voisin Raymond_--_Le Barbier de Paris_--The Pauline grisette--Others--The minors before 1830--Mme. de Montolieu: _Caroline de Lichtfield_--Its advance on "Sensibility"--Madame de Genlis _iterum_--The minor popular novel--Ducray-Duminil: _Le Petit Carillonneur_--V. Ducange--_L'Artiste et le Soldat_--_Ludovica_--Auguste Ricard: _L'Ouvreuse de Loges_--The importance of these minors not inconsiderable--The Vicomte d'Arlincourt: _Le Solitaire_--Nodier--His short stories--_Trilby_--_Le Songe d'Or_--The minors--_La Fee aux Miettes_--_Smarra_ and _Soeur Beatrix_--_Ines de las Sierras_--Nodier's special quality. CHAPTER III VICTOR HUGO 96
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