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

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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

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