litics, his Positivist Catechism,
and his Subjective Synthesis.

Paris, 3 Dante 66 (Tuesday, 18th July, 1854).
AUGUSTE COMTE,
(10 rue Monsieur le Prince).

This is an interesting list as having been compiled with special thought
by a celebrated man, but in many of its details it is little likely to
find acceptance with the general reader. It seems rather odd to an
Englishman to find the _Princess of Cleves_ included, while Shakespeare is
only to be found in a selection of his plays. It is not Comte's fault that
science has not stood still since 1854, and that his selection of books is
rather out of date.

A list of a hundred good novels is likely to be useful to many, but few
lists would be open to more criticism, for readers differ more as to what
constitutes a good novel than upon any other branch of literature. The
following list was contributed by Mr. F.B. Perkins to the _Library
Journal_ (vol. i. p. 166). The titles are very short, and they are put down
in no particular order. Most of us will miss some favourite book, but two
people, Mr. Perkins says, have agreed on this list within four or five
items. He says he was tempted to add a few alternatives, as Amadis de
Gaul, Morte d'Arthur, Paul and Virginia, Frankenstein, Rasselas, etc.

Don Quixote.
Gil Blas.
Pilgrim's Progress.
Tale of a Tub.
Gulliver.
Vicar of Wakefield.
Robinson Crusoe.
Arabian Nights.
Decameron.
Wilhelm Meister.
Vathek.
Corinne.
Minister's Wooing.
Undine.
Sintram.
Thisdolf.
Peter Schlemihl.
Sense and Sensibility.
Pride and Prejudice.
Anastasius.
Amber Witch.
Mary Powell.
Household of Sir T. More.
Cruise of the Midge.
Guy Mannering.
Antiquary.
Bride of Lammermoor.
Legend of Montrose.
Rob Roy.
Woodstock.
Ivanhoe.
Talisman.
Fortunes of Nigel.
Old Mortality.
Quentin Durward.
Heart of Midlothian.
Kenilworth.
Fair Maid of Perth.
Vanity Fair.
Pendennis.
Newcomes.
Esmond.
Adam Bede.
Mill on the Floss.
Romola.
Middlemarch.
Pickwick.
Chuzzlewit.
Nickleby.
Copperfield.
Tale of Two Cities.
Dombey.
Oliver Twist.
Tom Cringle's Log.
Japhet in Search of a Father.
Peter Simple.
Midshipman Easy.
Scarlet Letter.
House with the Seven Gables.
Wandering Jew.
Mysteries of Paris.
Humphry Clinker.
Eugenie Grandet.
Knickerbocker's New York.
Charles O'Malley.
Harry Lorrequer.