the Maid of any length occurs in Mezarie's huge
_History of France_, It was published between 1643 and 1652. In 1661
appeared a work called _L'Histoire du roi Charles VII., contenant les
choses memorables de 1422 a 1466_. It was in this work, which was
compiled by Denis Godefroy, that the manuscripts of the _Chronique de
la Pucelle_ were first printed. This chronicle concerns the events
which occurred between the years 1422 and 1429. Although not a
complete history of the heroine, it is the earliest account. It was
republished by Buchon, by Petitot, and by Quicherat; and it was
consulted by Michelet when writing his account of Joan of Arc. M.
Vallet de Viriville believes the Chronicle of the Maiden to have been
written by G. Cousinot, Chancellor of the Duke of Orleans, who was
present at the siege of Orleans. At the close of the seventeenth
century was published a history of France by a Jesuit priest named
David, in which there is some account of Joan of Arc; but David's
history is more remarkable for being a colossal list of falsehoods
than for any other merit.

We now arrive at the eighteenth century, and still find no tolerable
history of Joan of Arc. In the year 1753 the Abbe Longlet Dufresnoy
published a _Life of Joan of Arc_; it is totally devoid of any merit.

In 1790 Clement de l'Averdy published some notices relating to the
trial and condemnation of Joan of Arc. These notices led up to, and
were followed by the publications of Petitot, Buchon, Michaud, and
Pougoulat. At length, under the protection of the Society of French
History, the learned author Quicherat produced his all-important
works. That distinguished historian and antiquarian began his career
under Charlet. In 1847 he was appointed Professor of Archaeology, and
later, Director of the Institute of the Charters. Between 1841 and
1850 he edited the original documents relating to the trials of Joan
of Arc--those of her condemnation and of her rehabilitation. Of these
only a few extracts had previously been published by M. l'Averdy. The
series edited by Quicherat consists of five bulky tomes. Although when
Michelet was writing his history of France, Quicherat's work had not
yet been published, the chronicler helped the historian by lending
Michelet the MSS. he was then annotating.

But to return to the earlier years of the century. In 1817, Lebrun des
Charnettes published a history of Joan of Arc in four volumes; this
history of the Maid was up to th