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Contents. xxi
. Charles de S6condat (Montesquieu). ’ PAGE
Coffee Houses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 394
The Secret of Roman Success ... ... ... ... ... 395
Chinese confusion of Ethics and Politics 397
. Jean le Rond d’Alembert.
Massillon 399
. Anne Robert Jacques Turgot.
Progress in the Dark Ages ... 402
. Jean Antoine Nicolas de Condorcet.
Perfectibilism 404
. Constantin Fra^ois de Chasssbceuf-Volney.
The East in Old Time 407
. Claude Adrien Helve~tius.
Esteem ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 409
. ICtienne Bonnot de Condillac.
The Statue begins to conceive Time 411
. Joseph de Maistre.
The Executioner 414
. Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon.
The Horse ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 416
. Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis.
The Unity of Nature 418
. Pierre Jean de Be"ranger.
Le Koi d’Yvetot 419
Les Souvenirs du Peuple ... ... ... ... ... 421
Les Fous 424
. Alphonse de Lamartine.
Le Lac 425
Le Lac in Prose 427
. Felicite" Robert de Lamennais.
The Strength of Union 430
. Victor Cousin.
The First Step of Metaphysics 432
. De Stendhal (Henri Beyle).
Feminine Pride 434
Feminine Courage ... ... ... ... ... ... 435
. Charles Nodier.
Ines de las Sierras ... ... ... ... ... ... 43^