7. Reforms under Henry of Navarre. [Adams, Growth, p. 183 ff.; P. F. Willert, Henry of Navarre, N. Y., Putnam, 1893, $1.50, chap. 8.] 8. Reforms by Richelieu, 1624-1642. [J. B. Perkins, Richelieu, N. Y., Putnam, 1900, $1.50, chaps. 6, 9.] 9. Economic organization and commerce of the French in America. [Bateson in Camb. mod. hist., vol. 7, chap. 3; Thwaites, France, chap. 8; Parkman, Old régime, part 2.] 10. Make a written summary of the wars of Louis XIV, showing gains and losses of territory, in Europe and in the rest of the world. [Adam Growth, p. 216 ff.] 11. Opportunity lost by Louis XIV to build up an empire by sea power. [Mahan, Sea power, chap. 2, and pp. 141 ff., 198 ff., 219 ff.] 12. Prepare a written summary of the results of the French wars of the eighteenth century. [Adams, Growth, chap. 14.] 13. Prepare a graphic chart from the table of figures, sect. 277, as suggested above in the case of England, and study the conclusions to be drawn from figures and chart. 14. Combine the charts for England and for France, and draw conclusions from the comparison. Endeavor, if possible, by extending your reading, to settle the questions which this comparison will suggest. Note, however, that the figures refer to different dates, that they are a far less accurate index of the facts than you would suppose, and, finally, that the reduction to modern currency is very rough. 15. Write a report on the history and commerce of one of the following West India islands under French rule: (_a_) San Domingo, (_b_) Guadeloupe, (_c_) Martinique. [Encyclopedia; Homans’ Cyc. of commerce; C. B. Norman, Colonial France, or Bryan Edwards’ History, if that book is available.] BIBLIOGRAPHY Of the general works on French history, Adams, **Growth of the French nation, is excellent. Of the works on particular periods all the books of James Breck Perkins can be highly recommended for the attention paid to economic conditions; I refer above only to the small book on Richelieu. See the A. L. A. Catalogue for titles of others. Paul Lacroix, The XVIIIth century, London, no date, is a popular illustrated work, with a chapter on commerce, of no great importance. Books discussing the conditions leading to the French Revolution are valuable for the light they throw on the organization of France in the period of modern history. Books by Taine, E. J. Lowell, and R. H. Dabney will be useful in this connection; and vol. 4, no. 5, of the Univ. of Penn. Translations (Typical Cahiers of 1789) is a convenient selection from sources.