The following notes are designed as an indication of some books which may be useful to students. Of the many Histories of French Literature the fullest and most trustworthy is that at present in course of publication under the editorship of M. Petit de Julleville, _Histoire de la Langue et de la Litterature francaise_ (A. Colin et Cie.). M. Lanson's _Histoire de la Litterature francaise_ should be in the hands of every student, and this may be supplemented by M. Lintilhac's _Litterature francaise_ (2 vols.). The works of Mr. Saintsbury, Geruzez, Demogeot, are widely known, and have proved useful during many years. Much may be learnt and learnt pleasantly from Paul Albert's volumes on the literature of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Two volumes out of five of M. Charles Gidel's _Histoire de la Litterature francaise_ (Lemerre) are occupied with literature from 1815 to 1886. M. Hermann Pergamini's _Histoire generale de la Litterature francaise_ (Alcan) sometimes gives fresh and interesting views. For a short school history by an accomplished scholar, none is better than M. Petit de Julleville's _Histoire de la Litterature francaise_, which, in 555 pages, packs a great deal of information. The _Histoire elementaire de la Litterature francaise_, by M. Jean Fleury, has been popular; it tells much of the contents of great books, and makes no assumption that the reader is already acquainted with them. Dr. Warren's _A Primer of French Literature_ (Heath, Boston, U.S.A.) is well proportioned and well arranged, but it has room for little more than names, dates, and the briefest characterisations. Dr. Wells's _Modern French Literature_ (Roberts, Boston, U.S.A.) sketches French literature to Chateaubriand, and treats with considerable fulness the literature from Chateaubriand and Mme. de Stael to the present time. For the present century M. G. Pellissier's _Le Mouvement litteraire au XIXe Siecle_ is valuable. Of elder histories that by Nisard is by far the most distinguished, the work of a scholar and a thinker. (See the final section of the present volume.) The student will find Merlet's _Etudes litteraires sur les Classiques francais_ (2 vols.), revised and enlarged by M. Lintilhac, highly instructive; the second volume is wholly occupied with Corneille, Racine, and Moliere.