Among later works based on these original materials the first place belongs to general histories. In French Louis Blanc's _Histoire de la Revolution_ (12 vols., Paris, 1847-1862), and Michelet's _Histoire de la Revolution Francaise_ (9 vols., Paris, 1847-1853), are the most elaborate of the older works. Michelet's book is marked by great eloquence and power. In H. Taine's _Origines de la France contemporaine_ (Paris, 1876-1894) three volumes are devoted to the Revolution. They show exceptional talent and industry, but their value is impaired by the spirit of system and by strong prepossessions. F. A. M. Mignet's _Histoire de la Revolution Francaise_ (2 vols., Paris, 1861), short and devoid of literary charm, has the merits of learning and judgment and is still useful. F. A. Aulard's _Histoire politique de la Revolution Francaise_ (Paris, 1901) is a most valuable precis of political history, based on deep knowledge and lucidly set forth, although not free from bias. The volume on the Revolution in Lavisse and Rambaud's _Histoire generale de l'Europe_ (Paris, 1896) is the work of distinguished scholars using the latest information. In English, general histories of the Revolution are few. Carlyle's famous work, published in 1837, is more of a prose epic than a history, omitting all detail which would not heighten the imaginative effect and tinged by all the favourite ideas of the author. Some fifty years later H. M. Stephens published the first (1886) and second (1892) volumes of a _History of the French Revolution_. They are marked by solid learning and contain much information. Volume viii. of the _Cambridge Modern History_, published in 1904, contains a general survey of the Revolution. The most notable German work is H. von Sybel's _Geschichte der Revolutionszeit_ (5 vols., Stuttgart, 1853-1879). It is strongest in those carts which relate to international affairs and foreign policy. There is an English translation. None of the general histories of the Revolution above named is really satisfactory. The immense mass of material has not yet been thoroughly sifted; and the passions of that age still disturb the judgment of the historian. More successful have been the attempts to treat particular aspects of the Revolution. The foreign relations of France during the Revolution have been most ably unravelled by A. Sorel in _L'Europe et la Revolution Francaise_ (8 vols., Paris, 1885-1904) carrying the story down to the settlement of Vienna. Five volumes cover the years 1789-1799. The financial history of the Revolution has been traced by C. Gomel, _Histoire financiere de l'Assemblee Constituante_ (2 vols., Paris, 1897), and R. Stourm, _Les Finances de l'Ancien Regime et de la Revolution_ (2 vols., Paris, 1885). The relations of Church and State are sketched in E. Pressense's _L'Eglise et la Revolution Francaise_ (Paris, 1889).