Of her later works, it may be said that _L'Autre_, the latest of her plays that were quite successful, was adapted with considerable modification from the author's novel _La Confession d'une jeune Fille_, which had been published six years earlier. Madame Sarah Bernhardt played the heroine's part, and it is interesting to read George Sand's opinion of this talented actress, of whom she writes in October, 1871: "Sarah does not give more consolation [than another leading actress whose foibles had greatly worried Madame Sand], unless her ways have been considerably modified. She is an excellent girl, but she does not study, and is concerned only about enjoying herself. When acting her rôle, she improvises it, which, though sometimes effective, is not always accurate." _Le Beau Laurence_ is the sequel to _Pierre qui Roule_, and both works are tales of actors and stage adventures. The incidents are full of variety, and the descriptions picturesque and daring. The heroine of the story, Impéria, is a pure and lovely character, who is delineated with consummate skill; while the other characters, such as would be found in a strolling troupe, are cleverly drawn and handled. Love is, of course, the pivotal force, and here again Madame Sand has shown her wonderful powers of imagination and artistic excellence by unravelling her plot in the most attractive and artistic fashion. _Le Chateau de Pictordu_, _La Tour de Percemont_, _Le Chêne Parlant_, _Les Dames Vertes_, _Le Diable au Champ_, as well, of course, as the _Contes d'une Grand'mère_, were written for the pleasure and instruction of her grandchildren. They not merely discover fresh treasures of imagination, but take us back to the impressions of the author's early childhood days at Nohant. In the _Journal d'un Voyageur pendant le Siège_, we have the impressions of a close observer, a record of events and conditions which escape the formal historian, and the reflections of a matured mind directed by an active participation in the public affairs of her time. _Nanon_ is a tale of the Revolutionary period, and is a very picturesque work, full of spirit and touching incidents. The rustic heroine is another of the sweet women characters that George Sand has known so well how to depict; the signs of old age are certainly not discoverable in this fresh and entertaining work. Besides these, the last ten years of her life produced _Malgré Tout_, _Francia_, _un Bienfait n'est jamais perdu_, _Impressions et Souvenirs_, _Ma Sœur Jeanne_, _La Laitière et le Pot au Lait_, _Les deux Frères_, _Flamarande_, _Marianne_, _Dernières Pages_, _Légendes Rustiques_, _Fanchette_, _Nouvelles Lettres d'un Voyageur_. The last work of the great author was a critique on Renan's _Dialogues et Fragments Philosophiques_; it is dated May 6, 1876.