(Although it is probably idle to attempt to satisfy or placate the contemporary helluo of bibliography, it may be respectful to other readers to observe that this is not intended to deal with the whole subject, but only as a companion, or chrestomathic guide, to this book itself.)

Chapter I

Apollonius of Tyre. Ed. Thorpe. London, 1834.

English Novel, The. By the present writer. London (Dent), 1913.

French Literature, A Short History of. By the present writer. Oxford, 1882, and often reprinted.

Greek Romances, The. Most convenient editions of originals—Didot's Erotici Graeci, Paris, 1856, or Teubner's, ed. Herscher, Leipzig, 1858. English translations in Bohn's Library. For those who prefer books about things to the things themselves, there is a very good English monograph by Wolff (Columbia University Series, New York).

Hymn of St. Eulalia. Quoted in most histories of French literature, e.g. that entered above, pp. 4, 5.

Life of St. Alexis. Ed. G. Paris and L. Pannier. Paris, 1872-87.

Chapter II

Alexander Legends ("Matter of Rome"). The most important editions of romances concerning Alexander are Michelant's of the great poem from which, according to the most general theory, the "Alexandrine" or twelve-syllabled verse takes its name (Stuttgart, 1846), and M. Paul Meyer's Alexandre le Grand dans la LittÉrature FranÇaise au moyen Âge (2 vols., Paris, 1886), a monograph of the very first order, with plentiful reproduction of texts.

Arthurian Legend, The. No complete bibliography of this is possible here—a note of some fulness will be found in the writer's Short History (see above on Chapter I.). The most important books for an English reader who wishes to supplement Malory are M. Paulin Paris's abstract of the whole, Les Romans de la Table Ronde (5 vols., Paris, 1869-77), a very charming set of handy volumes, beautifully printed and illustrated; and, now at last, Dr. Sommer's stately edition of the "Vulgate" texts, completed recently, I believe (Carnegie Institution, Washington, U.S.A.).

Chansons de Gestes. The first sentence of the last entry applies here with greater fulness. The editions of Roland are very numerous; and those of other chansons, though there are not often two or more of the same, run to scores of volumes. The most important books about them are M. LÉon Gautier's Les ÉpopÉes FranÇaises (4 vols., Paris, 1892) and M. BÉdier's Les LÉgendes Épiques (4 vols., Paris, 1908-13).

Sainte-More, B. de. Roman de Troie. Ed. Joly. Rouen, 1870. Edited a second time in the series of the SociÉtÉ des Anciens Textes FranÇais.

Chapter III

The bibliography of the Romans d'Aventures generally is again too complicated and voluminous to be attempted here. A fair amount of information will be found, as regards the two sides, French and English, of the matter, in the writer's Short Histories of the two literatures—French as above, English (Macmillan, 9th ed., London, 1914), and in his Romance and Allegory, referred to in the text. Short of the texts themselves, but for fuller information than general histories contain, Dunlop's well-known book, reprinted in Bohn's Library with valuable additions, and Ellis's Early English Romances, especially the latter, will be found of greatest value.

Partenopeus de Blois. 2 vols. Paris, 1834.

Chapter IV

Nouvelles du 13^e et du 14^me SiÈcle. Ed. L. Moland et Ch. d'HÉricault. BibliothÈque ElzÉvirienne. 2 vols. Paris, 1856.

Chapter V

Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, Les. Numerous editions in the cheap collections of French classics.

Fabliaux. Ed. A. de Montaiglon et G. Raynaud. 6 vols. Paris, 1872-88.

Jehan de Paris. Ed. Montaiglon. Paris, 1874.

Petit Jehan de SaintrÉ. Ed. Guichard. Paris, 1843.

Roman de la Rose. Ed. F. Michel. Paris, 1864.

Roman de Renart. The completest (but not a complete) edition of the different parts is that of MÉon and Chabaille (5 vols., Paris, 1826-35). The main or "Ancien" Renart was re-edited by E. Martin (3 vols., Paris and Strasbourg, 1882-87).

Chapter VI

Rabelais. Editions of the original very numerous: and of Urquhart's famous English translation more than one or two recently. The cheapest and handiest of the former, without commentary, is that in the Collection Garnier. Of commentaries and books on Rabelais there is no end.

Chapter VII

Amadis Romances. No modern reprints of Herberay and his followers. Southey's English versions of Amadis and Palmerin are not difficult to obtain.

DespÉriers, B. Contes et Joyeuse Devis, etc. Ed. Lacour. 2 vols. Paris, 1866.

Marguerite de Navarre, The Heptameron. Editions again numerous, including cheap ones in the collections.

Moyen de Parvenir, Le. Ed. Jacob. Paris, 1860. (For HÉlisenne de Crenne see text, and Reynier—v. inf. on next chapter.)

Chapter VIII

The general histories and bibliographies of M. Reynier and Herr KÖrting, as well as the monographs of MM. Chatenay, Magne, and Reure, will be found registered in the notes to text, and references to them in the index. The original editions are also given in text or note. Modern reprints—except of the fairy stories and one or two others—are almost entirely wanting. For the Greek Romances see above under Chapter I. The AstrÉe, after its first issues, appeared as a whole in 1637 and 1647, the latter being the edition referred to in "Add. and Corr." But the later eighteenth-century (1733) version of the AbbÉ Souchay is said to be "doctored." I have not thought it worth while to look up either this or the earlier abridgment (La Nouvelle AstrÉe of 1713), though this latter is not ill spoken of. For the Cabinet des FÉes (41 vols., Geneva, 1785-89) see text.

Chapter IX

Sorel. Francion is in the Collection Garnier, Le Berger Extravagant and Polyandre only in the originals.

Scarron. Le Roman Comique. The 1752 edition (3 vols.) is useful, but there are reprints.

FuretiÈre. Le Roman Bourgeois. Collection Jannet et Picard, 1854.

Cyrano de Bergerac. Voyages, etc. Ed. Jacob. Paris, 1858.

Mme. de la Fayette. La Princesse de ClÈves. Paris, 1881.

Chapter X

For those who wish to study Lesage and PrÉvost at large, the combined Dutch Œuvres Choisies, in 54 vols. (Amsterdam, 1783), will offer a convenient, if not exactly handy, opportunity. Separate editions of the Diable Boiteux and Gil Blas are very, and of Manon Lescaut fairly, numerous.

Marivaux. Œuvres. 12 vols. Paris, 1781.

CrÉbillon fils. Œuvres ComplÈtes. 7 vols. Londres, 1772.

Chapter XI

The work, in novel, of Voltaire and Rousseau is in all the cheap collections of Didot, Garnier, etc. Of that of Diderot there have recently been several partial collections, but I think no complete one. It is better to take the Œuvres, by AssÉzat and Tourneux, mentioned in the text (20 vols., Paris, 1875-77).

Marmontel's Œuvres appeared in 19 vols. (Paris, 1818), and I have used, and once possessed, a more modern and compacter issue in 7 vols. (Paris, 1820?). The Contes Moraux appeared together in 1770 and later.

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Œuvres. 12 vols. 1834. Very numerous separate editions (or sometimes with La ChaumiÈre Indienne) of Paul et Virginie.

Chapter XII

Minor "Sensibility" novels. Most of them in a handsome 7-vol. edition (Paris, n.d.) in Garnier's BibliothÈque Amusante. This also includes Marivaux.

X. de Maistre. Editions numerous.

B. Constant. Adolphe. Paris, 1842; and with Introduction by M. Anatole France (1889); besides M. de Lescure's noticed in text.

Restif de la Bretonne. Selection of Les Contemporaines, by AssÉzat. 3 vols. Paris, 1875-76.

Pigault-Lebrun. Edition mentioned in text.