THE

FRENCH LIBRARIAN

OR

LITERARY GUIDE,

POINTING OUT

THE BEST WORKS OF THE PRINCIPAL WRITERS OF FRANCE,
IN EVERY BRANCH OF LITERATURE; WITH CRITICISMS,
PERSONAL anecdotes, AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES;

PRECEDED BY A SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF

French Literature.

BY

L. T. VENTOUILLAC.

LONDON:

TREUTTEL, WÜRTz, treuttel, jun. and richter,

SOHO SQUARE.

1829.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE

Sketch of the progress of French Literature

Theology, Ecclesiastical History, Sermons, &c.

Jurisprudence and political Economy

Belles-Lettres, &c. .

Poetry, Novels, the Drama, &c.

. 247

Fine Arts, Antiquities, &c.

Natural History, Chemistry, Anatomy, &c.

Journals and Periodical Works

297

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