It may be so; yet, were it only for the honor of the French language, we believe that men will return, if not to the whole, at least to a part of her work, which will be refined by time, carefully sifted by public taste, and found superior to the vicissitudes and to the caprices of opinion. When we were asked to gather up our recollections of this author and to revive them at a time so strangely scornful and so swift to forget, we were anticipated in a secret desire to make an appeal, some day, to our former impressions, to freshen them by renewed reading, to bring them to light corrected and tempered by acquired experience and by comparison.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don"t occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books" Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org