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Robene and Makyne, 156 note
Roberval, M. de, 467
Robin Hood, 82
Rochechouart, Isabel de (c. 1600), 162, 163 and note
Roland, Chanson de, 12 sq., 147
Roman Bourgeois, 275, 277, 286-295, 476, 482
Roman Comique, 275, 279-287, 476, 482
Roman de la Rose, 89, 90, 106, 475, 481
Roman de Renart, 90, 106, 475
Roman de Troie, 17, 475
Roman Satirique, 162
Roman Sentimental avant l'Astree, Le. See Reynier
Romances, Greek, 2, 3, 18, 153, 154 note, 204, 476, 479
Romans de la Table Ronde, Les, 480
Rosanie, 263
Ross, Alexander, 139 note
Rostand, M., 297
Rousseau, J. J. (1712-1778), 160, 175, 265, 375, 382, 390-400, 401 note, 412, 426, 428, 436, 441, 455, 456, 457, 468, 470, 482
Ruskin, Mr., 405, 412 note, 459, 481
Rymer, 464
Saint-Evremond, 296 note, 317 and note, 321, 378
Saint-Foix, M. de, story of, 270 note
Saint-Marc-Girardin, 175
Saint-Pierre (Jacques Henri Bernardin de, 1737-1814), 377, 412, 424-427, 428, 478
Saint-Simon, 222
Sainte-Beuve, 154 note, 353 sq., 438, 442
Sainte-Eulalie, the, 4-6
Sainte-More (or Maure), Benoit de (12th cent.), 17, 87, 480
"Saint's Life," the, 3-8
Sandford and Merton, 392
San Pedro, Diego de, 145 note
Sans Merci, 51 note
Sappho, 176 note, 195 note, 215
Saturday Review, vii
Savoisiade (Urfe's), 167
Scarron, Paul (1610-1660), 275, 278-287, 292, 325, 469, 476, 482
Schiller, 456
Scott, Sir W., xiii, 15, 93, 94, 98, 135, 176, 181, 186 note, 225, 287, 291 note, 326, 471
Scudery, Georges (1601-1667) and Madeleine de (1607-1701) de, 154, 176-229, 287, 309, 318, 429, 460 note, 469
Selis, Nicolas Joseph (1737-1802), 268, 269
Sens, the Archbishop of, 337, 338
Sense and Sensibility, 429, 432
"Sensibility," 428-452
Serpentin Vert, 251 note
Seven Wise Masters, The, 89, 93
Sevigne, Mme. de, 153, 173, 175, 230, 298
Shakespeare, 26, 122, 150, 150 note, 218, 220, 274, 275, 364, 464
Sharp, Becky, xv
Shelley, 150 note, 156, 218, 274, 275
Sidney, Sir Philip, 165
Silvanire (Urfe's), 167
Sireine (Urfe's), 167
Sir Isumbras, 4, 24
Smith, Prof. Gregory, ix note, 26 note
Smith, Sydney, 321
Smollett, 458 note, 459, 463
Socrates, 1 note
Soirees Bretonnes, Les, 266
Soirees de St. Petersbourg, Les, 438
Soliman the Second, 417-419
Sommer, Dr., 27, 30 note, 480
Songe de Platon, 387, 388
Sopha, Le, 366 sq.
Sorel, Charles (1597-1674), 273, 275-278, 288 note, 476, 482
Southey, xii, 60 note, 93, 121, 150, 273, 481
Souza, Mme. de (Adelaide-Marie Emilie-Filleul, 1761-1836), 430, 437
Spectateur, Le (Marivaux's), 339
Spenser, 21, 26 note, 31 note, 61 note, 65, 155, 220
Spiritual Quixote, The, 277
St. Alexis, The, 6-8, 100
St. Leger, The, 6
Staal-Delaunay, Mme. de, 355 note
Stael, Mme. de, 430, 442, 443, 459, 464
Stage Love (Mr. Swinburne's), 443, 444
Sterne, 132 note, 133, 276, 321, 369, 375, 401, 404, 438-441
Stevenson, J. H., 91
—— R. L., 6, 101 note
Straparola, 258 note
Strutt, 291 note
Suckling, Sir J., 241
Sultanes de Gujerate, Les, 261
Swift, 109, 110, 115, 125 note, 132, 321, 369, 378, 380, 390
Swinburne, Mr., 33, 52, 254, 443
Systeme de la Nature, 411
Tableaux de Societe (Pigault-Lebrun's), 465, 466
Tabourot des Accords (1549-1590), 143
Tales of the Genii, 258 note
Tallemant des Reaux, Gedeon (1619-1692), 136 note, 140, 230, 296 note, 330 note
Talleyrand, 341 note
Tanzai et Neadarne, 371 sq., 477
Taureau Blanc, Le, 387
Telemaque, 318, 323, 324, 477
Tempest, The, 393
Temple, Henrietta, 37
Tencin, Mme. de (Claudine Alexandrine Guerin, 1681-1749), 430-432
Tennyson, 30 note and sq., 54
Thackeray, 15, 125, 150, 153, 218, 241, 257, 278, 279, 314, 321, 349, 358, 414 note, 431 note
Theagenes and Chariclea, 157 note
Theatre de la Foire (Lesage's), 329
Theocritus, 36 note
Theodorus Prodromus, 266 note
Thierry and Theodoret, 234
Thoms, Mr., 103
Thousand and One Days, 259
Thousand and One Nights, 259
Thousand and One Quarters of an Hour, 259
Three Clerks, The, 373
Thucydides, 1
Tilley, Mr. A., 138
Titi, Le Prince, 265 and note
Tom Jones, 413 note, 469, 472
Toplady, 176 note
Tory, G. (1480?-1533), 124
Toyabee, Mr. Paget, xii
Traill, Mr. H. D., 164, 385, 458 note
Tressan (Louis Elisabeth de Lavergne, Comte de, 1705-1783), 471
Trimmer, Mrs., 455
Troilus (B. de Sainte-More's). See Roman de Troie
Troilus (1st cent. prose), 81, 87
Trollope, A., 41 note, 373
Turcaret, 329, 330
Twain, Mark, 465 note
Urfe, Honore d' (1568-1625), 152-154, 157, 162-175, 179, 206 note, 476
Urquhart, Sir T., 114
Valise Trouvee, La, 328
Vathek, 262, 306 note
Vicar of Wakefield, The, 353
Vida, 232
Vie de Mon Pere, La, 454
Villedieu, Mme. de (Marie Catherine Hortense des Jardins, 1631-1683), 241-245, 472
Villehardouin, 135
Villeneuve, Mme. de, 265
Villon, F., 128, 129
Vingt Ans Apres, 114, 279
Virgil, 2 note, 155
Voisenon, Claude Henri de Fusee de (1708-1775), vi note
Voltaire (Francis Marie Arouet de, 1694-1778), 153, 307, 321, 369, 375, 377-390, 391 note, 393, 400, 401, 412, 414, 426, 441, 458, 462 note, 470, 477, 482
Volupte, La (A. Hamilton's), 322 note
Voyage a Constantinoble, 13
Voyage autour de ma Chambre, 438 sq.
Voyages a la Lune et au Soleil, 275, 295-298, 482
Voyages de Scarmentado, Les, 384
Wall, Professor, 331
Walpole, H., 401 note, 423 note
Walton, I., 286
Ward, Ned, 453
Water Babies, The, xii
Waverley, 287
Webster, xiv, 275
Werther, 441, 443, 446, 451
Wieland, 269, 270
Wild Duck, The, 39 note, 362
Williams, Sir C. H., 91
Winchelsea, Lady, 245
Woman Killed with Kindness, A, 364
Wright, Dr. Hagbert, xii
—— T., 73 note
Wycherley, 288
Wyclif, 467
Xenophon, 1, 2, 178
Yankee at the Court of King Arthur, A, 465 note
Yellow Dwarf, The, 248
Ywain and Gawain, 56
Zadig, 379 note, 382, 383, 477
Zaide, 299, 318
Zaza, La Princesse, 264
Zeneyde, 308 sq.
Zibeline, La Princesse, 262, 263
Zola, 462
Zulma, Les Voyages de, 259, 260
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