Editorial note — First Meditation. The Awakening Of Christianity In France In The Nineteenth Century.
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[Footnote 3: "The dead move quick," says the poet Burger in his ballad of Leonora. The men and the books I record died at a period already distant from us; and in spite of their fame that abides, they are probably little known to the generation at present in possession of the stage. I regard it, therefore, as not improper for me to mention below the titles of their principal works, of which I have in the text sought to determine the true character. Those of M. de Bonald are: 1. La Théorie du pouvoir politique et religieux. 3 vols. 8vo. Constance: 1796. 2. La Législation. primitive. 3 vols. 8vo. Paris: 1821. 3. L'Essai sur le divorce. 1 vol. 8vo. Paris. 4. Les Recherches philosophique. 2 vols. 8vo. 1818 and 1826. 5. Les Mélanges littéraires et politiques. 2 vols. 8vo. 6. Pensées et discours. 2 vols. 8vo. All these writings, with some others, have been collected in the complete edition of the works of M. de Bonald, in seven volumes. 8vo. Paris: 1854. The principal works of M. de Maistre are: 1. Considerations sur la France. 1 vol. 8vo. 1796. 2. Essai sur le principe générateur des constitutions politiques et des autres institutions humaines. 1 vol. 8vo. 1810. 3. Du Pape. 2 vols. 8vo. 1819.] 4. De l'Église gallicane dans son rapport avec le souverain pontife. 8vo. 1821. 5. Examen de la philosophic de Bacon. 2 vols. 8vo. 1836. 6. Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg. 2 vols. 8vo. 7. Lettres et opuscules inédits. 2 vols. 8vo. 1851. 8. Mémoires politiques et correspondance du comte de Maistre, publiés par M. Albert Blanc. 2 vols. 8vo. 1858.