Editorial note — First Meditation. The Awakening Of Christianity In France In The Nineteenth Century.

[Footnote 5: The principal works of the Abbé de la Mennais are: 1. L'Essai sur l'indifférence en matière de religion, avec la défense de l'Essai. 5 vols. 8vo. The first volume appeared in 1817. 2. De la Religion considérée dans ses rapports avec l'ordre civil et politique. 1 vol. 8vo. 1825. 3. Les Paroles d'un Croyant. 8vo. 1834. 4. Les Affaires de Rome. 8vo. 1836. 5. Esquisse d'une philosophic. 4 vols. 8vo. 1841-1846. All his works, including numerous pamphlets and articles published in religious and political journals, have been collected in two editions: one in 12 vols. 8vo., 1836-1837; the other in 11 vols. 8vo., 1844 and following years. Besides the above, there are his Posthumous Works, 2 vols. 8vo., 1856, and his Correspondence, 2 vols. 8vo., 1858.]