Excerpt from French Criticism of American Literature: Before 1850 But these periodicals have been selected merely as containing judgments fairly represen tatiye of the general French idea of our litera ture. Not only is no complete bibliography intended although such a work would have been much appreciated had it existed but no analysis is attempted of many articles or books touching the subject. It is probable that no one will be tempted to compile and index all that has been written in France on American literature. The present volume, in any event, is intended to supply a general view of its department Of French criticism until the bibli ography shall have been made, and then utilized from the standpoint from which this book has been written. I wish to thank Professor Adolphe Cohn, Professor John L. Gerig, Dr. Carl Van Doren, and very particularly Professor Henry A. Todd for corrections and encouragement. To Pro fessor Todd I am obliged, in addition, for a patient reading of the proof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.