English essays from a French pen
By: by J.J. Jusserand ...
Publisher: T.F. Unwin
Published: 1895
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167; Girard, Regnault, fl. 1435; Margaret, of Scotland, consort of Louis XI, King of France, 1425?-1445; Scarron, Monsieur, 1610-1660; Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670; Voltaire, 1694-1778; Great Britain -- Description and travel; England -- Description and travel; Scotland -- Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"The 'Journeys' to Scotland and to England, first published in the 'Nineteenth century', and the essay on Paul Scarron, printed as an introduction to 'The comical romance and other tales ... 1892'."
Table of contents: title: I. The forbidden pastimes of a recluse (England, XIIth century) [On Saint Ethelred's Regula sive Institutio inclusarum]; title: II. A journey to Scotland in the year 1435 [Regnault Girard's account of the French embassy to bring back Princess Margaret]; title: III. Paul Scarron.; title: IV. A journey to England in the year 1663 [Sorbières's Relation d'un voyage en Angleterre. 1664]; title: V. One more document concerning Voltaire's visit to England.; title: Appendix. 1. Mediæval shipping. 2. A note by Esprit Cabart de Villermont, concerning Scarron and his wife. 3. A description of Hatfield by Samuel de Sorbières, 1663. 4. French text of a letter by Count de Broglie concerning Voltaire's "Henriade", 1727.