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 The First French Republic 463 STERN, Das Leben Mirabeaus, 2 vols., 1889. Gomel, Histoire financiere de VAssemblee constituante, 2 vols., 1896- 1897. Excellent. See also for this and the later period, Stourm, Les Finances de fanciest regime et de la revolution, 2 vols., 1885. SciOUT, Histoire de la constitution civile du clerge, 1790-1801, 4 vols., 1872-1881. Champion, La separation de Peglise et de Vetat en 1794. A remark- able little volume. Campardan, Le Tribunal revolutionnaire de Paris, 2 vols., 1886. Robinet, Le Mouvement religieux pendant la revolution, 1780-1801, 1896. Mortimer-Ternaux, Histoire de la Terreur, 8 vols., 1862 (uncom- pleted). Contains many interesting documents. Wallon, La Terreur, 2 vols., 188 r. This author has also issued two other important and elaborate contributions to the history of the Reign of Terror: Histoire du tribunal revolutionnaire de Paris, and Les Representants du peuple en mission. Vatel, Vergniaud, 2 vols., 1873 ; and Charlotte Corday et les Giron- dists : pieces classees et annotees, 3 vols., 1864- 187 2. Bire, La Legende des girondins. Refutes some common errors. Hericault, La Revolution de Thermidor, 1876. Chuquet, Les Guerres de la revolution, 1886-1896, n vols, (coming down only to September, 1793). VGEuvre sociale de la revolution francaise. A series of excellent essays by Faguet and others. Of the biographies, some of the best are : Claretie, J., Camille Desmoulins, Lucile Des?noulins : Etude sui- tes dantonistes, 187 5. Charming. To be had in an English translation. Chevremont, Marat, 2 vols., 1880. Dauban, Etude sur Madame Roland et son temps, 2 vols., 1864. Hamel, Histoire de Robespierre, 3 vols. ; excessively laudatory. Mallet, Mallet du Pan and the French Revolution, 1902. Robinet, Danton, 1889. Atjlard, Les Oratenrs de V Assetnblee constituante, 1882, and Les Orateurs de la Legislative et de la Convention. La Revolution francaise. A periodical edited by Atjlard, 1881 sqq., and dedicated to a study of the Revolution. Biographies of the revo- lutionary leaders. The advanced student should be on his guard against losing himself The sources. in the bewildering number of secondary works on the Revolution, and should early acquaint himself with the scope and character of the chief collections of sources, of which the most important are :