[66] Le théâtre au temps du Corneille, Gustave Reynier. The first representation of the Cid took place either in December, 1636, or in January, 1637.
[67] See dedicatory letter accompanying a comedy played in 1632 and published in 1636. Galanteries du duc d'Ossonne. Mairet.
[68] Aminta was played in 1573, but it was not imprinted until 1581, when it was first known outside of Italy.
[69] Pierre Corneille, Petit de Julleville.
[70] Pierre Corneille, Petit de Julleville.
[71] Jules Lemaître.
[72] Manual de l'histoire de la littérature française. F. Brunetière.
[73] Corneille, Lanson.
[74] Cyrano de Bergerac, E. Rostand.
[75] "There are agreeable things in Bejazet, but there is nothing perfectly beautiful in it, nothing to carry you away in spite of yourself, none of the tirades which make you shiver when you read Corneille. My daughter, take good care not to compare Racine to him. Distinguish the difference between them" (16th March, 1672).