[238]. Besides his better known works, such as those on Plato and Descartes, and on the grandes dames of the seventeenth century, which touch the subject on different sides, his Fragments Littéraires (Paris, 1843) may be consulted. I fear that his summary dismissal may surprise some and enrage others: but I cannot help it. I have nothing to do with his psychology, and he has next to nothing to do with my criticism.
[239]. Œuvres, Paris, 1854-1858.
[240]. C. de L. I. 108, sq. on the literary work of both Cousin and Villemain.
[241]. It dates from the spring of 1823: I have used the complete posthumous edition (Paris, 1854).
[242]. For so great an ironist Beyle did lack humour to a surprising degree.
[243]. P. 6, ed. cit.
[244]. P. 14 sq.
[245]. As some have said: “When you read Twelfth Night, you are in Elysium; when you see it, you are not even in Illyria.”
[246]. P. 19.
[247]. P. 32.