“What do I read?” said he. “These:
“1. The 240 pages which make up the Revue des deux Mondes every fortnight.
“2. The manuscripts which may become future pages of the Review, and even some which may not.
“3. Works which have not appeared in the Review, whose authors I may find it worth while to know and cultivate.
“4. Journals in which the Review is interested.
“5. The Official Journal, from which one may always pick up something.
“6. The other papers.
“7. Works submitted for the approval of the French Academy.
“8. Proof-sheets of my own works.
“9. The books necessary for the preparation of my discourses, lectures, and articles.”