INTRODUCTION IX

La Bible de l'humanité (1864).

La Montagne (1868).

Nos Fils (1869).

Histoire du xixe siècle (1875).

Les Soldats de la Révolution (1878).

Le Banquet, papiers intimes (1879).

Un Hiver en Italie (1879).

François 1er et Charles-Quint (1880).

Précis de la Révolution française (1881).

Ma Jeunesse (1884).

Histoire de France: le moyen âge (1885).

Notre France, sa géographie, son histoire (1886).

Mon Journal, 1820-1823 (1888).

Anthologie des œuvres de Jules Michelet (1889).

Les grandes Journées de la Révolution (1891).

Rome (1891).

Thérèse et Marianne. Souvenirs de jeunesse (1891).

Histoire de France (189 2- 1895).

Œuvres complètes (40 volumes, published by Flammarion,

Sur les chemins de l'Europe (Angleterre, Flandre, Hollande,

Lombardie, Tyrol) (1893).

Pages choisies (1894).

Of the works just given, by far the most important is the Histoire de France, which was his life-work. This was written in three parts: the Middle Ages, the Revolution, the Renaissance and Modern Times (1833-1867). All of the selections in the present edition are taken from this work.

The reason he gives for his choice of a career is characteristic of his impressionable nature ; his interest in history was aroused by the stories he heard from an aunt and by a walk he took among the royal tombs of Saint-Denis. The list of his works shows that even before he wrote his