Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

Scope and Contents:

ALS to "Mon cher Monsieur."

In French.

Removed from his Notes sur Paris: vie et opinions de M. Frederic-Thomas Graindorge (Paris, 1867).

Abstract: Chiefly correspondence, to or from Mill. Of the 237 letters by Mill, 131 are to his wife, Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill. Twenty-four letters are from Helen Taylor, Mrs. Mill's daughter. In addition there are two volumes with drafts of letters by Mill written between 1851 and 1858 to a variety of recipients. Notable correspondents in the collection are John Austin, Jeremy Bentham, Augustus De Morgan, Isabella Beecher Hooker, George Grote, John Sterling and Edward Livingston Youmans. Other...