L’Abbaye du Val-Richer, étude historique, [The Abbey of Le Val-Richer: A Historical Study], a work by Gustave Dupont. Some time ago now, I had gathered a few notes on the former abbey of Le Val-Richer, founded in the twelfth century by St Bernard and, since 1836, the favourite residence of an illustrious contemporary. In publishing them today, I am prompted by personal memories and, above all, by the need to occupy my mind.[…]
Ma Famille, [My Family], a work by Cornelis de Witt In the pages that follow I have gathered some recollections of my parents, both from the point of view of their family and private life and in connection with the part they may have played, during the second half of the nineteenth century, in the general life of the country. If I have included in this account some details of my own life, it is because they are bound up with the history of a cause whose success, as my forebears had taught me, would hasten the recovery of France, and with that of a Prince, the representative of this cause, to whom, with the respect he inspired and with all my heart, I gave my ardent devotion.[…]
Loi de 1833 François Guizot’s 1833 Law on Public Instruction
Rapport de François Guizot au Roi Louis-Philippe [Report by François Guizot to King Louis-Philippe] on the publication of a Manuel général de l’instruction primaire [General Manual of Primary Education]