ERNEST RENAN

BY

MADAME JAMES DARMESTETER

(A. MARY F. ROBINSON)

SECOND EDITION

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

To

MADAME JEAN PSICHARI
(NOÉMI RENAN)

I DEDICATE THIS PORTRAIT

OF HER FATHER,

WHICH OWES TO HER DEVOTED HAND

ITS MOST LIFE-LIKE

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