genious thoughts of the librarian of the Sorbonne.
La Bruyère has said: "Scarcely ever till now has a masterpiece of the intellect been seen which has been the work of several
we will only mention his "Bibliographie parémiologique" (1 vol. 8vo, Paris, 1847), his edition of the "Maximes de La Rochefoucault" (1 vol. 18mo, Paris, 1853), and the "Livre des Miracles de N.-D. de Chartres" (1 vol. 8vo, Chartres, 1855).
Mr. G.-Duplessis died of an apoplectic stroke in 1853. He was unanimously regretted. "He was," says Mr. Sainte-Beuve, "the most indefatigable and most disinterested professor of this time, and also the most obliging to every one. Amateur of books in the true sense of the word, he did not only know them thoroughly, but also knew the peculiari-
