Sainte-Beuve

Charles, the French writer and critic, was born in 1804. His first important work was on the French literature of the 16th century. In 1837 he delivered lectures at the School of Port Royal, Lausanne, which formed the basis of his work, “His to ire du Port Royal." In 1840 he became conservator of the Mazarin 'Library, and in 1852 Profe or of Latin Poetry in the College de France. He contributed critiques to the Monday numbers of “Revue des Deux Mondes," the “ Constitutionncl,” and the " Moniteur.”