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Excerpt from Studies in Diderot's Esthetic Naturalism
The writer wishes to express his heartfelt thanks to Pro fessor Dino Bigongiari without whose encouragement and advice this work would not have been written; to Professors Fernand Baldensperger and Anatole Le Braz, who guided him (in the preliminary stages; to Professors Henri Chamard, Ray mond W'eeks, John Lawrence Gerig, Robert Herndon Fife, Charles Sears Baldwin, Andr Morize, to whom he is indebted for criticism or information. Professor Frank W'adleigh Chand ler has read and improved an early redaction of the chapter on Acting and Historial Tragedy, while Professor Henry Alfred Todd has made certain helpful suggestions - ad (zlfzajorem a'ucioris gloria'm. Thanks are also due Miss Dollie Booth Hep burn, Mr. Frederic \v. Erb and other members of the staff of Columbia University Library, who in various ways have facil itated the writer's access to the necessary books. With regard to books, even some of recent date were not obtainable, at least at this writing, for instance M. Joseph Texte's selections from Diderot, the Russian work on the French drama and eighteenth century philosophy by A. Ivanov, etc. On the fly-leaf of Pro fessor Hubert Gillot's Querelle des Amie/ls et dcs Jllodm'nfw (paris, Champion, mention is made of another work of his, entitled Un romantique au xvi/ e szccle. Denis Diderot. Essai sur son role et son influence litt raires (langres, 1913) Yet all efforts to procure this have remained fruitless.
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