What is a classic?--Madame Recamier.--Joubert.--Rabelais.--Madame de Genlis.--Balzac.--Montaigne.--Mademoiselle de Scudery.--Alfred de Musset.--Eugenie de Guerin.--Maurice de Guerin.--Sir Walter Scott.--Lord Chesterfield.--Mary Stuart.--William Cowper.--Taine's "History of English literature."