LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Class MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE. From the Musee Conde at Chant illy. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE BY EDITH SICHEL ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK E. T. BUTTON AND COMTANT 1911 \ t b CONTENTS FACE MONTAIGNE THE MAN .... 3 MONTAIGNE THE PHILOSOPHER . . . ib$ BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE .... 259 INDEX ...... 265 228550 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE. French School of the second half of the i6th century. Musee de Conde a Chantilly, ..... Frontispiece (From a photograph by M. GIRAUDON.) VARIOUS SIGNATURES, SEALS, ETC., . . To face page 32 THE TOWER OF MONTAIGNE'S HOUSE AS IT WAS IN 1823, . 51 FRONTISPIECE OF MONTAIGNE'S * VOYAGE EN ITALIE.' First published in 1774, . 102 (Engraved by SAINT-AUBIN.) MARIE LE JARS DE GOURNAY. From the Frontispiece chosen by herself for her book ' Advis et Preseus,' 1641, . 125 (From a photograph by M. GIRAUDON.) MICHEL SEIGNEUR DE MONTAIGNE. From an Anonymous Portrait at Bordeaux, old but not con- temporary, although very likely based upon an older picture, . . . . 163 PAGE FROM MONTAIGNE'S *SSAIS' IN THE EDITION OF 1588 NOW PRESERVED AT BORDEAUX. Show- ing his Annotation to Chapter xvn. Book n.,