Administration of Carnot Dec 12, 1887, pierre-Emmanuel Tirard.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
And even if it were true that Maeterlinck's writings will be no more read in the future than are those of Bernardin de Saint-pierre to-day, that would not reduce him to the rank of a minor writer.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
It is, however, Maupassant's view about the novel as he expounded it in his preface to pierre and Jean.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell