There are few good books in English on Rousseau's politics. By far the best treatment is to be found in Mr. Bernard Bosanquet's _Philosophical Theory of the State_. Viscount Morley's _Rousseau_ is a good life, but is not of much use as a criticism of views; Mr. W. Boyd's _The Educational Theory of Rousseau_ contains some fairly good chapters on the political views. D. G. Ritchie's _Darwin and Hegel_ includes an admirable essay on _The Social Contract Theory_ and another on _Sovereignty._ The English translation of Professor Gran's _Rousseau_ is an interesting biography.
In French, there is a good cheap edition of Rousseau's complete works published by Hachette in thirteen volumes. M. Dreyfus-Brisac's great edition of the _Contrat Social_ is indispensable, and there is a good small edition with notes by M. Georges Beaulavon. M. Faguet's study of Rousseau in his _Dix-huitième siècle--études littéraires_ and his _Politique comparée de Montesquieu, Voltaire et Rousseau_ are useful, though I am seldom in agreement with them. M. Henri Rodet's _Le Contrat Social et les idées politiques de J. J. Rousseau_ is useful, if not inspired, and there are interesting works by MM. Chuquet, Fabre and Lemaître. The French translation of Professor Höffding's little volume on _Rousseau: sa vie et sa philosophie_ is admirable.
Miss Foxley's translation of the _Emile_, especially of Book V, should be studied in connection with the _Social Contract_. A companion volume, containing the _Letters on the Mount_ and other works, will be issued shortly.
