George Grote to G. C. Lewis, 30 September 1852: 'Neither the work of Beaufort sur l'Histoire Romaine -- nor the works of the Abbe St. Pierre -- are to be got in Paris [...] I was directed by the concurrent advice of several of the booksellers, to apply to one of their fraternity named Guillemot, on the Quai des Augustins [...] He told me, that within the last two years, he had had a copy of both; that they were rare, and never turned up except by accident -- but were still not unobtainable. He procured for me one work of the Abbe St. Pierre, in two volumes, small octavo, entitled "Annees Politiques;" which I will send you on the first opportunity. I have read it myself, with great interest and instruction. It contains a sort of annalistic review of each separate year of the Abbe's life -- 1658 to 1730; and exhibits a degree of knowledge, beneficent views, and power of original thought, which impress me with a very high esteem for the author -- whom I before knew only by name.'