The Salon of 1845 [Extract] -- The Salon of 1846 [Extract] -- Of virtuous plays and novels -- The universal exhibition of 1855 : the fine arts [Extracts] -- Of the essence of laughter, and generally of the comic in the plastic arts -- Edgar Allan Poe, his life and works -- Some French caricaturists -- Some foreign caricaturists -- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert -- Theophile Gautier -- The Salon of 1859 [Extract] -- Richard Wagner and Tannhauser in Paris -- The life and work of Eugene Delacroix -- The painter of modern life.