is presented with more compelling command of its sources elsewhere, by George Havens (New York, 1946). Equally noteworthy is the edition, including a German translation, of the

Discours sur l’inégalité

by Heinrich Meier (Paderborn, 1984). The extensively annotated translation of Rousseau’s

Collected Writings (Hanover, NH, 1990- ) currently in progress under the general supervision of Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly, when finished, should provide the best, and in several instances the first, editions of his works for English readers. Of the major writings, including the

Discours sur l’inégalité , the

Contrat social , the

Confessions , and the

Rêveries , there are numerous, often fine, translations into English, including those contained in the series of Texts in the History of Political Thought (Cambridge University Press) and the World’s Classics series (Oxford University Press). Leigh’s edition of the

Correspondance complète , in fifty-two volumes, is one of the most remarkable works of modern scholarship in any field-its annotation majestic, its powers of resuscitating Rousseau’s world, and even the spontaneity and refinement of the composition of his ideas, unsurpassed.

This correspondence, and Rousseau’s own

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