CHAPTER V

Success of my _Scènes historiques_--Clovis and Hlodewig (Chlodgwig)--I wish to apply myself seriously to the study of the history of France--The Abbé Gauthier and M. de Moyencourt--Cordelier-Delanoue reveals to me Augustine Thierry and Chateaubriand--New aspects of history--_Gaule et France_--A drama in collaboration with Horace Vernet and Auguste Lafontaine