Section 1. Books directly on Bergson:(a) French.(b) English and American.(c) Others.
Section 2. Books indirectly on Bergson:(a) French.(b) English and American.
Section 3. Articles: English and American.(a) Signed, under author.(b) Unsigned, under date.
The books and articles which have appeared, dealing with Bergson's thought, are truly legion. Three bibliographies have already been compiled, one in each of the countries: England, America and Germany, which are of value and merit attention.
In 1910, Mr. F. L. Pogson, M.A., prefixed to Time and Free Will (the English translation of the Essai sur les donnees immediates de la conscience) a comprehensive bibliography, giving a list of Bergson's own published works, and numerous articles contributed to various periodicals, and in addition, lists of articles in English, American, French, German and other foreign reviews upon Bergson's philosophy. This bibliography was partly reprinted in France two years later as an appendix to the little work on Bergson by M. Joseph Desaymard, La Pensee de Henri Bergson (Paris, Mercure de France, pp. 82, 1912).
Then in 1913, when Bergson paid his visit to America, Mr. W. Dawson Johnston, the Librarian of the Columbia University, New York, presented him with a copy of a little work of fifty-six pages entitled A Contribution to a Bibliography of Henri Bergson. This exhaustive work was prepared under the direction of Miss Isadore G. Mudge, the Reference Librarian, and includes all books published and all periodical literature of value by or on Bergson, complete up to 1913. "The bibliography includes" (to quote the Preface) "90 books and articles by Professor Bergson (including translations of his works), and 417 books and articles about him. These 417 items represent 11 different languages divided as follows: French, 170; English, 159; German, 40; Italian, 19; Polish, 5; Dutch, 3; Spanish, 3; Roumanian, 2; Swedish, 2; Russian, 2; Hungarian, 1." For this work Professor John Dewey wrote an introduction. It was published by the Columbia University Press in 1913, and is the best evidence of the world-wide popularity of Bergson and the international interest aroused by his writings.
A more recent compilation, however, which contains later books and articles, is a German one, which appeared during the war. It is the work of Walter Meckauer and forms a valuable part of his book Der Intuitionismus und seine Elemente bei Henri Bergson, published in Leipsig in 1917 (Verlag Felix Meiner).
The bibliography which follows gives more up-to-date lists of works than those mentioned, bringing the list of Bergson's writings up to 1919, and it includes books and articles on Bergson which have appeared in the current year (1920). All the important books in French, English, or German on Bergson are given. As the present work is designed mainly to meet the needs of English readers, lists of foreign articles are not given, but in order to show the wide interest aroused by Bergson's thought in the English speaking world, and for purposes of reference, a comprehensive list of articles which have appeared in English and American periodicals is appended. Finally, a list of the English Translations of Bergson's works is given in full under their publishers' names.
BERGSON'S OWN WRITINGS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED
1878 SOLUTION OF A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM.This, his first published work, appeared when he wasnineteen years of age in Annales de Mathematiques.(Brisse et Gerono.) It is of interest, as it shows us anearly ability in the study of this science.
1882 LA SPECIALITE.Discours au Lycee d'Angers—a publication of sixteenpages; address given at the prize-giving in Augustof that year. Angers: Imprimerie Lacheze et Dolbeau.
1884 EXTRAITS DE LUCRECE avec un commentaire, desnotes et une étude sur la poésie, la philosophie, laphysique, le texte et la langue de Lucrèce.Published Delagrave, Paris, 1884. By 1914 ten editionshad appeared. This work is of interest in showinghis ability in classical scholarship. Pp. xlvii l59.
1885 LA POLITESSE.Another address. This one was given at Clermont-Ferrand, and was published on August 5, 1885, in thelocal paper Moniteur du Puy de Dome. It is of interestbecause in it is to be found his original view of "Grace"which he developed later in the Essai sur les donneesimmidiates de la conscience (1889).
1886 LA SIMULATION INCONSCIENTE DANS L'ETAT D'HYPNOTISME.His first contribution to the Revue philosophique (Vol.XXII, pp. 525-31). It is interesting to note that correspondencefollowing the appearance of this article ledto the inclusion in Myers' Human Personality and itsSurvival of Bodily Death of a case cited by Bergson(see Vol. I, p. 447), 1901.
1889 QUID ARISTOTELES DE LOCO SENSERIT.A Latin thesis, presented along with the following Frenchthesis, for the degree of Docteur-es-Lettres. PublishedAlcan, Paris, pp. 82.
1889 ESSAI SUR LES DONNEES IMMEDIATES DE LA CONSCIENCE.French thesis, presented along with the above Latinthesis, for the degree of Docteur-es-Lettres. Publishedby Alcan, Paris, same year, in La Bibliotheque de philosophiecontemporaine (pp viii-185) Eighteen editionscalled for by 1920.English Translation: Time and Free Will, by F. L. Pogson,M.A. Published in 1910 by Swan & Sonnenschein(now George Allen & Unwin) in Library of Philosophy.
1891 LA GENESE DE L'IDEE DE TEMPS.A review, published in the Revue philosophique (Vol. for1891, pp 185-190), of the book by Jean Mane Guyau,La Genese de l'Idee de Temps, with an introduction byAlfred Fouillee which appeared posthumously in 1890,two years after Guyau's death.
1895 LE BON SENS ET LES ETUDES CLASSIQUES.Discours au concours general des lycees et colleges, 1895—another prize-giving address. Published in Revuescientifique, 4th Ser., No. 15, pp. 705-713, June, 1901,and by Delalain, Paris, 1895.
1896 MATIERE ET MEMOIRE.Essai sur la relation du corps avec l'esprit.Bergson's second notable work Published by Alcan,Paris, in Bibliotheque de philosophie contemporaine,pp iii-280. Thirteen editions by 1919.English Translation: Matter and Memory, by NancyMargaret Paul and W. S. Palmer. Published 1911,Swan & Sonnenschein (now George Allen & Unwin), inthe Library of Philosophy.
1897 PRINCIPES DE METAPHYSIQUE ET DE PSYCHOLOGIED'APRES MONSIEUR PAUL JANET.A critical review in Revue philosophique (Vol. XLIV,Nov., 1897, pp. 525-551).
1900 LE RIRE.Essai sur la signification du comique.First published as two articles in Revue de Paris, 1900(Vol. I, pp. 512-545 and pp. 759-791). Book form,Paris (Alcan), 1901, Bibliotheque de philosophie contemporaine,pp. vii-205. By 1919, seventeen editions.English Translation: Laughter—An Essay on the Meaningof the Comic, by Brereton and Rothwell. Published1911, Macmillan.This essay is based on a lecture given by Bergson whileat Clermont-Ferrand, on Feb 18, 1884, a report of whichappeared in the local paper Moniteur du Puy de Dome,Feb. 21, 1884.
1900 NOTES SUR LES ORIGINES PSYCHOLOGIES DENOTRE CROYANCE A LA LOI DE CAUSALITE.Short paper of fifteen pages, read at the First InternationalCongress of Philosophy, held in Paris, August 1 to 5,1900 Published in Bibhotheque du Congres Internationalde Philosophie, being special numbers of theRevue de metaphysique et de morale. Paris (ArmandColin). Discussion reported in the Revue, Sept, 1900,Vol VIII, pp 655-660.
1901 LE REVE.Conférence a l'Institut psychologique international.March 26, 1901 Published, Pans, Bulletin de l'Institut,May, 1901; Revue scientifique, June 8, 1901, andabridged, Revue de philosophie, 1901. As Book, Alcan,1901.Reprinted in the volume of collected papers L'Energiespiriuelle, 1919, pp 91-116.English Translation: Dreams, by Dr Edwin E Slosson.Published first as articles in the Independent of Oct 23and 30, 1913 Book form 1914 Fisher Unwin.Reissued in 1920 in Mind-Energy, English Translation ofL'Energie spirituelle.
1901 LE PARALLELISME PSYCHO-PHYSIQUE ET LA METAPHYSIQUEPOSITIVE.Bergson's first contribution to the Bulletin de la Societefrançaise de philosophie, June, 1901. The importantlecture in which he defended the propositions set forthon pages 53-54 of this present work.
1901 L'INCONSCIENT DANS LA VIE MENTALE.Article in the Bulletin de la Société française de philosophie.
1901 LE VOCABULAIRE TECHNIQUE ET CRITIQUE DELA PHILOSOPHIE.Article in the Bulletin de la Société française de philosophie.
1902 L'EFFORT INTELLECTUEL.Article in the Revue philosophique, Jan, 1902, Vol XLIII,pp 1-27. This article supplements parts of the largerwork Matière et Mémoire.Reprinted in 1919 in the volume of collected essays,L'Energie spintuelle, pp 163-202 English Translationin 1920 in volume Mind-Energy (Macmillan).
1902 L'INTELLECT ET LA VOLONTEDiscours au Lycée Voltaire, July, 1902 PublishedImprimerie Quelquejeu
1902 LE VOCABULAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE.Collaboration Bulletin de la Societé française de philosophie,July, 1902.
1903 RAPPORT SUR LA FONDATION "CARNOT" (1902).Published in Jan, 1903, in Seances et travaux de l'Academiedes sciences morales et pohtiques. Also Memoires del'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, 1904.
1903 INTRODUCTION A LA METAPHYSIQUE.Article in Revue de métaphysique et de morale. Paris,Jan, 1903.English Translation: An Introduction to Metaphysics, byT. E. Hulme Published in 1913, Macmillan.Valuable as an independent statement of his doctrine ofIntuition. Not to be regarded as a mere epitome of thelarger works, although it makes a good preface to them.To be included in forthcoming volume of collected essaysand lectures.
1903 LA PLACE ET LE CARACTERE DE LA PHILOSOPHIEDANS L'ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE.Article in the Bulletin de la Societé française de philosophie,Feb., 1903, p. 44. An address delivered before theSocieté in Dec., 1902.
1903 LA NOTION DE LA LIBERTE MORALE.Article in the Bulletin de la Societé française de philosophie,April, 1903, p. 101.
1903 RAPPORT SUR LE PRIX "HALPHEN."Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques,July, 1903. Also Memoir es de l'Academie des sciencesmorales et politiques, 1904.
1903 LA PHILOSOPHIE SOCIALE DE COURNOT.Article in the Bulletin de la Societé française de philosophie,Aug, 1903, p. 229.
1904 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE RUSKIN "LABIBLE D'AMIENS."Traduction francaise de M. Proust, Seances de l'Acadimiedes sciences morales et politiques, 1904.
1904 NOTICE SUR LA VIE ET SUR LES OEUVRES DEFELIX RAVAISSON-MOLLIEN, Lue dans les seancesdu 20 et 27 fevrier, 1904, de l'Academie des sciencesmorales et politiques.Published in Seances et travaux de l'Academie des sciencesmorales et politiques, Paris, 1904, and in Memoires del'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, in 1907.
1904 LE PARALOGISME PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGIQUE.Lecture given at the Second International Congress ofPhilosophy held at Geneva from Sept. 4 to 8, 1904.Published in Revue de metaphysique et de morale,numero exceptionel (Nov, 1904).Reprinted in 1919 in the volume of collected essaysL'Energie spirituelle, pp. 203-223, under new titleLe Cerveau et la pensee: une illusion philosophique.English Translation, 1920 in volume: Mind-Energy.
1904 LES COURBES RESPIRATOIRES PENDANT L'HYPNOSEArticle contributed to the Bulletin de l'Institut generalpsychologique.
1904 PREFACE de la Psychologie Rationelle, d'Emile Lubac.Published at Paris, Alcan. Four pages on Intuition.
1904 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. MORTET"Notes sur le texte des 'Institutiones' de Cassiodore."Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1904 VISION DE LUEURS DANS L'OBSCURITE PAR LESSENSITIFS.Bulletin de l'Institut general psychologique, Jan., 1904.
1904 LES RADIATIONS "N."Bulletin de l'Institut general psychologiques, Jan., 1904.
1905 ESPRIT ET MATIERE.Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie.
1905 THEORIE DE LA PERCEPTION.Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie,March, 1905, pp. 94-95. An address given in Dec.,1904.
1905 REPONSE A MONSIEUR RAGEOT.Article in Revue philosophique, Vol LX, p 229. Criticismby Monsieur Rageot appears on p. 84. See Ward onthis point. Realm of Ends, p. 307.
1905 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. OSSIP LOURIE(now Professeur a l'Universite nouvelle de Bruxelles).Le Bonheur et l'intelligence, published by Alcan in 1904.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1905 RELATION A WILLIAM JAMES ET A JAMES WARD.A Letter on la duree in the Revue philosophique, Aug.,1905. Vol. LX, pp. 229-230
1906 RAPPORT SUR LE CONCOURS POUR LE PRIX"BORDIN" (1905).Ayant pour sujet "Maine de Biran." Seances de l'Academiedes sciences morales et politiques, 1906: also Memoiresde l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, 1907.
1906 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. BARDOUX.Essai d'une psychology de l'Angleterre contemporaine(premiere partie).Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1906 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M LUQUET,entitule:—Idees generales de psychologie.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1906 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. GAULTIER,entitule:—Le Sens de l'art, avec une preface de M. Emile Boutroux.Séances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1907 L'EVOLUTION CREATRICE.Published by Alcan, Paris, in La Bibliothèque de philosophiecontemporaine, 1907 (pp viii 4O3). By 1918 the workwas in its twenty-first edition.English Translation: Creative Evolution, by ArthurMitchell, Ph.D. Published in 1911, Macmillan.This is Bergson's third large work, and his most important,being one of the most profound and original contributionsto the philosophieal consideration of the theoryof Evolution."Un livre comme L'Evolution créatrice n'est pas seulementune oeuvre mais une date celle d'une directionnouvelle imprimée a la pensée." Pierre Imbart de laTour—in Le Pangermanisme et la philosophie de l'histoire.
1907 ARTICLE SUR "L'EVOLUTION CREATRICE."Revue du Mois, Sept., 1907, pp. 351-354. Bergson's replyto a critic, M. Le Dantec.
1907 VOCABULAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE.Collaboration. Bulletin de la Societé française de philosophie,Aug., 1907.
1907 RAPPORT SUR LE CONCOURS POUR LE PRIX"LE DISSEZ DE PENANRUN."Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques,1907. PP. 91-102. Also in Memoires de l'Academie dessciences morales et politiques, 1909.
1907 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. BARDOUX.Psychologie de l'Angleterre contemporaine (Deuxiemepartie).Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1908 REPONSE A UNE ENQUETE INTERNATIONALESUR LA QUESTION RELIGIEUSE.Arranged by the Mercure de France, and published in Parisin the book La Question Religieuse, by Frederic Charpin.Bergson's answer is less than a page.
1908 L'INFLUENCE DE SA PHILOSOPHIE SUR LESELEVES DES LYCEES.Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie,Jan., 1908 Address delivered before the Societé inthe previous Nov.
1908 LETTRE SUR L'INFLUENCE DE SA PHILOSOPHIESUR LES ELEVES DES LYCEESAppended to Binet's L'Evolution de l'ensignement philosophique,in L'Année psychologique, 1908, pp. 230-231.
1908 LE SOUVENIR DU PRESENT ET LA FAUSSE RECONAISSANCE.Article in the Revue philosophique, Dec, 1908, pp 561-593.Reprited in 1919 in the volume of collected essaysL'Energie spirituelle, pp 117-161 English Translationin volume: Mind-Energy. Macmillan, 1920.
1908 L'EVOLUTION DE L'INTELLIGENCE GEOMETRIQUE.Article in the Revue de metaphysique et de morale, Jan,1908, pp. 28-33. Another reply to a critic, MonsieurBorel.
1908 VOCABULAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE.Collaboration. Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie,Aug, 1908. On the words "immediat" and"inconnaissable"
1908 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. MERLANT,ayant pour sujet "Senancour"Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1908 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. BAZAILLAS,entitule:—Musique et inconscience.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1908 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. BOIRAC,entitule:—La psychologie inconnue.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1908 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. NAYRAC.La Fontaine.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1909 PREFACE A "GABRIEL TARDE"A volume of the collection Les Grands Philosophes, publishedby Louis Michaud, Paris.This book was written by Tarde's sons. It is interestingto note that Tarde was Bergson's predecessor in theChair of Modern Philosophy at the College de France.The Preface (pp. 5 and 6) treats of CausalityA volume of this same series devoted to Bergson himselfappeared in 1910, by Rene Gillouin.
1909 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. MEYERSON,entitule:—Identiti et realite.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1909 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. HENRIDELACROIX.Etudes d'histoire et de psychologie du mysticisme.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1909 L'ORGANISATION DES CONGRES DE PHILOSOPHIE.Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie,Jan., 1909.
1909 VOCABULAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE.Collaboration Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie,Aug., 1909.
1910 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. WENDELL.La France d'aujourd hui.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politques.
1910 RAPPORT SUR LE CONCOURS POUR LES PRIX"CHARLES L'EVEQUE."Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1910 JAMES ET BERGSON.Remarques a propos d'un article de Mr. W. B. Pitkin,intitule James and Bergson, or, Who is against Intellect?Mr. Pitkin's article appeared in the Journal of Philosophy,Psychology, and Scientific Methods on April 28, 1910.Bergson's reply appeared in the same journal on July7th of the same year.
1910 NEW INTRODUCTION WRITTEN IN ENGLISH FORTHE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MATIEREET MEMOIRE.This new introduction was subsequently translatedinto French and prefaced to the next French edition ofMatiere et Memoire which appeared. This was theseventh edition. The English translation by NancyMargaret Paul and W. Scott Palmer was published in1911 (see note under date 1896).The new introduction called attention mainly to thechange in orthodox opinion regarding aphasia whichhad come about since the original publication of thework in French in 1896—a change of view which onlyserved to make Bergson's opinions appear less novel andmore probable.
1910 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. DAURIAC.Le musicien-poete Wagner: etude de psychologie musicale.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1910 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. JOUSSAIN.entitule:—Le Fondement psychologique de la morale.Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.
1910 L'INCONSCIENT DANS LA VIE MENTALERemarques a propos d'une these soutenue par M.Dwelshauvers (Now Belgian Professor.) An addressdelivered to the Societe in the previous November.Published in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise dephilosophie, Feb., 1910. Here Bergson has another encounterwith a critic. As far back as 1901 Bergson contributed tothis same periodical an article bearing this title. M.Georges Dwelshauvers criticized Bergson's views in his articles—"Raison et Intuition," étude sur la philosophie de M. Bergson,in La Belgique artistique et litteraire, Nov.-Dec., 1905,and April, 1906."Bergson et la methode intuitive," in the Revue des Mois,Sept., 1907."De l'intuition dans l'acte de l'esprit," in the Revue demétaphysique et de morale, Jan., 1908.
1911 L'INTUITION PHILOSOPHIQUE.Paper read at the Fourth International Congress of Philosophy,held at Bologna, April 5 to 11, 1911. Published in Nov. inRevue de métaphysique et de morale (Numero exceptionel),pp. 809-827. To reappear in forthcoming second volume ofcollected papers.
1911 LA PERCEPTION DU CHANGEMENT.Deux conférences faites a l'Université d'Oxford, les 26 et27 Mai, 1911.Published in original French by the Clarendon Press,Oxford, in 1911. (Out of print now.) To reappear inforthcoming second volume of collected essays and lectures.
1911 LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS.The Huxley Lecture delivered at University of Birmingham,May 29, 1911. Published in The Hibbert Journalfor Oct., 1911, Vol X, pp. 24-44, and also in the volumeHuxley Memorial Lectures in 1914.In a revised and somewhat developed form this appearedin 1919 in the volume of collected essays and lecturesL'Energie spirituelle, pp. 1-29 (Mind-Energy, 1920).
1911 VERITE ET REALITEIntroduction of sixteen pages written for the FrenchTranslation of William James' Pragmatism. Translatedby Le Brun. Published Flammarion, Paris.
1911 LES REALITES QUE LA SCIENCE N'ATTEINT PAS.Article in Foi et Vie (French Protestant Review).
1911 LA NATURE DE L'AME.Four lectures delivered at the University of London, Oct.,1911. Up to the time of writing, these lectures havenot been published Reports are to be found, however,in The Times, Oct 21, 23, 28 and 30, 1911 (For definiteinformation regarding these lectures, I am indebtedto Mr. Reginald Rye, Librarian of the University ofLondon, to the University of London Press, and toProfessor Bergson himself.)
1912 L'AME ET LE CORPS.Conférence faite pour la Societé Foi et Vie. Publishedin Le Matérialisme actuel, Paris, 1913, Flammarion.During the year 1912, the Paris Review Foi et Vie arrangeda series of lectures on Materialism. These were givenin Paris, alternating with a series on Pascal, likewisearranged by Foi et Vie, under the direction of in PaulDoumergue, chief editor This was the sixth year inwhich such courses of lectures had been arranged bythis Review. The most of these lectures were subsequentlypublished in the Review itself, but the 1912lectures on Materialism were issued separately in avolume entitled Le Materialisme actuel, published inthe Bibliotheque de philosophie scientifique, with a prefaceby in Paul Doumergue. Two illustrious names headedthe list of lecturers—those of Henri Bergson and thelate Henri Poincare. Bergson's lecture bears the titleL'Ame et le Corps, pp. 7-48. (I am told by Prof.Bergson that it is a Summary of the four unpublishedLondon lectures.)This was reprinted in 1919 in L'Energie spirituelle, pp.31-63 (Mind-Energy, 1920).
1912 PREFACE written for the French Translation of Eucken'sDer Sinn und der Wert des LebensLe sens et la valeur de la vie—translated by M. A.Hullet and A. Leicht. Published, Paris, Alcan.
1912 LETTER ON HIS PHILOSOPHY IN RELATION TO THEOLOGY.Written to Father de Tonquedec, S J, in the Jesuit periodicalLes Etudes of Feb 20, 1912,Vol CXXX, pp 514-515.Father de Tonquedec had criticized Bergson's philosophyfrom the point of view of Roman Catholic Theology.The following are amongst his criticisms:La Notion de la veritt dans la philosophie nouvelle, Paris,1908.Comment interpreter l'ordre du monde a-propos du dernierouvrage de in Bergson, Paris, Beauchesne, 1908.Bergson est-il moniste? Article in Les Annales dephilosophie chretienne, March, 1912.Dieu dans l'Evolution créatrice, Beauchesne, 1912, whichgives two letters from Bergson
1913 FANTOMES DE VIVANTS ET RECHERCHE PSYCHIQUEPresidential address to the British Society for PsychicalResearch. Delivered at the Aeolian Hall, London,May 28, 1913. Published report in the Times, May 29,1913; and of the New York Times, Sept 27,1914,Proceedings of the Society, Vol 1914-15, pp 157-175.This address was reprinted in 1919 in L'Energiespirituelle, pp 65-89. English Translation: Mind-Energy, 1920.
1914 LETTER TO "LE FIGARO."Letter on his Philosophy generally, March 7, 1914.
1914 THE PROBLEM OF PERSONALITY.The Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh University Onecourse of eleven lectures, given in the Spring. TheAutumn course was abandoned owing to the War.These lectures have not yet been published. (For informationregarding them I am indebted to Mr. F. C.Nicholbon, Librarian of the University of Edinburgh,and to Prof. Bergson himself.)
1914 LA FORCE QUI S'USE ET CELLE QUI NE S'USE PAS.Article written for the famous organ of the poilus. Bulletindes Armees de la Republique francaise, Nov. 4, 1914.
1914 HOMMAGE AU ROI ALBERT ET AU PEUPLE BELGE.Contribution to King Albert's Book, issued by theDaily Telegraph.
1915 LA SIGNIFICATION DE LA GUERRECollection of War speeches and writings in the seriesPages actuelles, 1914-15. Published by Bloud et Gay,Paris, 1915. Small volume of 47 pages Contains:1. Discours prononce a l'Academie des Sciences moraleset politiques le 12 dec, 1914, pp 7-29. This was aPresidential address La Signification de la Guerre.2. Allocution prononcee a l'Academie le 16 Jan, 1915,a l'occasion de l'installation de M. Alexandre Ribotau fauteuil de la presidence (in succession to Bergson).Reported only in part, pp 33-35.3. La force qui s'use et celle qui ne s'use pas, pp 39-42.Reprinted from the pages of the Bulletin des Armeesde la, Republique francaise, Nov. 4, 1914.4. Hommage au Roi Albert et au Peuple Belge, pp 45-46.Reprinted from King Albert's Book, War publication ofDaily Telegraph.Items Nos 1 and 3 have been translated into Englishas The Meaning of the War, with preface by Dr. H.Wildon Carr. Published 1915, Fisher Unwin. No. 1appeared in The Hibbert Journal in English, as "Lifeand Matter at War," April, 1915, pp. 465-475; and in theAmerican paper The Living Age on July 31, 1915, pp. 259-264
1915 AUTOUR DE LA GUERREA discourse on the Evolution of German Imperialism,delivered before the Academie des Sciences morales etpolitiques. Published in La Revue, Feb.-March, 1915,pp. 369-377.
1915 LA PHILOSOPHIE.Ouvrage publié sous les auspices du ministre del'Instruction publique. A delightful little work of 27 pages.Reprinted from La Sciencé française, Tome I.Published in the series of that name by Larousse, Pans,and costing fifty centimes. It is a review of FrenchPhilosophy, and contains a bibliography, and portraitsof the philosophers, Descartes, Malebranche, Pascal,and Renouvier.
1916 LETTRE A PROF. HOFFDING.Published in the original French in the French editionof the Danish Professor's Lectures on Bergson; LaPhilosophie de Bergson expose et critique par H.Hoffding, Professeur a l'Université de Copenhague.Traduit d'après l'édition danoise avec un avant-propos par Jacques de Coussange et suivi d'une lettrede M. Bergson à l'auteur. Alcan, Paris. The letter, pp.l57-165.
1917 PREFACE A "LA MISSION FRANCAISE ENAMERIQUE 24 AVRIL-13 MAI, 1917."Compiled by M. R. Viviani, published, Flammarion,Paris, 1917, pp 264. Bergson's Preface is seven pages.
1918 DISCOURS DE RECEPTION.Bergson's address on being received by the Academy.On M. Ollivier. Published by Perrin, Paris. Seance del'Academie francaise, Jan. 24, 1918, pp. 44. (The workalso contains the reply to Bergson by the Director ofthe Academy, M. Rene Doumic, pp. 45-75.)
1919 L'ENERGIE SPIRITUELLE (Essais et Conferences).Felix Alcan's Bibliotheque de philosophie contemporaire,pp. 227.This is a volume of collected essays and lectures of whichthree editions appeared in 1919. It deals with theconcept of mental force, with problems of the interactionof mind and body, and with Bergson's view of "tension"and "detension" in relation to matter and mind.With a brief foreword, explaining that this is the first of acouple of volumes of collected essays, there are sevenpapers:1. "La Conscience et la Vie," pp. 1-29. A revised anddeveloped version of "Life and Consciousness," theHuxley Lecture of 1911.2. "L'Ame et le Corps," pp. 31-63. Reprinted fromLe Materialisme actuel. Lecture given in 1912.3. "Fantomes de Vivants et Recherche Psychique,"pp. 65-89. Presidential address of 1913.4. "Le Reve," pp. 91-116. The lecture of 1901.5. "Le Souvenir du present et la fausse reconnaissance,"pp. 117-161. Reprint from Revue philosophique ofarticle of 1908.6. "L'Effort intellectuel," pp. 163-202. Reprint fromRevue philosophique of article of 1902.7. "Le Cerveau et la Pensee: une illusion philosophique,"pp. 203-223. The Lecture given at the InternationalCongress at Geneva, formerly printed in the Revue demetaphysique et de morale as "Le Paralogisme psycho-physiologique."English Translation: MIND-ENERGY, by Dr. Wildon Carr.Macmillan, 1920.The forthcoming second volume of collected essays on TheMethod of Intuitional Philosophy will contain inter alia:Introduction on "Method."Reprint of "L'Intuition philosophique." Introduction a lametaphysique, "La Perception du Changement."
Three articles, bearing the titles "Memoire et reconaissance," "Perception et matiere" and "L'Idee de neant," which appeared respectively in Revue philosophique (1896), Revue de metaphysique et de morale (1896) and Revue philosophique (1906) have been omitted from their places in the above list because they were subsequently incorporated into the larger works Matiere et Memoire and L'Evolution creatrice.
BENDA, Julien.Le Bergsonisme ou une Philosophie de la Mobilité. Paris, Mercurede France. 1912.Une Philosophie pathétique. Cahiers de la Quinzaine. Paris,1913, Ser. 15, Cah 2.Sur le succes du Bergsonisme. 1914. Incorporates UnePhilosophie pathétique.
BERTHELOT, R.Un Romantisme Utilitaire. Paris, 1911. Vol. 2, Le Pragramatismechez Bergson.Le pragmatisme de Bergson. Paris, Alcan, 1913.
COIGNET, Clarisse.De Kant a Bergson. Reconciliation de la religion et de la sciencedans un spiritualisme nouveau. Paris, 1911 (Alcan).Concluding 60 pages deal with Bergson.
DESAYMARD, Joseph.La Pensee d'Henri Bergson. In series Les Hommes et les Idees.Paris, 1912. Mercure de France. Pp. 82. With portraitand bibliography (reprint of Mr. Pogson's list).
DWELSHAUVERS, Georges.Raison et intuition. Etudes sur la philosophie de Bergson, 1906.
FARGES.Theorie fondamentale de l'Acte et de la Puissance avec la critiquede la philosophie nouvelle de MM. Bergson et Le Roy. Paris,1909. (Etudes philosophiques, No. 1.)La philosophie de M. Bergson. Expose et critique. Paris, 1912.
FOUILLEE, Alfred.La Pensee et les nouvelles ecoles anti-intellectuelles. Paris, 1910.
GAGNEBIN, S.La philosophie de l'intuition. 1912. Saint Blaise, 'FoyerSolidariste. Pp. 240. Mainly on Le Roy, Bergson's disciple, but athird of the book deals with the master.
GILLOUIN, Rene.Bergson: Choix de textes, etudes sur l'OEuvre, notices biographiqueset bibliographiques. Paris, 1910, Michaud. Series LesGrands Philosophes. Illustrated. Pp. 220.Essay of 30 pages on Bergson's philosophy. Extracts fromBergson's works. Pp. 39-220.La Philosophie de M. Bergson. Paris, 1911, Grasset. Pp. 187.
GRANDJEAN, F.Une revolution dans la philosophie, La Doctrine de Bergson.Atar, Geneva, 2nd ed., 1916.
LE ROY, Edouard.Une Philosophie nouvelle: Henri Bergson. Paris, 1912.English Translation: A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson, byVincent Benson. 1913. Williams and Norgate. Pp. 235.The author of this work is Bergson's famous pupil, who nowlectures in his place at the College de France.
MARITAIN, J.La philosophie bergsonienne. Paris, Riviere, 1914. Pp. 477.
MEUNIER, D.Lecon de Bergson. 1914.
PEGUY, Charles.Note Sur M. Bergson et la philosophie bergsonienne. Paris.(Bourgeois). Cahiers de la Quinzaine. Pp. 101.
PENIDO, Dr. M. T. L.La methode intuitive de Bergson. Essai critique. Atar, Geneva,and Alcan, Paris, 1918, pp. 220.
SEGOND, J.L'Intuition bergsonienne. Alcan, Paris, 1912 and 1913. Pp. 157.
(b) English and American Publications
BALSILLIE, David.An Examination of Professor Bergson's Philosophy. 1912. Williamsand Norgate. Pp. 228.
CARR, Dr. H. Wildon.Henri Bergson: The Philosophy of Change, 1912. Jack,"The People's Books." Pp. 91. Good brief sketch. 1919.Jack and Nelson. Second revised edition. Pp. 126.The Philosophy of Change: A study of the Fundamental Principleof the Philosophy of Bergson. 1914. Macmillan. Pp. 216.Time and History in Contemporary Philosophy, with specialreference to Bergson and Croce. Proceedings of BritishAcademy, 1918. Pp. 20. Separately, Oxford University Press.
CUNNINGHAM, Gustave W., Dr.Study in the Philosophy of Bergson. 1916. Longman. NewYork. Pp. 212.
DODSON, G. R., Dr.Bergson and the Modern Spirit. An Essay in ConstructiveThought. 1914. Lindsey Press. Pp. 295.
ELLIOT, Hugh S. R.Modern Science and the Illusions of Professor Bergson. 1912.Preface by Sir Ray Lankester. Longman, New York, and1913, Longman, London. Pp. 257. Very hostile to Bergson,indeed contemptuously or bitterly so.
GERRARD, Father Thomas.Bergson: an Exposition and Criticism from the point of view ofSaint Thomas Aquinas. 1913. Sands & Co. Pp. 208.