France and Great Britain, so close geographically but separated by language, culture and history, had been exchanging merchandise, visitors, rulers and ideas for hundred of years before eighteenth century. This title gathers together essays by scholars from Great Britain and United States who have examined various parameters of the subject.

A final group of essays treats intellectual influences in realms as diverse as encyclopaedism, cultural analysis, connoisseurship, and cosmopolitanism in the arts. The volume is appropriate for collections in history, literature, and culture.

Part I:
Translations and Correspondence
1 Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's English Correspondents During the French Revolution MALCOLM COOK
2 The English Translations of Voltaire's La Pucelle J. PATRICK LEE
3 Enlightened Exchange: The Correspondence of Andre Morellet and Lord Shelburne DOROTHY MEDLIN and ARLENE P. SHY
4 The Scottish Enlightenment in Action: The Correspondence of William Robertson and J.-B.-A. Suard JEFFREY SMITTEN
Part II:
Sojourns Abroad. 5 'The Only Disagreeable Thing in the Whole': the Selection and Experience of the British Hostages for the Delivery of Cape Breton in Paris, 1748-49 ROBIN EAGLES
6 Peregrinations to the Convent: Hester Thrale Piozzi and Ann Radcliffe TONYA MOUTRAY MCARTHUR
7 Friend or Foe? French Emigres Discover Britain ROSENA DAVISON
8 'Genuine Anecdotes': Mary Charlton and Revolutionary Celebrity GILLIAN DOW
Part III:
Intellectual and Artistic Exchanges
9 Two Partial English-Language Translations of the Encyclopedie: The Encyclopedias of John Barrow and Temple Henry Croker JEFF LOVELAND
10 British Biography in the Encyclopedie methodique: Histoire KATHLEEN HARDESTY DOIG
11 Diderot, Dentistry and British Politics: Two Neglected Pamphlets DAVID ADAMS
12 British and French Influences on Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer DEIDRE DAWSON
13 A Commonwealth of Connoisseurs: British Humanism in the Art and Science of the Ancien Regime ELIZABETH LIEBMAN
14 An Anglo-Swiss Connection in the Age of Voltaire: Jean Huber's British Friends and Relations GARRY APGAR.