: series in pocket format of short texts which welcomes different literary genres Bibliothèque étrangère (1999) Le Temps retrouvé poche (1999) & Le Temps retrouvé (2003) : newspapers, memoirs, travel books, letters, eye witness accounts Le goût de… (2002): literary anthologies devoted to towns, regions, countries and to numerous themes Traits et portraits (2002): autobiographical stories References The bulk of this article is based on the French Wikipedia article, which is itself taken from the history page of the website of the Mercure de France (see external links). Additional information based on: DeJean, Joan. The Essence of Style: How the French Invented Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour. New York: Free Press, 2005 Harvey, Paul and J.E. Heseltine, eds. The Oxford Compagnon to French Literature. London: Oxford University Press, 1959. Patrick Dandrey, ed. Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: Le XVIIe siècle. Collection: La Pochothèque. Paris: Fayard, 1996. External links Official website Le Mercure de France online from 1672 to 1674, from 1678 to 1682, from 1724 to 1791 and from 1890 to 1935 in Gallica, the digital library of the BnF. 17th-century French literature 1672 establishments in France Book publishing companies of France Defunct literary magazines published in France French-language magazines Magazines established in 1672 Magazines disestablished in 1825