According to Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, he deserves a place dans la classe des esprits infiniment distingués but is distinguished by being ought to be added by intelligence rather than by intellect and less by the power of saying much than by the power of saying a little well. There have been several collected editions of Fontenelle's works, the first being printed in 3 vols. at the Hague in 1728–1729. The best is that of Paris, in 8 vols., 1790. Some of his separate works have been frequently reprinted and also translated.
Accordin.g to Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, he deserves a place dans la classe des esprits infiniment distingués but is distinguished by being ought to be added by intelligence rather than by intellect and less by the power of saying much than by the power of saying a little well There have been several collected editions of Fontenelle's works, the first being printed in 3 vols. at the Hague in 1728–1729. The best is that of Paris, in 8 vols., 1790. Some of his separate works have been frequently reprinted and also translated.