Michael S. Hart wrote:

Right now we are looking at Voltaire, de Toqueville's "Democracy," and a few others.

20 more and we are at 1500.

Please take a look for various copies of "Democracy" and anything else you think we might be able to use, and let me know.

http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/De_la_d%C3%A9mocratie_en_Am%C3%A9rique Wikisource claims to have over 50,000 French works, although I notice a fair number of them are works translated from other languges (e.g., H.G. Wells' classic _La Guerre des Mondes_). Happy Harvesting!