besides her "mémoires" mme de staal left two excellent short comedies, performed at the court of sceaux, and some letters, the answers to which are in some cases extant, and show, as well as the references of contemporaries, that the writer did not exaggerate her own charm. her "mémoires" were translated by selina bathurst (1877) and by cora h. bell (1892). see the edition (1877) of her "mémoires" by m. de lescure.