David Tunley 
Songs by Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Songs by Lo Delibes (1836-1891), Six Posies d”Armand Silvestre by Alexis de Castillon (1838-1873) [PDF ebook] 

First Published in 1995. This series comprises nearly 300 romances and melodies, most of which were composed during the 40 years that saw a blossoming of the romantic spirit in all the arts in France. It brings together some of the most attractive pieces by the best songwriters of the period, and in so doing provides an overview of the development of nineteenth-century French song before Faure, Duparc, and Debussy