How did Hippolyte Taine support himself after leaving full-time teaching?

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Hippolyte Taine Taine, portrait by Léon Bonnat, 1889

After leaving full-time teaching, Hippolyte Taine supported himself by working as a man of letters and providing private tutoring. He also generated income by contributing frequent literary and historical articles to prominent journals, including the Revue des Deux Mondes, the Revue de l’Instruction Publique, and the Journal des Débats. Additionally, he published various works, such as a literary guidebook based on his travels titled Voyage aux eaux des Pyrénées.1