place Louis XV, called from 1799 ^^ '^M 3-nd since

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Place de la Concorde." The king and 2800 others were guillotined hère during the Terror. In 1794 the square was called '* Place de la Révolution."

Jésus -Christ en Flandre^ A Legend of Christ in Fhnders, dated February, 1831, appeared in that year in the "Romans et contes philosophiques." It had in its original form an épilogue "L'Église," indicating somewhat mystically its connection with the Révolution of 1830 against the Bourbon monarchy by divine right. This is omitted hère, for it detracts from the universal interest and artistic unity of the legend.

Pa^e 176. — i. Brabançonne, of Brabant, an ancient duchy corresponding to the présent North Brabant in the Netherlands.

2. Cadzant, hère used for the island Walcheren in the province of Zeeland.

3. Hiddelbonrg, once a famous Hanseatic town. The allusion is to its capture by the Dutch from the Spaniards in 1 574.