madame de Belzunce. Cf. note, p

Page 86. 1. 11. Au moment de la suppression des monastères. In 1790, after violent debates in the Assembly, ail monastic orders, except those devoted to teaching and the care of the sick, were suppressed.

Page 87. 1.32. dans Jean- Jacques Rousseau. Cf. note, p. 138, 1. 17.

1. 32. ce philosophe de V amour. Cf. La Nouvelle Héloïse, note on p. 144.

1. 33. ce poète de la politique. Cf. Le Contrat social, note, p. 141, 1. 23.

1. 33. Raynal (1713-1796), commonly known as l'Abbé Raynal, author of L'Histoire philosophique et politique des étahlissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, 1770, one of the most famous books of the period immediately preceding the Révolution. It was pubUcly bumed at the foot of the steps leading to the Palais de Justice, as being subversive of poUtical morahty. He is hère called fanatiqiie d'humanité, because in bis book he inveighed against the cruel treatment of native tribes by colonials of European origin. Cf. Brissot's Société des Amis des Noirs, and note on Brissot, p. 135, 1. 13.