Du Lamartine, some Lamartine, Referring to the senti

mentality of the poems of Lamartine.

17. Mandarin. The name applied to Momas by his cornrades on account of his fréquent allusion to Rousseau 's Paradox. See Note 19-7.

28. le libre arbitre humain, la volonté, the/reedom ofthe human irnU, Note that arbitre — ' the power of choice,' and volonté » ' the simple will,' are combined in the Eng- . lish translation.

35. sans que l'effroi la paralysât, vdihout the/ear^sparo' lyzing her. Note that sans que, followed in French by the subjunctive, is best rendered as above, or by the passive voioe: thus, 'without being paralyzed by the fear/ but the former rendering is usually best. 89* — 5. en plein bonheur, in thefuU enjoyment ofhappiness.

6. Non. Note the négation after the simple direct statement ; and observe the naturalness given to the style by thèse abrupt tums in the expression. See the same thing in Une malade / 1. 13, and very frequently throiighout the work.