LA CAUTION

Page 52. Damon and Pythias are the names by which the heroes of The Hostage are more generally known. They are called Moerus and Selinuntius by Hyginus, a Latin writer of note during the time of Augustus. It was from Hyginus that Schiller borrowed his account. He has amplified the incidents of the original, ail of them, with the exception of that of the swollen stream, being his invention.

" Friendship is nothing else than a complète union of feeling on ail subjects, divine and human, accompanied by a kindly feeling and attachment; that which, indeed, I am not aware whether, with

the exception of wisdom, anything better has been bestowed on man by the immortal gods." — Cicero.

6. Syracuse was a celebrated city of Sicily, founded about 732 years before the Christian era. It was the scène of some of the greatest events of antiquity.

23. Son ami l'embrasse en silence et va se livrer au tyran tandis que Méros s'éloigne: His friend embraces him in silence, and goes to deliver himself to the tyrant, while Méros départs.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend." — John.

Page 54. 5. on le met en croix: they crucify him. The cross was formerly a common instrument of capital punishment.

32. que nos trois cœurs n'en forment plus qu'un seul: that our three hearts be as one.

"Great soûls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn."

— Addison.

LE VOYAGEUR

Page 55. The Wanderer is said to hâve been written by Goethe " to express his feelings and caprices " after his farewell to Frederica.

Page 56. I. Encore plus haut! is the woman's direction to the traveler, as he halts in his soliloquy, to proceed further up the ascent. "Up,stillup!" she says.