la reine, ' Marie Antoinette

1. 21. de Trianon. Le grand Trianon and le petit Trianon are two villas built in the Park of Versailles. The latter was the favourite haunt of Marie Antoinette.

Page 77. 1. 12. Je m'aurais voulu coucher, for J'aurais voulu me coucher.

1. 35. madame de Farcy, Chateaubriand's sister, Julie de Chateaubriand, comtesse de Farcy.

Page 78. 1. 10. Vabbé Carron was an educationalist and the author of a work called Vie des Justes dealing with saintly characters in every-day life. The life of Mme de Farcy is incorporated in this work.

1. 21. que fax dit vrai, lt is not quite clear to what part of the Préface of the Génie du Christianisme Chateaubriand herc refers. The following passage occurs in the Préface to the édition of 1828: 'On avait alors un besoin de foi, une avidité de consolations religieuses, qui venait de la privation même de ces consolations depuis longues années.'

1. 26. V illustre Africaine, ' St. Julia.' She was a native of Carthage and of noble birth. Being sold as a slave by Genseric, king of the Vandals, she was taken to Syria and thence to Corsica, where she suffered martyrdom about a.d. 439.

1. 29. le François de Paule de Vexil. St. François de Paule was the founder of the Order of Minim Friars, and was distinguished for his deeds of charity. The Abbé Carron, during the exile of the French noblesse in London at the time of the Révolution, established schools and charitable organizations for them. From this fact, Chateaubriand draws his simile.

1. 39. Bossuet (1627-1704), bishop of Meaux. He was the most remarkable of the galaxy of French preachers which distinguished the era of Louis XIV, and was known as the Eagle of Meaux from the splendour of his éloquence. Among his sermons is the oration referred to hère. Mlle de la Vallière was the favourite of Louis XIV.

Page 79. 1. 13. le billet, ' the mourning-card.'

1. 38. à gaufrures ou à grandes ondes, ' crimped or lying in long waves.'

Page 80. 1. 8. des trois Mortemart. They were the three daughters of Gabriel Rochechouart, Duc de Mortemart. They were ail notable for their wit and beauty. Mme de Montespan, the second sister, became the mistress of Louis XIV.

1. 21. Editha stvanes-hales, quod sonat collum cycni. The first half of this quotation is in Anglo-Saxon : — ' Edith of the swan's neck.'

Page 81. 1. 8. de la librairie. Baron de Pommereul was director of the Impérial Library from 1811 to 1814. He was the author of a work — Campagnes du Général Bonaparte en Italie — referred to hère.