De + name, {a) With féminine singular names of

countries, provinces,^ states,^ and ail compound names of departments.

n est arrivé hier de France {de Touraine, de THiginie, d'Indreet-Loire).

{h) With names of cities.

n est arrivé hier de New-York.

1 The use of the definite article af ter de, followed by the name of a féminine province or state, is not infrequent, though it seems illogical.