Percepteur, ' tax-collector

P. 44, 1. 2. Le traité. The agreement with Quinet's publisher, who was a bookseller at Strasburg.

1. 6. ' Pédagogue.' Cf. the glowing account of Mrs. Smith on p. 25. The exact meaning hère is obscure for want of further évidence: it probably = ' his wife keeps him in order,' as we say.

1. 19. Fièvre de printemps. The district in which Quinet was brought up, and where his father's property lay, was damp and aguish.

P. 45, 1. 29. The Scotch, or ' Common Sensé ' school of philosophers, contributed not a little to Cousin's Eclecticism. Adam Ferguson (1724-1816), Richard Price (1723-1791), were both, speaking generally, of this school.

P. 48, 1. I. Tâtonner. ' Grope about ; ' ' make tentatives.'