Taine. See above, page 18, note

4. Michelet. One of the great modem French historians. His style is sparkling with life, his imagination brilliant, his descriptions vivid and picturesque. He was born in Paris in 1798, studied at the Lycée Charlemagne t was appointée! professor of history at the Collège Rollin, and in 1830 became assistant professor at the Sorbonne. His historical works are

Histoire Romaine, Histoire de France, Histoire de la Révolution Française ; among his other works are la Femme, P Amour, la Mer, l'Oiseau* He died in 1874.

5. Je m'enfichiste : / don't care a straw. The expression " un je m 'enfichiste " cannot be translated literally. It means an easy-going person, a person who does not care about anything and simply lets things go as they wîlL

6. Sa . . . défaut: he has never been found wanting in loyal ty \

Page 23. — 1. Anacréon. A Greek lyric poet, born about 562 B.c. His réputation stood very high both in his own âge and in the following ones. He was surnamed "the charming," "the honey-tongued," "the swan of Teos."