Musset. See article Alphonse Daudet, page 38, note

4. Flaubert (1820-1880). Gustave Flaubert is looked upon by the disciples of the Naturalist school as their master. He was the first to expound and apply the theory of art for art 's sake. He wrote but a few novels : Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Bouvard et Pécuchet, La Tentation de Saint- Antoine, a fantastic romance. His studies of provincial life remind one of Balzac, of whom he is the best follower ; but his style is more finished and more élégant.

Page 111. — 1 . Mais la plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a. Allusion to an old song, meaning hère that no one can go beyond the limits of one's abilities.