Musset. See article Alphonse Daudet, page 38, note

Page 114. — 1. Il . . . apprêté : he has set the most touching and most candid ex ample of a soûl infinitely better than his life, or of a heart above the circumstances of life.

2. Louis XI. King of France, son of Charles VII. He reigned from 1461 to 1483. He is one of the most important figures of history. No other prince of his time knew better how to rule over men by flattering their vices and passions. His political government was lacking in grandeur ; cunning, deceit, breach of faith were the chief features of his policy. Nevertheless, he contributed more than any other king to the homogeneity and unity of the national spirit and government.

3. Le duc de Bourbon. A prince from the royal family. The Bourbons were descendants of Robert de Clermont, one of the sons of Louis IX. Henri IV. was the first French king of this family (1 598-1610).

4. Edouard IV, roi d'Angleterre. Edward IV., king of England (1461- 1483), son of Richard, Duke of York, and chief of the party of the White Rose.

5. Cénacle des Parnassiens. See article Anatole France, page 143, note 1.

6. François Coppée. A French modem poet, member of the Academy. Le Passant, a drama, is among his best-known works, together with Sévéro Torelli and Le Luthier de Crémone. His short poems are remarkable for the delicacy of thought and the beauty of language. He has also written short stories in prose called Contes and a novel, Toute une Jeunesse, which are full of charm. He is the poet of the middle classes, "le poète du peuple," as he has been called.

Page 116. — i. Villon . . . "d'humanités": Villon was more proficient in his classical studies.

2. Les baudelariens. The disciples of Baudelaire. See article Paul Bourget, page 78, note 7.

3. Les esthètes. The exaggerated followers of the theory of art for art's sake.

4. Les symbolistes. See Mallarmistes t article Paul Bourget, page 78, note 1.

5. Les embrouillaministes. Neologism of récent origin. From embrouillamini, disorder. Fig. under the influence of brouiller (to mix up), a confusion, a disorder. Il y a trop de tintamarre là-dedans, trop de brouillamini (Molière, Les Femmes Savantes). Les embrouillaministes would be, then, those who don't see clearly into their own doctrines.