Anatole France. See article, page

Page 215. — x. Ahl que ... question I Haut very embarrassing this gentleman* s question is !

Page 216. — i. Et . . . délie! What moral and physical relaxation solitude brings with itl

2. Un . . . souffrance: a dull remembrance of having suffered once. Mémento, a Latin word ; a remembrance.

3. On . . . humaine : one is less tempted to think too highly of the importance of a human life.

Page 217. — 1. Emile Richebourg. A novelist of the third order who used to write feuilletons in the Petit Journal. A feuilleton is a periodical story which appears every day at the bottom of the newspaper.

Page 218. — 1. Montépin. A writer of the third order, author of several exciting novels which had great success among people of little culture.