ses concrétions calcaires, its calcareous accretions

Page 76. 1. Lourdes, a famous Roman Catholic pilgrimage and town in the département of H auies- Pyrénées.

2. sombre entonnoir, literally, dark funnelj dark canyon, or narrow vaUey in the shape of &funnel (entonnoir).

3. Michelet, French historian (1798-1874), author of the Histoire de France, published between 1833 and 1867.

Page 77. 1. Schiller, German poet (1759-1805).— Goethe, German poet (1749-1832).

2. Marie-Louise, Austrian archduchess (1791-1847), daughter of Emperor Francis II. She married Napoléon I, in 1810, and was the mother of the Duke of Reichstadt.

3, Un peut théâtre Louis XV, a litUe theater huUt in the style of lia XV.

Page 78. 1. Edmond de Goncourt, Fi^tich novdist (1822-1896). In collaboration with his brother Jules (1830-1870), he published highly artistic and realistic novels and, among others, Renée Mauperin, Germinie Lacerteux. He also contributed to French hifirtory in the 18th century, in his books on Marie-Antoinettef Madame de Pompadourj etc. As an art critic, he wrote several volumes on VÀrf du ÎShne siède,

2. Messieurs, Clemenceau is addressing a gathering of artists and writers who met March 1, 1895, at a banquet, tb honor Edmond de Concourt.