Balzac, see page 13, note

Page 83. 1. l'artiste qui vaut par lui-même, etc., the artist who is important through himsélf alonc is also important because of the soid thaï is reflected through him.

Page 85. 1. Claude Monet, French painter (bom 1840) and a founder, with Edouard Manet (1833-1884), of the school of French impressionism, so-called from a painting by Manet representmg a sunset and entitled ** Impression^' (1863). Monet's impressionistic technic is very cleverly described by Clemenceau.

2. Durand-Ruel, an art collector and dealer in Paris. M. Durand- Ruel possesses one of the finest collections of impressionistic paintings.

3. la cathédrale de Rouen, erected during the 13th to the 15th centuries inclusive. It has been painted several times by Monet.

4. Givemy, a village in the département of Eure, Claude Monet lias a studio at Giverny.

5. le peintre y met du sien, the painter puts something of himsélf into it.

6. l'Embarquement pour Cythère, a painting by Watteau (1684- 1721) in thé Louvre gallery in Paris.

7. la nature grouillante, etc., Iwing nature and inert naitare.

Page 86. 1. racornit sa faculté de voir, hardens or dries up his facuLly oj seeing,