La Bruyère : see note on TfUophraste^ p

1. 23. Ménandre : Menander was a celebrated comic poet of Greece and a pupil of Theophrastus. (342-290 B.c.)

L 23. Tibulle: Tibullus, a Latin poet. (54-18 B.c.)

1. 23. Fénelon : archbishop of Cambrai. As a believer in the doctnnes of quietism he was opposed by Bossuet. His most celebrated work is Têlémaque, (1651-1715.)

1. 29. Auguste : Augustus Caesar, known best as Octavius. (63 B.c. to 14 A.D.)

Page 54. — 1. 8. Addison, Joseph : an English writer noted for his articles in the Spectator, ( 1 672- 1 7 1 9.)

1. 9. Pellisson : literary celebrity of the age of Louis XIV. (i 624-1 693.)

L 9. VauYcnargues : see note p. 19, 1. i.

L 22. Cervantes: the celebrated Spanish author who wrote Don Quixote, (1547-16 1 6.)

1. 3 1 . Boccace : Boccaccio, the Italian novelist. ( 1 3 1 3- 1 375 .)

1. 32. Arioste : Ariosto, the Italian poet, author of Orlando Furioso, (1474-1533.)

1. 32. Tasse : Tasso, the Italian poet, author of the great poem Gerw salemme Liberata, (i 544-1 595.)