magnétisme : the author means, of course, animal magnet

ism, which, under the name of mesmerism, had created such a sensation in the last century.

8. martinisme : the Martinists (so called after their founder,

Pasqualis Martinez) were a sect of mystics who pretended to be in direct communication with celestial spirits.

12. distraction : not * distraction ' in the English sensé of the

term, but rather abstraction, absence ofmind. pure : hère sheer.

13. que, for 'lorsque,' to avoid its cumbrous répétition ; cf. note

to p. 17, 1. 13, and § 176 (b) (3).

14. prendre l'étape, to hait; for 'étape' cf. note to p. 18, 1. 2. présente à, observant (heed/ul) of.

17. savoir gré . . de . ., to be thankful for, gratified by ; for

' gré ' cf. note to p. 3, 1. 27.