clubs. The
Marseillais spread it all over France, by singing it every where on
their way. Whence the name of _Marseillaise_. De Lisle's old mother, a
royalist and religious, alarmed at the effect of her son's voice, wrote
to him: "What is this revolutionary hymn, sung by bands of brigands, who
are traversing France, and with which our name is mingled?" De Lisle
himself, proscribed as a royalist, heard it and shuddered, as it sounded
on his ears, whilst escaping by some of the wild passes of the Alps.
"What do they call that hymn?" he inquired of his guide. "The
_Marseillaise_," replied the peasant. It was thus he learnt the name of
his own work. The arm turned against the hand that forged it. The
Revolution, insane, no longer recognised its own voice!

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See an elegant exposition of this idea in Schlegel's Dramatic
Literature (Standard Library Edition, page 67.).

[2] La Fayette rode a favourite white horse on public occasions during
this period.--H. T. R.

[3] "Infamous and contented."--_Junius_.

[4] "Pere Duchesne" was one of the most virulent, gross, and
blood-thirsty productions of the Revolution. It was edited by Manuel and
Hebert. Its success and profit were so great, that it had many
imitators. It was rather a pamphlet than a newspaper, the price fifty
sous a month--H. T. R.

[5] It has been generally understood that Voltaire was born at Chatenay,
_near_ Paris, in February, 1694.--H. T. R.

[6] Voltaire's residence in Switzerland, where he lived nearly twenty
years.--H. T. R.

[7] Qu. Middlesex in 1769?--H. T. R.

[8] This appellation is given to a period of French history extending
from 1643 to 1655. By some it is styled an attempt to establish a
balanced constitution in the state,--by others, the last essay of
expiring feudality. The _frondeur_ leaders were the Duc de Beaufort,
Cardinal de Retz, Prince de Conti, Duc de Bouillon, Mareschaux Turenne
and de la Motte. On the side of their opponents, called _Mazarins_, were
the Cardinal Mazarin himself, the Prince de Conde, Marechal de Grammont,
and the Duc de Chatillon, while the Duc d'Orleans, a vacillating man,
wavered between the two parties. The successes of the rival powers were
alternate for a long time; eventually the _frondeurs_ were defeated, and
De Retz escaping into Lorraine, Mazarin returned to Paris triumphant in
February 1653.--H. T. R.

[9] If M. de Lamartine would convey the idea that Burk