[254] Souvenirs, IV. 286-7.

[255] Souvenirs, V. 276.

[256] p. 140.

[257] Souvenirs, V. 163.

[258] The extremists were led by Ranc, who was a much more sincere admirer of the Great Tribune.

[259] Souvenirs, V. 165.

[260] Souvenirs, V. 166.

[261] I am greatly indebted to Sir Sidney Colvin for having taken the trouble to send me these reminiscences, and for permitting me to use them.

[262] Souvenirs, V. 144-269.

[263] Ibid., I. 169.

[264] Souvenirs, V. 183.

[265] Souvenirs, V. 185.

[266] Ibid., 283.

[267] Ibid., 383.

[268] Gambetta’s speech at Havre. See Hanotaux, Hist. Contemporaine, I. 406.

[269] Souvenirs, I. 278.

[270] Souvenirs, V. 173.

[271] Ibid., 167.

[272] Here are published to-day the Echo de Paris, L’Intransigeant and many other well-known journals. It was in a café at the corner of this street that Jaurès was assassinated in 1914.

[273] Souvenirs, V. 214.

[274] Souvenirs, V. 304.

[275] Souvenirs, V. 76.

[276] Ibid., VI. 212.

[277] MacMahon had succeeded Thiers as President of the French Republic in May 1873.

[278] Souvenirs, VI. 92.

[279] Souvenirs, VI. 473.

[280] Ibid., VII. 5.

[281] Ibid., 49.

[282] Souvenirs, VII. 6-7.

[283] Ibid., VII. 78.

[284] M. de Freycinet’s two volumes of Mémoires should be read by all who are interested in this period.

[285] Souvenirs, VII. 245.

[286] Ibid., 185.

[287] Souvenirs, VII. 187.