[296] Indiana, George Sand’s first novel, 1832.

[297] Nohant is a village of Berry, one of the ancient provinces of France, comprising the modern departments of Cher and Indre.  The Indre and the Creuse are its chief rivers. Vierzon, Chateauroux, Le Chatre, and Ste.-Severe are towns of the province. Le Puy is in the neighboring department of Haute-Loire, and La Marche is in the department of Vosges.  For the Vallee Noire see Sand’s The Miller of Angibault, chap.  III, etc.

[298] Jeanne.  The first of a series of novels in which the pastoral element prevails.  It was published in 1844.

[299] The Pierres Jaunatres (or Jomatres) is a district in the mountains of the Creuse (see Jeanne, Prologue). Touix Ste.-Croix is a ruined Gallic town (Jeanne, chap.  I).  For the druidical stones of Mont Barlot see Jeanne, chap.  VII.

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[300] Cassini’s great map.  A huge folio volume containing 183 charts of the various districts of France, published by Mess.  Maraldi and Cassini de Thury, Paris, 1744.

[301] For an interesting description of the patache, or rustic carriage, see George Sand’s Miller of Angibault, chap.  II.

[302] landes.  An infertile moor.

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[303] Maurice and Solange.  See, for example, the Letters of a Traveller.

[304] Chopin.  George Sand’s friendship for the composer Chopin began in 1837.

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[305] Jules Michelet (1798-1874), French historian.

[306] her death.  George Sand died at Nohant, June 8, 1876.

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[307].  From the Journal d’un Voyageur, September 15, 1870, ed. 1871, p. 2.

[308] Consuelo (1842-44) is George Sand’s best-known novel.

[309] Edmee, Genevieve, Germain.  Characters in the novels Mauprat, Andre, and La Mare au Diable.

[310] Lettres d’un Voyageur, Mauprat, Francois le Champi.  Published in 1830-36, 1836, and 1848.

[311] F.W.H.  Myers (1843-1901), poet and essayist.  See his Essays, Modern, ed. 1883, pp. 70-103.

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[312] Valvedre.  Published in 1861.

[313] Werther.  See The Contribution of the Celts, Selections, Note 1, p. 182.[Transcriber’s note:  This is Footnote 263 in this e-text.]

[314] Corinne.  An esthetic romance (1807) by Mme. de Stael.

[315] Valentine (1832), George Sand’s second novel, pointed out “the dangers and pains of an ill-assorted marriage.” Lelia (1833) was a still more outspoken diatribe against society and the marriage law.