_Poèmes et récits_, 1886; _Arrière-saison_, 1887; _les Paroles sincères_, 1890; _Oeuvres_, 5 vols., 1885-91. For reference: M. de Lescure, François Coppée; _L'Homme, la Vie, et l'Oeuvre_ (1842-1889), 1889; J. Lemaître, _les Contemporains_, vol. i, 1886; F. Brunetière. _Évolution de la poésie lyrique_, vol. ii, 1894; Alcée Fortier, _Sept Grands Auteurs du XIXe Siècle_, Boston, 1889. 271. JUIN. From _les Mois_. 272. L'HOROSCOPE. From _le Reliquaire_. 273. L'ATTENTE. From _Poèmes modernes_. 275. CHANSON D'EXIL, "QUAND VOUS ME MONTREZ UNE ROSE," LIED and ÉTOILES FILANTES are from _l'Exilée_. 277. A UN ÉLÉGIAQUE. From _Contes en vers et poésies diverses_. The story of the Spartan boy and the fox may be found in Plutarch's Lycurgus, 18. The idea should be compared with the artistic doctrine of the _impassibles_. JOSÉ-MARIA DE HEREDIA. l842. He was born in Cuba, but was educated and has resided in France. He attracted notice among the _Parnassiens_ by the degree of perfection with which he rendered in words the element of plastic beauty and the rare finish and precision of his style. He has used almost exclusively the form of the sonnet, to which he has given a new power and amplitude. Works: _Les Trophies_, 1893 (many of the sonnets composing this volume had appeared in the _Revue des Deux Mondes_ and elsewhwere and had long been admired). For reference: J. Lemaitre, _les Contemorains_, vol. ii, 1887; F. Brunetière, _Évolution de la poésie lyrique_, vol. ii, 1894; M. de Vogüé, _Devant le siècle_, 1896; Edmund Gosse, _Critical Kit-Kats_, New York, 1896. 278. ANTOINE ET CLÉOPÂTRE. LE CYDNUS. This is the name of the river on which Tarsus is situated. 18. LAGIDE; the line of the Ptolemies, to which Cleopatra belonged, was descended from Lagus; the first Ptolemy was commonly called the son of Lagus. 279. 18. BUBASTE ET SAÏS; Bubastis and Saïs were ancient cities of importance in the Delta of the Nile. 280. 6. LES CONQUÉRANTS. PALOS, the famous Spanish port from which Columbus sailed. MOGUER, a small town a little above Palos. 9. CIPANGO, the name given by Marco Polo in the account of his travels to an island or islands east of Asia, supposed to be Japan. PAUL VERLAINE. 1844-1896.