[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, Châteauroux, Le Châtre~, and ~Ste.-Sévère~ 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 ~Vallée 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 Jaunâtres~ (or ~Jomâtres~) 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. PAGE 193 [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. PAGE 194 [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. PAGE 195 [305] ~Jules Michelet~ (1798-1874), French historian. [306] ~her death~. George Sand died at Nohant, June 8, 1876. PAGE 196 [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] ~Edmée, Geneviève, Germain~. Characters in the novels _Mauprat, André_, and _La Mare au Diable_. [310] ~Lettres d'un Voyageur, Mauprat, François 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. PAGE 197 [312] ~Valvèdre~. 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 Staël. [315] ~Valentine~ (1832), George Sand's second novel, pointed out "the dangers and pains of an ill-assorted marriage." ~Lélia~ (1833) was a still more outspoken diatribe against society and the marriage law. PAGE 199 [316] From _Lélia_, chap. LXVII. [317] ~Jacques~ (1834), the hero of which is George Sand in man's disguise, sets forth the author's doctrine of free love. [318] From _Jacques_, letter 95. PAGE 200 [319] From _Lettres d'un Voyageur_, letter 9. [320] _Ibid._, à Rollinat, September, 1834. PAGE 203 [321] ~Hans Holbein~, the younger (1497-1543), German artist. PAGE 205 [322] From _La Mare au Diable_, chap. 1. [323] _Ibid._, _The Author to the Reader_. PAGE 206 [324] _Ibid._, chap. 1. PAGE 207 [325] _Ibid._, chap. 1. PAGE 208 [326] From _Impressions et Souvenirs_, ed. 1873, p. 135.