We are pleased to find a small man without the buskin, and obvious sentiments stated without affectation. If the sentiments are obvious, there is all the more chance we may have experienced the like. As we turn over the leaves, we may find ourselves in sympathy with some one or other of these staid joys and smiling sorrows. If we do we shall be strangely pleased, for there is a genuine pathos in these simple words, and the lines go with a lilt, and sing themselves to music of their own. FOOTNOTES: [14] Champollion-Figeac's "Louis et Charles d'Orleans," p. 348. [15] D'Hericault's admirable "Memoir," prefixed to his edition of Charles's works, vol. i. p. xi. [16] Vallet de Viriville, "Charles VII. et son Epoque," ii. 428, note 2. [17] _See_ Lecoy de la Marche, "Le Roi Rene," i. 167. [18] Vallet, "Charles VII.," ii. 85, 86, note 2. [19] Champollion-Figeac, pp. 193-198. [20] Champollion-Figeac, p. 209. [21] The student will see that there are facts cited, and expressions borrowed, in this paragraph, from a period extending over almost the whole of Charles's life, instead of being confined entirely to his boyhood. As I do not believe there was any change, so I do not believe there is any anachronism involved. [22] "The Debate between the Heralds of France and England," translated and admirably edited by Mr. Henry Pyne. For the attribution of this tract to Charles, the reader is referred to Mr. Pyne's conclusive argument. [23] Des Ursins. [24] Michelet, iv. App. 179, p. 337. [25] Champollion-Figeac, pp. 279-82. [26] Michelet, iv. pp. 123-24. [27] "Debate between the Heralds." [28] Sir H. Nicholas, "Agincourt." [29] "Debate between the Heralds." [30] Works (ed. d'Hericault), i. 43. [31] _Ibid._ i. 143. [32] _Ibid._ i. 190. [33] _Ibid._ i. 144. [34] Works (ed. d'Hericault), i. 158. [35] M. Champollion-Figeac gives many in his editions of Charles's works, most (as I should think) of very doubtful authenticity, or worse. [36] Rymer, x. 564; D'Hericault's "Memoir," p. xli.; Gairdner's "Paston Letters," i. 27, 99. [37] Champollion-Figeac, p. 377. [38] Dom Plancher, iv. 178-9. [39] Works, i. 157-63. [40] Vallet's "Charles VII.," i. 251. [41] "Proces de Jeanne d'Arc," i. 133-55. [42] Monstrelet. [43] Vallet's "Charles VII.," iii. chap. i. But see the chronicle that bears Jaquet's name; a lean and dreary book. [44] Monstrelet. [45] D'Hericault's "Memoir," xl. xli.; Vallet, "Charles VII.," ii. 435. [46] Champollion-Figeac, p. 368. [47] Works, i. 115. [48] D'Hericault's "Memoir," xlv. [49] Champollion-Figeac, pp. 361, 381. [50] _Ibid._, pp. 359, 361. [51] Lecoy de la Marche, "Roi Rene," ii. 155, 177. [52] Champollion-Figeac, chaps, v. and vi. [53] _Ibid._, p. 364; Works, i. 172.