Chapter II

, of the "History of English Literature." Translated by H. van Laun)

II When the King Got up for the Day. (From "The Ancient Régime." Translated by John Durand)

EMILE ZOLA--(Born in 1840, died in 1902.)

Glimpses of Napoleon III in Time of War. (From "La Débâcle." Translated by E. P. Robins)

ALPHONSE DAUDET--(Born in 1840, died in 1897.)

I A Great Man's Widow. (From "Artists' Wives." Translated by Laura Ensor)

II My First Dress Coat. (From "Thirty Years of Paris." Translated by Laura Ensor)

GUY DE MAUPASSANT--(Born in 1850, died in 1893.)

Madame Jeanne's Last Days. (From the last chapter of "A Life." Translated by Eric Arthur Bell)

GERMANY

1483-1859

MARTIN LUTHER--(Born in 1483, died in 1546.)

Some of His Table Talk and Sayings. (From the "Table Talk.")

GOTTHOLD E. LESSING--(Born in 1729, died in 1781.)

I Poetry and Painting Compared. (From the preface to the "Laocoön." Translated by E. C. Beasley and Helen Zimmern)

II Of Suffering Held in Restraint. (From