[3] The reader is reminded that this was in a day when few cars cranked otherwise than by hand.
[4] Written in 1913. Mistral died March 24th of the following year.
[5] Daudet in his Lettres de Mon Moulin says:
"II y à quatre ans, lorsque l'Académie donna à l'auteur de 'Mireille' le prix de trois mille francs. Mme. Mistral [sa mère] eut une idée.
"'Si nous faisons tapisser et plafonner ta chambre?' dit elle à son fils.
"'Non! non!' répondit Mistral. 'Ca c'est l'argent des poëtes, on n'y touche pas.'"
[6] The word arena derives its name from the sand, strewn to absorb the blood.
[7] Alphonse Daudet's "La Mule de Pape," in his Lettres de Mon Moulin, gives a delightful picture of Avignon at this period.
[8] At Mark Twain's death his various literary effects passed into the hands of his biographer, the present writer.
[9] In 1913-14. The rate to-day is somewhat higher.