[8] In Provence, as in Italy, the plaster statues sold by itinerant Italians are known as santi belli = beautiful saints.—B. M. [↑]
[9] The text is from Ecclesiastes, i. 2: “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,” but Fabre cites it according to the Discours contre Eutrope, in which he had learnt it at school, alluding to the appropriate reflection of Saint John Chrysostom: Ἀεὶ ρεν, ράλιστα Σενπνε ἠχαιρον εἰπεῖν; ματαιότης, etc. (Semper quidem, nunc vero maxime opportunum est dicere: Vanitas, etc.) [↑]
[12] Dr. Legros, Les Annales politiques et littéraires, April 12, 1914. [↑]
[13] The Abbé Joseph Betton and his friend, the Abbé Juiot. [↑]
[14] J. H. Fabre, cited by Dr. Legros. [↑]
[15] E. Laguet, Annales politiques et littéraires, April 6, 1914. [↑]