NOTE.—The German Poems, at the end of Chapters [XV.], [XVI.], [XVII.], [XVIII.], are selections from Dr. M. Levins' "Iberia."

The poetic selections on pages [133], [134], [135], are from the writings of Gabirol. Ha Levi is the author of the first selection, and Moses ben Ezra of the second selection on page [136].


FOOTNOTES:

[1] Consult Wall's History of Infant Baptism.

[2] For full account of the teaching of the Church during the Dark Ages concerning the suffering in hell, see Lecky's "History of European Morals," chap iv.

[3] "Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History."

[4] For detailed description of the "Great Mezquita," see Conde's "History of the Arabs in Spain," Vol. I, Chapter XXXIV, and Coppee's "Conquest in Spain," Book X, Chapter V; for "Belief and Worship," see Conde, and Irving's "Mahomet," appendix to volume I.

[5] Koran, part of Sura II.