[710] The beautiful valley overlooking Granada referred to above.—T.
[711] Cf. Le Sage, Gil Blas.—T.
[712] By Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).—T.
[713] Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the great composer.—T.
[714] The Château de Malesherbes, situated at six kilometers from Angerville, and belonging to Louis de Chateaubriand, the writer's nephew. It is to-day the property of Madame la Marquise de Beaufort, née de Chateaubriand.—T.
[715] The column standing in the grounds of the Château de Méréville, equalling the column of the Place Vendôme in height, and commanding a view of over twenty leagues in extent.—B.
[716] Sparta.—Author's Note.
[717] Jerusalem.—Author's Note.
[718] Jean Baptiste René Dureau de La Malle (1742-1807), a native of San Domingo, who settled in Paris and devoted his large fortune to literature. He published translations of Seneca (1776), Sallust (1808), and Tacitus (1793), the last of which was twice reprinted (1808 and 1816), and he was at work on a translation of Livy when he died. He became a member of the Institute in 1804.—T.
[719] Adolphe Jules César Auguste Dureau de La Malle (1777-1857), author of a number of learned works and some poems, and a considerable authority on the geography and statistics of the nations of antiquity. In the year in which the above letter was written he published his Géographie physique de la Méditerranée et de la mer Noire. He was admitted in 1818 to the Academy of Inscriptions, and in 1840 published his greatest work, the Économie politique des Romains.—T.