[720] Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta (1783-1826), was appointed to his bishopric in 1822. He was the author of a volume of Hymns (1819), and of a narrative of a Journey through India, published after his death by his widow.—T.
[721] A market town in the Department of Seine-et-Oise, some twelve miles from Paris.—T.
[722] I omit this letter and some others addressed to the author from the East; also a letter addressed by Fénelon to Bossuet on the eve of the former's departure for Greece.—T.
[723] Langhorne's Plutarch: Life of Pompey.—T.
[724] I omit a quotation from the Anthology.—T.
[725] Charles Martel, or the Hammer, Duke of Austrasia (circa 691-741), reigned over France with the title of Mayor of the Palace, and in 732 gained a complete victory over the Saracens between Tours and Poitiers, which put an end to the Mussulman invasion, and assured the Christianization of Europe.—T.
[726] Job, xxxvii. 10.—T.