JOAN OF AEC LISTENING TO THE VOICE 

 Photogravure from the Painting by Francois Leon Benouville. 



According to. a prophecy by Merlin, which was current in the native province 

 of Joan of Are, France was to be overwhelmed with calamities, but was to b 

 delivered by a virgin out of the forest of Domremy. Joan, who was undoubtedly 

 familiar with the prophecy, imagined that she heard supernatural voices com- 

 manding her to liberate France. This ia the romantic theme of Benouville's 

 great painting. 



