320 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



which as a rule are only celebrated after death, and 

 above all, those flutterings in the heart of the multi- 

 tude which the names of Victor Hugo and Ferdinand 

 de Lesseps ever awaken. This it is which consoles us 

 and bids us say with all confidence, ' Hapless and 

 dear land of France ! no, thou wilt not perish, for 

 thou still lovest and art still beloved.' " 



. 



THE END. 



POINTED BY J. 8. VIKTUK AND CO., LIMITED, CITY ROAD, LONDON. 



