[33] Num.  XXII, 35.

[34] William Eden, First Baron Auckland (1745-1814), English statesman.  Among other services he represented English interests in Holland during the critical years 1790-93.

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[35] Revue des deux Mondes.  The best-known of the French magazines devoted to literature, art, and general criticism, founded in Paris in 1831 by Francois Buloz.

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[36] Home and Foreign Review.  Published in London 1862-64.

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[37] Charles Bowyer Adderley, First Baron Norton (1814-1905), English politician, inherited valuable estates in Warwickshire.  He was a strong churchman and especially interested in education and the colonies.

[38] John Arthur Roebuck (1801-79), a leading radical and utilitarian reformer, conspicuous for his eloquence, honesty, and strong hostility to the government of his day.  He held a seat for Sheffield from 1849 until his death.

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[39] From Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris, I, ii, 91-92.

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[40] detachment.  In the Buddhistic religion salvation is found through an emancipation from the craving for the gratification of the senses, for a future life, and for prosperity.

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[41] John Somers, Baron Somers (1651-1716), was the most trusted minister of William III, and a stanch supporter of the English Constitution.  See Addison, The Freeholder, May 14, 1716, and Macauley’s History, iv, 53.

[42] William Cobbett (1762-1835).  English politician and writer.  As a pamphleteer his reputation was injured by his pugnacity, self-esteem, and virulence of language.  See Heine, Selections, p. 120, [Transcriber’s note:  This is Footnote 144 in this e-text] and The Contribution of the Celts, Selections, p. 179.[Transcriber’s note:  This is Footnote 257 in this e-text.]

[43] Carlyle’s Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850) contain much violent denunciation of the society of his day.

[44] Ruskin turned to political economy about 1860.  In 1862, he published Unto this Last, followed by other works of similar nature.

[45] terrae filii.  Sons of Mother Earth; hence, obscure, mean persons.

[46] See Heine, Selections, Note 2, p. 117.[Transcriber’s note:  This is Footnote 140 in this e-text.]

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[47] To think is so hard.  Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, Book VII, chap.  IX.

[48] See Senancour’s Obermann, letter 90.  Arnold was much influenced by this remarkable book.  For an account of the author (1770-1846) and the book see Arnold’s Stanzas in Memory of the Author of “Obermann,” with note on the poem, and the essay on Obermann in Essays in Criticism, third series.