[296] ~Indiana~, George Sand's first novel, 1832.
[297] ~Nohant~ is a village of Berry, one of the ancient provinces of
France, comprising the modern departments of Cher and Indre. The ~Indre~
and the ~Creuse~ are its chief rivers. ~Vierzon, Chateauroux, Le
Chatre~, and ~Ste.-Severe~ are towns of the province. ~Le Puy~ is in the
neighboring department of Haute-Loire, and ~La Marche~ is in the
department of Vosges. For the ~Vallee Noire~ see Sand's _The Miller of
Angibault_, chap. III, etc.
[298] ~Jeanne~. The first of a series of novels in which the pastoral
element prevails. It was published in 1844.
[299] The ~Pierres Jaunatres~ (or ~Jomatres~) is a district in the
mountains of the Creuse (see _Jeanne, Prologue_). ~Touix Ste.-Croix~ is
a ruined Gallic town (_Jeanne_, chap. I). For the druidical stones of
~Mont Barlot~ see _Jeanne_, chap. VII.
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[300] ~Cassini's great map~. A huge folio volume containing 183 charts
of the various districts of France, published by Mess. Maraldi and
Cassini de Thury, Paris, 1744.
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