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merely tree planted by M. Arouet de
Voltaire himself, and every visitor was
expected to carry away piece of it.
Three months before, this wonderful tree
was nearly killed, and still seemed droo-
ping. A sacrilegous robber had got into
the park at night and carried off three
or four feet square of the holy bark.


"Some enthusiast of the Henriade
must have committed the outrage" said
! to the concierge.


"No, sir" he replied; "I believe it
YVES only speculator, who had received
an order from some foreigner"


When we left the garden, our guide
took US TO his own house, to show Us
Vollair's cane, which he had piously
preserved ever since the great mans
death. He determined long discourse
on this cane by offering it to Us far
louis, the hardness Of the times forcing
him to part with the precious relic. re-
piled that he asked too much for it, as |
knew a subscriber to the Toquet edi-
ton Of his masters works to whom he
had, eight years ago, sold similar one
for twenty francs.


We took our coach again, and started
for Coppet, where we were set down at
the chateau Of Madame de S.ael.


Here was no loquacious guide, nor
chapel dedicated to God, nor tree with
the bark scraped off; bat fine park,
free for admission to the whole village,
and . poor woman, who shed genuine
tears while speaking Other mistress and
showing us the rooms she once Inhabited,
bu. where nothing now remains Of her,
We asked to see her writing table, which
mus. yet be. stained with the ink from
her pen, and The bed still warm with
her last sigh; but nothing Of this sort
had been held sacred by her family. Her
bed chamber had been converted into
drawing and IFS furniture scattered
| know not where. Perhaps, in all the
chateau, there was not copy Of Del
phine.


We asked permission to visit the fami-
.R sepulchre; bat a tes.amen:ary dispo-
s,sion of Nj. de Neck1r, has shut it from
the curiosity of visitors.


We had left Ferney with rnir.h enough
70 las. for a week: we departed irom
Coppet in a rnu h mere serious mood.


Our coach took us to the quay just III
time for the steamer, by which we were
10 so to lausanne.


(Tobe con.inuco.)