[Footnote 2: _Histoire du Félibrige, par_ G. Jourdanne, _Librairie
Roumanille, Avignon, 1897_.]

[Footnote 3: The stem of the cup has the form of a palm tree, under
which two female figures, representing Catalonia and Provence, stand in
a graceful embrace. Below the figures are engraved the two following
inscriptions:--

Morta la diuhen qu'es, Ah! se me sabien entèndre!
Mes jo la crech viva. Ah! se me voulien segui!
(V. Balaguer.) (F. Mistral.)

(They say she is dead, (Ah, if they could understand
but I believe she me! Ah, if they would follow
lives.) me!)
]

[Footnote 4: In 1899, Félix Gras published a novel called _The White
Terror_. His death occurred early in 1901.]




CHAPTER III

THE MODERN PROVENÇAL LANGUAGE


The language of the Félibres is based upon the dialect spoken in the