* %CONTENTS.% INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION: FROM NICOLAS OF CUSA TO DESCARTES 1.

" At this Mathieu laughed gayly, as if to say that his son Nicolas at fifty years of age had already proved a more valiant artisan of life than himself.

The indebtedness to Antoine Riczi is, of course, conceded by Nicolas in his "EPILOGUE."

" "Come, be quiet!" said her mother, who, after alighting from the wagon, had set Nicolas on the ground.