But what had become of Charlemagne's second grand design, the resuscitation of the Roman Empire at the hands of the barbarians that had conquered it and become Christians? Let us leave Louis the Debonair his traditional name, although it is not an exact rendering of that which was given him by his contemporaries.

c. Nevertheless, they say there has been no resuscitation during the fifteen years it has been established.

If ever a man needed resuscitation in our antiquarian times it was George Wither.

This might indeed be called resuscitation to our drooping spirits.

[FN#28] We should not relinquish our endeavours at resuscitation under two or three hours, or even longer; and if ultimately successful, the state of the infant should be carefully watched for two or three days.