[For the facts contained in this brief Memoir, I am indebted
to St. Pierre's own works, to the "Biographie Universelle,"
to the "Essai sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de Bernardin de St.
Pierre," by M. Aime Martin, and to the very excellent and
interesting "Notice Historique et Litteraire," of M. Sainte-
Beauve.]