de petites broches, a few bills of no great amount

1. 18. cest des colpoiieins. Cayron's language is that of a man of the people ; the correct form would be ce soyit ; colpot-teurs, hawkers.

1. 22. les sangsues qui 7ious tirent le 2)lus clair de nos bénéfices, the bloodsuckers who rob us of our clearest profits.

1. 32. le grand 2)rix d'architecture. Every year at the École des Beaux-Arts a compétition is held amongst painters, sculptors, and architects for sl grand prix de Rome, one of which is awarded in each branch. The amount of the grand ptix covers the holder's expenses for four years, two of which he is obliged to spend in Rome, while he may pass the remaining year or years in travelling.

1. 39. il se bâtirait, there would be built. A reflexive construction is often used in French in speaking of inanimate objects, where the passive voice or an intransitive verb would be used in English. Ex.: 'That lace is sold very cheap,' cette dentelle se rend très bon marché; 'the door opened,' la porte s'ouvrit.

Page 45. 1. 3. cible constante des traits, des plaisanteries de V artiste, the everlasting butt of artists' thrusts and sarcasms.