rue des Morts, no longer exists

Page 153. — 1. poudre. Powdered hair and wigs were generally worn before the Révolution.

2. ci-devant, a name given to surviving members of the old aristocracy whose titles had been abolished June 20th, 1790.

3. proscrit. On September 22, 1792, the forms of address Madame, Monsieur, were forbidden as derogatory to republican simplicity. The légal address, as we see immediately below, was "Citizen."

Page 155. — 1. garde nationale. This wTas first organized under a decree of August 23, 1793, and comprised ail citizens capable of bearing arms. Note the anachronism.