stage, period between graduation and license to practice

3. Jourdan (i 762-1833), afterward marshal under Napoléon and author of the revolutionary law of military conscription.

4. Coste (1741-1819), an eminent physician, then member of the Military Council of Health. Bernadette (i 764-1844) was afterward King Charles XIV. of Sweden.

Pagr® 66* — I. assignats, a paper currency of fluctuating value secured by confiscated lands, first issued March, 1790, and withdrawn in 1 796 ai ter having become practically worthless.

2. Souabe, Swabiat not for the district now so called, but an impérial district between Switzerland and the Palatinate, west of the

Rhine.

3. Tnrenne (1611-1675), the best gênerai of Louis XIV. The Palatinate was ravaged by Turenne in 1674 and again by Louis in 1689.

Page 67 • — i. gallo-batave, ^ra^^^-Z^M/ri. The alliance had been forced on HoUand in 1 795.

Page 69t — i. romantisme. The Romantic School, of whom

the leader was Victor Hugo, inclined to exotic description and "local color."

Pagre 70. — I. à la belle étoile, at the Sign 0/ the Star, i.e. under the stars, in the open air.

Page 71. — I. pièce d'estomac, stomacher. Part of a dress. pelote, pin-cushion, hanging f rom the belt with the keys, etc.

Pagre 73. — i. relevée, set o/f.

Page 76. — i. picarde. The natives of Picardy were noted for frank talkativeness, in strong contrast to the shrewd tacitumity of their Norman neighbors.

2. hoc erat in votis (Latin, from Horace, "Satires," II, vi, i), that was in my prayers, i.e. something greatly desired.

Pagre 78. — i. châteaux en Espagne, castles in the air, chimerical schemes and hopes.

Page 79. — i. Autriche, Austria, then suzerain of the Rhenish Union.

Page 82. — i. causa . . . horripilation, made his hair stand up in horror.

Page 84. — i.. yerbalisait, was drawing up his report

Page 85. — i. tonnerre de carabin, confounded saw-bones, i.e. médical student or young doctor. Slang.

Page 86. — i. électorat, the former Electorate of Trier, in which Andernach was situated.