espèce, case in question. Légal

3. prescription, statute of limitations (légal). It fixed a term of years after which no action for recovery could be brought.

4. bien matrimonial, hère the property that the intended bride had inherited from her mother.

Page 105* — I. poule, pool, A sort of billiards.

Page 106. — I. Légion d'honneur, see page 4, note i.

2. Eperon d'or, an order instituted in 1559 by Pope Paul IV. to reward civil merit.

3. Haoelma, Aceldema (Aramaic), " Field of Blood.*' See Acts i, 19.

Page 107. — I. hôpitaux, hospice s ^ houses of charitable relief, not "hospitals."

2. Bouffons, a hall in Paris then noted for concerts and light opéras.

3. lord Byron, the famous English poet in great vogue among French Romanticists then and later, as still in Germany.

Page 108. — I. Jenny Deans, Jeanie Deans^ character in Scott's " Heart of Midlothian."

La Bourse, The Purse, dated May, 1832. It figures first in "Scènes de la vie privée," then in "Scènes de la vie parisienne" and finally in its first place. See for détails Louvenjoul, "Histoire des œuvres de Honoré de Balzac," pp. 108-114.

Page 110. — I. double courant d'air, double draught The Argand lamp, first made in 1782, is probably meant.

Page 111. — I. Prudhon (Pierre Paul, 1758-1823), noted as an historical and portrait painter.

2. Girodet (-Troison, 1 767-1824). His most famous painting, the "Burial of Atala," Chateaubriand's heroine, suggests the poetic quality hère referred to.

Page 112. — I. mannequin, manikin^ a wooden figure useô by painters for drapery.

2. vulnéraire, an infusion of aromatic plants, drunk for wounds and bruises.

3. coin, mint-stamp, mark, Properly the punch used to make such marks.

Page 114. — I. Légion d'honneur, see page 4, note i.

Page 116. — I. portier, porter or concierge^ who guards tlw

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door of an apartment house. His lodge (loge) is in the basement, hence souterrains^ Une 30.

Pai^ 116. — I. doime, attriâute hère.