recroquevillées, shrivèlled. Rare

3. Rivarol (17 53-1 801), a noted epigrammatist. The remark attributed to him may be found in Lescure's " Rivarol et la société française," page 167.

4. Champoenetz (Chevalier de, 1 759-1794), a boon companion of Rivarol and later an ardent defender of Marie Antoinette, for whose cause he was guillotined.

Page 130. — I. Trim, corporal and servant of Uncle Toby in Steme*s novel, "Tristram Shandy" (i 760-1 767).

2. Restauration, i.e. of the Bourbons in 181 4. avant la Révolution, i.e. before 1789.

3. Guérin (i 774-1833), an historical painter. The picture to which allusion is hère made represents Dido (Didon) listening to iEneas while Ascanius pulls off the wedding ring placed on her hand by Sychaeus, and Anna, her sister, regards the scène with nascent jealousy. For the situation see Virgil, **i£neid," Book IV, or the Classical Dictionary.

Page I8I0 — I. salon, annual exhibition of painting and sculpture.

2. croix de Saint-Louis, emblem of an order founded in 1693 by Louis XIV.

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Pagr® 132. — I. écartez, discard. A term in a game of cards as is marqué, "marked" or "scored," below.

2. Ventre-de-biche, Confound itî This exclamation is ancient and is regarded as having a flavor of aristocracy.

Pai^ 139. — I. navales. Royal officers who left France rather than serve the Republic and Empire, had their years of '* émigration " counted as active service under the Restoration.