il faut le dire, ' one must confess

59. 6. la Ménagère is a bazaar at which ail kinds of household

requisites may be obtained. It is situated in the Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, which lies to the north-west of the Place de la République.

60. 1. expéditionnaire : the verb expédier (Lat. expedire) means

primarily ' to expedite,' ' to hasten,' as expédier la besogne ; then ' to send,' ' forward,' as expédier une caisse ; and finally ' to copy,' expédier un acte ; hence une expédition, 'expédition,' 'dispatch,' 'copy.' From expédition is formed expéditionnaire, denoting a person whose business it is to dispatch goods, ' a commission-agent,' ' a copying-clerk. '

:, 3. camarade de pièce : pièce hère is ' room.'

un nommé Jean Vidal : i.e. un homme nommé Jean Vidal, ' a man named Jean Vidal,' or ' one Jean Vidal by name.' 4. la campagne d'Italie: the campaign of 1859, under the leadership of Napoléon III. against Austria ; battLes of Montebello, Magenta, and Solferino.

,, 7. en ronde, en bâtarde, en gothique: différent styles of handwriting, viz. ' round hand, slanting round hand, old Engîish. '

„ 9. le paraphe, also spelt parafe, is the ' flourish ' which some people add to their signatures.

,, 12. poils: in French poil (from Lat. pilus, 'single hair') is the gênerai term for ' hair ' ; cheveu (from Lat. capillus, ' hair of head or face') is reserved for the hair of the human head ; and crin (from Lat. crinis, ' hair ' generally) is long and thick hair, as le crin d'un cheval, les crins d'un lion. Cf. la crinière, 'mane.' When speaking of animais poil corresponds often to the English ' coat of hair,' and by extension dénotes ' colour of hair,' as quel est le poil de votre cheval ? and is also used of the hair of the beards of men ; but only contemptuously of the head for les cheveux or la chevelure, as son poil grisonne, il a le poil roux, etc.

barbiche, diminutive of la barbe, dénotes a beard on the chin, a ' billy-goat beard.'

,, 13. d'ancien zouave: the zouaves are French light infantry serving in Algeria, and wearing a quasi-Moorish dress and a

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billy-goat beard. They dérive their name from the Zwawa, a tribe of Kabyles in the Algerian province of Constantine, and were formerly partly recruited from natives.

60. 16. là-bas : lit. ' down there ' ; the idea of bas, ' down,' is now

hardly ever felt when this common expression is used ; its meaning is generally vague and tells one that the place spoken of is some distance away.

, , 17. au fond de Grenelle : ' right in the heart of Grenelle. ' Grenelle was formerly a village to the west of Paris, with slaughter-houses and an artesian well. Since 1860 it has formed part of the capital.

,, 20. croix: the Cross of the Légion of Honour. There are five classes of this order. Soldiers holding the Cross of the 5th class receive an annuity of 250 francs. The ribbon of the Cross is of watered scarlet silk. Cf. note, p. 25 1. 18. appointements, ' salary. ' The usual word for the salary of officiais is now le traitet?ient ; les appointements is more and more confined to the salary of commercial men. Les gages and le salaire correspond to Engl. ' wages.' Cf. Vocab.