un bout de conduite, cf. page 37, note

Page 46.— 71. Sophie, i.e., Wisdom, from the Greek cola.

Page 47.—1. Zadig: the hero of one of Voltaire’s most popular Oriental stories, entitled Zadig ou la Destinée. Zadig was a model of shrewdness and wisdom. Voltaire (1694-1778) was one of the greatest authors of the eighteenth century.

2, I n’y a qu’une Dosia... son prophète, an allusion to the saying of Mohammedans : “There is only one God and Mahomet is his prophet.”

Page 48.—1. vêtue de clair, ## a light dress. 2. à mesure, as she read.

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Page 49.—1. L’Intelligence, de Taine. Hippolyte Taine (1828— 1893) was an eminent French critic, philosopher, and historian. His great work, /’/nfelligence, which appeared in 1870, endeavors to make of psychology an exact science,

Page 50.— 1. Il y a longtemps que je te connais, / ave known you for a long time.

2. dis-moi un peu pourquoi tu t’es si fort pressé, just #4 me why d'ou were in such à hurry.

Page 61.—7r. et encore quand il s’agit de cotillons, ax especially when it is a question of women; lit. “skirts.”

Page 52.—71. Elle tire pas mal le pistolet, s4e is a pretty good shot with a pistol. — 2. T1 y a à prendre et à laisser, /here £s a variety.

3. Baden-Baden: a resort in the foothills of the Black Forest, Germany, with mild climate, beautiful scenery, and mineral waters.

4. Blondin: a famous acrobat who repeatedly crossed the Niagara gorge on a tight-rope., — 5. Ladoga, cf. page 3, note 1.

Page 53.— 1. Explique qui pourra, 4 kim who can explain it.

Page 54.— 1. paye de sa personne, fakes risks for others.

2. mais la morale, qu’en faisons-nous dans tout'cela ? War shall we think about her after all that ?

Page 56.— 1. n’ont pas pu lui faire augurer beaucoup, cawstof have given her a high opinion ; for lui cf. page 45, note 1.

Page 57.— 1. l’eût aimée enfant, 4ad loved her whema child.