muses, ïi'gàx., poetry ; also belles-lettres

Page 175. — i. impression. Cf. page 161, note 6.

Page 176. — i. autodafé, Spanish, auto de fe, act of faith. The public execution of persons condemned by the Inquisition. The Portuguese form of tiie phrase, atito dafe, has prevailed in French as well as in English literature, even when speaking of the Spanish Inquisition.

Page 177* i. l'Inquisition, here, the building where the tribunal of the Inquisition sat.

2. parrain, sponsor, person appointed by the Inquisition to accompany the prisoner, and held responsible for him.

3. croix de Saint- André. Andrew was one of the twelve apostles, brother of Peter. He was crucified upon a cross having the shape of an X. His symbol is the so-called St. Andrew's cross, X.

Page 178. — i. l'aventure de Xelva. The robbing of the converted Jew of Xelva. See page 78. Une mystification.