rudement, familiar ior fortement

Page 13» — I. alentissait, note uncommon use for ralentir, to increase the poetic effect of the language. A few Unes below emplir is similarly used for the more common remplir.

Page 14. — I. La Corse, an island in the Mediterranean. It has formed a department of France since 1768. Ajaccio, its chief town, is celebrated as the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte.

Page 15. — I. maquis, an Italian word meaning thicket.

Page 17. — I. que nous habitons, see page 12, note i.

2. Nancy, one of the finest built towns of France, on the railwa]

from Paris to Strasburg. It was formerly the capital of Lorraine

Page 19. — I. Lorraine, a former province of north-eastern France. A large part was ceded to Germany at the end of the war in 1871.