LE SIÈGE DE BERLIN

^gy 1. The Champs-Elyiéei is one of the largest and ùnest

avenues in Paris. It leads to the rondpoint (eirele) de VÉtoile, where stands the great triumphal arch erected in honor of the victories of Napoléon. 9. 1870 was the year of the Franco-Prussian war. 12. The first empire under the great Napoléon lasted from 1804 to 1814. The second, under Napoléon III., 1858 to 1870. vieil entêté de gloire an old [felUno] infatuatêd îtUh glory and victoriê», 17. Wiieembonrg, the first battle in which the French were defeated. 1IS8 ^' Mao-Xahon, a gênerai in the French army. 6. belU

et bonne doum/righi. 17. toujours . . . loir-li in any ease Û is [trué] that on that evening.

ISO ^' ^^^ h^iMr : see note to p. 68, 20. 14. il y . . . voir

it waê really pcUhetie io see, lâO ^^* ^^^ ^^ brio-i-brae a whde assortment qf brie-à-

irac or relies cf iheftrst Empire, 161 ^^* ^'*^^* '^^ décisive battle of the war, when Mac-

Mahon and the Emperor surrendered themselves and tbeir army to the Prussians. 28. î . . . finir toithout end, Iftn 4. Est-ee . . . AUemagne can one make [some] France

oui of [soTne] Oermany : noie the curious use of the partitive 16. jusqu'au . . . fraîche up Io the endltoas abîe to cet fresh méat for Mm, 27. retraite de Bussie retreat from Russia : see note to p. 120, 1. 88. elle . . . ohose she had eaten nothingeUe: see note top. 86, 19, alsoB.Q. l¥h; P.Q. p. 260 (1166).

163. ^' ^^^ ' ' ' ^1^*^^^ ^^ ^ '^ MaiUot OaU : a district of Paris. 9. en œt honneur in lunwr of it, 18. il . . . ehoM ihat was M : see note to p. 162, 88.

1B4- ^^' ^^ ' * •^'^^'^t ^•^- "such as the old cuirassier had seen the Pmssians use at the battle of Jena in 1806." — Banderson, •

165 '^' ^^^ famine ery famine, compkUn qf hunger. 13. foi d'animal on the word or hanor çf an animal. 20. ne TOUS déplaise may U not dispUase you, by your leave : see note to p. 48, 5.

108* 1. We icarcely had any [qf it], 169. 12. Varie the Virgin Mary.

17 1. 6. See note to p. 7, 16.

-ênn 9. sa Am, i.e. Napoleon's. 11. L'humble toit ihs humble roof, i.e. the poor, the lowly. 17. Alihough

ihey say he has injured us: B.G. 272a; P. G. p. 280 (1876)..

2^ That is a long time ago: literally, U is now a long Urne

from that,

173 ^' À Notre-Dame: the cathedral of Paris. 19. Cham« pagne : a province of France. 24. See note to p. 106,

176 ^'^' ^^'^ ^^* ^* die = qne je dise: an obsolète form now only occasionally used in poetry.

177 19. son . . . fermente his agiiated breast: B.G. 284a ; P. G. p. 832 (1895').

178 ^' qu'il est grand: see note to p. 140, 11. 2. qui s'éteint : see note to p. 177, 19.