Hugues Capet, cf. page 4, note

4. Lorraine, a province in N. E. France. The major part of it was annexed to the German empire in 1871.

5. Corse, Corsica, a Mediterranean island, off the west Italian coast. It was annexed by the French in 1768 — one year before the birth there of Napoléon Buonaparte. *. '

Page 7. — 1. Reims, a cathedral town, about 100 miles N. E. of Paris. Since 1180 (Philip II), the coronation ceremony was cêlebrated there.

2. 10 août (1792), on this date the mob attacked Louis XVI in the Tuileries, killed the Swiss guards and sacked the palace. This

was the signal for the imprisonment of the royal family and the subséquent exécution of the king and queen.

Page S. — 1. Carlovingiens, the Carolingian dynasty ruled 752-987-

Page 9. — 1. 4 milliards, this was at the outbreak of the

French Révolution.

2. dîme, tithe, a tax levied on agricultural and industrial products for the maintenance of the clergy.

3. casuel, perquisites for administering the sacraments. Though in essence voluntary, they came to be levied by the clergy as a légal claim.

4. quêtes, voluntary co?itributions collected or extorted by the clergy. According to Voltaire one-third of the monastic orders had no other source of income. (Article Quête, Dict. Phil.)

Page 18. — 1. Bretagne, a maritime province of X. W. France.