Bien mieux, ironical, better y et

5. îles de la Seine, the Seine, for more than half the distance from Paris to the sea, is studded with innum érable islands.

6. fermiers, the word is defined by Taine on page 22, lines 20 ff.

*in Alsace, near the E. frontier of France, annexed by Germany, in 1871.

Page 25. — i. États-généraux, cf. page 15, note 2.

2. Parlement, a species of local suprême court. There were twelve in France. As they verified and registered the royal edicts, they often assumed the aspect of political bodies, and were not infrequently exiled for their opposition.