met habit bas, ' strips off his coat

Page 45. 1. 31. une partie de barres. This is a game somewhat similar to Prisoner's Base.

Page 46. 1. 34. des Eudistes. See note to p. 41, 1. 8.

Page 47. L 9. défiguré, ' out of countenance.'

Page 48. 1. 19. mes juvéniles, 'my boyish delinquencies.' 1. 30. Je m! allai précipiter, now written J'allai me précipiter. 1. 38. le Génie du Christianisme. Vide Introduction. Chapter VII, Book V of this work deals with the Sacrament of Communion.

Page 50. J. 2. cet obscur Rollin. Charles Rollin (1661-1741) was a famous scholar and educationalist. His Traité des Éludes was long regarded as a standard work on éducation.

1. 5. la confirmation, one of the seven sacraments of the Church of Rome. It was originally conferred after baptism, but in the Roman Catholic worship it follows immediately after the First Communion, or the next day.

1. 25. ce Juilly de la Bretagne. Juilly is a village near Meaux, celebrated for its collège founded by the Oratorians.

1. 30. Geoffroy. Julien Louis Geoffroy (1743-1814) was a French critic. His critical essays are collected in his chief work : Cours de littérature dramatique.

Ginguené (1748-1816) was the author of a history of Italian literature.

1. 31. à Sainte- Barbe et au Plessis. Sainte Barbe is the famous school founded in Paris in 1460. Le Collège du Plessis, which traces its history as far back as 1317, was afterwards re-endowed by Cardinal Richelieu and now forms part of the Lycée Louis le Grand.

Le chevalier de Parny (1753-1814) was one of the chief poets of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. He wrote Élégies, Chansons madécasses, and Isnel et Asléga. He has been called the French Tibullus.

1. 34. le collège un monde. Le Collège de Rennes was in Chateaubriand's day one of the most important public schools in France, containing 3,000 or 4,000 pupils. It still exists as a Lycée or day-school.

Page 51. 1. 8. quelques horions, ' a few punches on the head.'