charbon de terre = "pit coal

121, 21. Solis. The "s" is sounded.

123, I. rogue = "haughty."

126, I. Pour gazéfier les métaux, etc. Of course metals can be vaporized with sufficîent beat in spite of the pressure of the atmosphère.

128, 2. eaux de boudin = "thin air," "nothing."

9. Mirabeau (Honoré Gabriel). The most famous orator of the French Révolution (i 749-1 791).

24. marc [the '^c'' is silent]. An old weight of eight ounces.

26. vous ferez . . . plus rien. The blanc was an old coin worth six deniers or farthings. Six blancs » two and one half sous. The phrase may be rendered, " We shall soon hâve nothing lef t." Literally: " You will so well make of five cents two and one half cents,^* etc.

135, s. Fénelon (François de Salignac, La Mothe-), 1651- 171 5. Archbîshop of Cambrai, author of celebrated Télémaque, a guide for his pupil, the grandson of Louis XIV. Fénelon fell under the influence of Mme Guy on (1648-1717), a mystic of the doctrine called quietism, and was rebuked by Rome. Page 189, Une 11. Guide. The Italian painter Gui do Reni, called in French "Le Guide." Native of Bologna (1575-1642).

141, 8. par contenance » 'Uo cover his confusion."

142, 2. sur « ''to," in this instance.

16. The practice of avoiding military service by hiring a substitute has been forbidden by law since 1872.

143, 20. état » ''a standing in sodety."

146, 14. à réméré = "with the option of repurchasing."