J’eus lieu de, 7 kad reason to ; idiom

75.—16. membres épars, scattered limbs; translation of the Latin expression, disjecta membra poete, Horace Sat. 1, 4. 62.

76G.— 13. sous secrétaire d’état, a state official in France immediately under the minister. The office has almost disappeared now. In this remark of Anatole France we find the very common and often well-deserved contempt of the scholar for the mediocrity of some successful politicians,

77.—31. qui n’ont pas le sens commun. Idiom: 7% &e devoid of sense, absurd.

78.—8. la mort du chevalier d’Assas: The chevalier d’Assas, captain of the regiment of Auvergne, was overtaken one night by the enemy while reconnoitering alone. Surrounded by soldiers he was threatened with death if he uttered a sound. Sacrificing himself for the safety of his army he cried out: À #07, Auvergne; ce sont les ennemis, and fell on the spot pierced by bayonets, October 15, 1760. This incident occurred near Klostercamp, Rhenish Prussia, during the seven year war.

79.— 3. Louvre... Tuileries. The Louvre, the old palace of the kings of France was begun in the thirteenth century and completed in the nineteenth. It is now a museum and a building of state. The Tuileries, another palace built likewise alongside the Seine, has now disappeared. Since the Revolution it was the residence of the kings or the emperors of France. It was burned down during the communistic insurrection of 1871 but existed at the time to which this book refers. The name Tuileries to-day refers only to the great park that adjoined the palace and is still used.

4. Palais Mazarin, a building on the left bank of the Seine constructed in the 17th century as a college founded by Mazarin for the education of gentlemen from Alsace, Italy, Roussillon and Flanders. It is occupied now by the Institute of France, i. e., the five Academies.

7. rue Guénégaud, rue du Bac: both are streets that lead to the quays of the Seine where the author lived.

22. Orfroi, pArey, a band of gold embroidery or other rich material put on certain ecclesiastical garments.