en plein vent, 2» {he open air

21. Mon cœur...de moi. See page sr, note 18. Compare Luke XXIV : 32— “ And they said to one another, did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way.”

106. — 16. grimaud, young schoolboys in the elementary grade. It is obsolete in this meaning and refers more often to ‘scribblers.”

17. barbacoles: school-masters. Both words gr#"”aud and barbacoles are used contemptuously.

19. palmarès: list published at every commencement containing the names of all the students who have received prizes or honorable mentions.

21. fort bien tournées, ‘well written, compare the words tours de phrase, tournures, often used in literary criticism.

22. M. l’inspecteur, the full title is A7 l'inspecteur d’Académie, an official of the department of education who has charge of the inspection of secondary and primary schools.

29. Esope, Æsop, a Greek fabulist said to have been born in Phrygia and to have been a slave. Little is known about him. As stated below the fables published under his name were compiled by a monk of the 14th century by the name of Maximus Planudes. Æsop is said to have lived during the 6th century BC

31. Thersyte, a Greek character represented by Homer as the most hateful of all of the men gathered before Troy. His name is asymbol of physical ugliness and moral turpitude.

107.—1. Galates, the name given by the Greeks to the Gauls that settled in Asia in 278 B. C.