patronnet, Sastry cook’s boy

22. manne, a basket, long and narrow, used by the pastry cook’s boy.

30. ces vers, lamentations of Antigone when shut up in the subterranean tomb for having buried her brother Polynices, See Antigone, V. 891.

109.—1:1. Auvergnat: the stands where chestnuts are sold are kept generally by natives of Auvergne.

14. rhétorique: the class in French secondary schools where the preparation for the first degree of bachelor of arts is made, The name was quite recently changed into that of Première.

19. Casimir Delavigne (1793-1843), a poet and dramatist of little inspiration, was a protagonist of the Romantic school. His correct and artificial style and his efforts to imitate the Romantic innovations gave him a certain popularity that did not last. His dramas Zouis X7 (1832) and Zes Enfants d'Édouard (1833) are still quoted if not much read.