cheval de meule, ' treadmill horse, lever liorse

26. SieyÔB (s heard), 1748-1826, a prominent actor in the Révolution, and later member of the Consulate, published in 1789 a pamphlet Qu'est ce que le tiers état f which obtained for its author an immense popularitj.

99*— 8. Hébert, one of the most profligate.characters of the Révolution, and editor of the Jacobin paper Le Père Duchetne,

9. Babelaifl (1483?-cl553), the greatest of French humoriste.

100.— 30. Mably (1709-85), Baynal (1718-96), historical writers.

101.— 8, 9. thermidor = Julj 27th (1794), historicallj mémorable as the date of Robespierre*s fall, and the termination of the Reign of Terror.

The National Convention instituted a new calendar. Year I. began Sept. 22, 1792, the date of the Republic. Each year was divided into 12 months of 30 days each (with 5 additional days for republican festivities), and thèse months were named from some characteristic of the season. Thus : Vendémaire, ' Wine-month ; ' Brumaire, ' Fog-month ; Trimaire, ' Frost-month ; Nivôse, ' Snowmonth;' Pluviôse, *Rain-month;' Ventôse, 'Wind-month;' Germinal,

• Germ-month;* Floréal, ' Flower-month;' Prairial, Field-month;' Messidor, ' Harvest-month ; ' Thermidor, 'Heat-month;' Fructidor,

* Fruit-month ' = 22d September— 2lst September.