Quotidienne, a newspaper of the day

1. 24. Bavaroise, tea, mille, capillaire, and other ingrédients combined in a draught.

1. 30. Bureau. Quinet had a place in more than one office during this time of difficulty, but never stayed long. See below.

1. 37. Romantiques. The great Romantic movement was already in existence, though scarcely yet in full swing. But Quinet may be using the word in a more limited and older sensé, ' ihe writers of romance.'

P. 22, 1. 3. Le Solitaire was a romance, once very popular, of the Vicomte d'Arlincourt. Ivanlioe needs no explanation. I do not know which of the numerous prose and verse Vampires is referred to.

1. II. Trappiste, monk of la Trappe; see note on page 17, line 16.

1. 22. Sylla. By Jouy (1764-1846), an academician, a fertile writer, and one of the last of the ' classical ' school. It had a run of eighty nights. The great actor Talma (1763-1826) died two years later. Quinet's short phrase conveys happily his appearance in his most famous parts.

1. 34. Pénates d'argile, ' household gods of clay,' ' scanty belongings.'

P. 23, 1. 16. Cabinet d'études. An institution which hardly exists in England, or could exist anywhere except in a country with a great centralised System of éducation. A subscription library of school books, and books of référence.

1. 21. Avoué is not the exact équivalent of the English 'solicitor.' But the resemblance is so close, and the contrast with avocat is so near to that between solicitor and barrister, that it may well be translated 'solicitor.'