Balthasar, Belshazzar

P. 79, 1. 12. De cette école; renowned for its brilliant colouring.

1. 22. Gueules de lion, the letter-boxes in which, during the period of Venetian independence, anonymous denunciations could be lodged. The extrême Republican party had made disturbances, and had been sharply repressed.

P. 80, 1. 15. Revue without further indication, hère and elsewhere, means the Revue des Deux Mondes.