Mettait au jour — Was revealing

153. Zeitblatt. — German, newspaper ; the usual word is Zeitunff.

Vésuvius. — The usual French form is Vésuve; the classical forms of proper names, employed in Germany, areoccasionally used in this volume to give a greater air of naturalness.

Assignats. — See note to p. 23.

154. Il se moquait de la nouvelle ère prétendue républicaine — It made fun of the new so-called republican era. In this the years dated from the foundation of the Republic, 22d of September, 1792. The year was divided into twelve equal roonths of thirty days, the four seasons being distinguished by the terminations, and significant names being given to each month, thus : Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire ; Nivôse, Pluviôse, Ventôse ; Germinal, Floréal, Prairial ; Mestïidor, Thermidor, Fructidor. To thèse, five complementary days, jours complémentaires, were added in ordinary years and sjx in ieap years. The months were divided into three décades et

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ten days each. To thèse were given numerieal names : primidi, àaodi, tridi, etc. The last, décadi, was a day of rest.

155. Qui écrive. — The use of the présent subjuuctive hère seems a little strange.

156. Se trimbaler — To go about, to jogalong ; very f amiliar. Sans-culottes. — See note to p. 112. The word is used in

rather a disparaging sensé hère, as it often is.

160. Catécldsme républicain. — The authors are hère guilty of an anachronism, as the book issned under the title Catéchisme répuMicain., pliUosophique et moral, was published only in 1795.

161. Faire sa partie de commérage — To hâve her turn of gossip. This expression is about as unusual in French as the one given is in English ; partie hère means game, so to hâve her game of gossip would be a more literal translation.

163. La queue en trompette — His tail eurled up. Allemand de Saxe — German of Saxony, tliat is, good Ger-

man, as opposed to the provincial dialect of the district.