ne s'en trouva pas plus mal, didn*tfare any worsefor it

Pagre 128* — i. La Saint-Charlemagne. The féminine article is due to the fact that "fête" is understood. Charlemagne, who died Jan. 28, 81 4, was long, though erroneously, regarded as the founder of the University of Paris. On this account, Louis XI, in 1480, ordered the day to be celebrated in the University. This eustom was later introduced into the secondary schools of the country. Only the best pupils had a right to take part in the banquet usually given. The custom gradually fell into disuse and was formally aboiished in 1895.

Page 129. — i. ce que peut la volonté; translate as if it read ce que la volonté peut faire»

Page 181* — I. plats montés, r^fr/'^r;^fVr^j, consisting of cakes or fruits made or arranged in the form of omaments.

Page 182. — I. c'est plus fort que moi ; see page 79, note y.

Page 137. — I. pompez! The French for Pompey is Pompée, hence the pun.

Page 140. — I. ex aequo, on an equality.

Page 142. — i. ^^^iox pourvu que, provided that,

2. Cornélius Nepos, a Roman historian, contemporary and f riend

of Cicero. His work, *^*De viris illustribus '' is much used in French

schools.

Page 1 45* — i . volumes enrubannés. Books are generally given for prizes, ^* Mémoires d*un Collégien " being often so used. They are specially bound and decorated for thèse occasions.