ne faisaient qu’en rire, “ only laughed at it

35, 1. les Champs-Élysées, the largest and most beautiful avenue of Paris.

13. le pétrole. Women were seen pouring kerosene oil on the fiâmes which were destroying Parisian homes and public buildings. — d’entendre = à force (by dint) d'entendre.

36, 5. Félix Pyat and Delescluze were two leaders of the insurrectionist éléments.

7. la cour de l’Orangerie, “ the Court of the Orange Trees,” a remarkable construction in the park of Versailles.

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37, 6. le quartier du Temple adjoins the old quarter, the Marais. See note, p. 30, 1. 2.

23. le siège, i. e., le siège de Paris. The Germans besieged Paris from September, 1870, to January, 1871.

38, 4. Aussi. See note, p. 31, 1. 10.