II. absalonieii : From Absalon ~ Absalom

20. bar: "bar-room," *'café." "restaurant." me Cnjas: a street in the Latin quarter, south of the Sorbonne. See note G3, 15.

22. Lanrent-le-Magiiifiqne: Lorenzo the Magnificent, Prince of Florence, lived 1448-1492. Florence was prosperous under his rule, and his public-spirited generosity, shown in the érection of municipal buildings, in founding académies, and in collecting libraries, bas caused him to be remembered as a patron of literature and art.

66, 3. Lœyenbraa : for the German Lâwenâràu, name of the celebrated béer, made in Louvain (German Lôwen)^ Belgium.

9. Stendhal: Pseudonymof Henri Beyle, who was born at Grenoble and lived 1783-1842. He was a well-known French writer, was eccentric in character and manners, and had a diversified career.

l9. rime riohç: " Rich rhyme" is a

rhyme in which not only the sound but also the articulation is the same; e.g,^ hauteur, créateur ; étude, solitude ; altesse, comtesse ; épée, trempée ; parler, consoler.

67, I. tonitruant: "thundering." The Word is coined from the Latin tonitrus, thunder; verb tono,

6. Perpisniian : a town in southern France, not far from the Pyrénées and near the Mèditerranean; it is noted for its tanneries, distilleries, commerce in oils, et cetera,

II. Somantisme: ''Romanticism." The principles of ** romanticism" grew up first in Germany, and afterwards appeared in France and England. The Romantic School was opposed to the Classic School, and was finally victorious in its reaction against classic models in literature.

14. Hugo: Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, the greatest French writer of the présent century. He was at the head of the Romantic School. In France he is known best as a poet, though known also as a master of prose. While his pen was never idle, he found time to serve his country as a leader and distinguished orator in its législative and national assemblies. Driven from France by Napoléon III., Hugo

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was an exile for nearly tW6nty years. He returned to Paris in 1870, and his fuàeral in 1885 bas been called a véritable apotheosis.

16. Bossnet: lived 1627-1704. He was a great divine, renowned for bis éloquence, bis masterful tréatises and dié- CDurses, bîs funeral orationâ, and bis publications against tbe Protestant cburcb. BlMine: one of tbe great Frencb dramatists of tbe classical period, lived 1639-1699. Among bis best known works may be mentioned Andromaque^ les Plai^ deurs^ Bérénice^ Bajazet^ Mithridate^ Iphigénie^ Phèdre, Esther, and Athalie,

60, 7. la faite de gaz: ** escaping gas." 19. place de la Boqnette: in tbe eastern

part of Paris. It is tbe public place of exécution, situated between two massive prisons, tbe Prison de la Roquette and tbe Prison des Jeunes Détenus, Tbe Roquette was tbe scène of many murders during tbe communist reign of terror in May 1871, a sbort time after tbe capitulation of tbe city to tbe Germans at tbe close of tbe Franco-Prussian war.

61, 2. *' bien " : a wihe of tbe suburban ale-bouses or inns; so called because it stains linen blue,