Gnstaye-Adolplie : Gustavus Adol

phus, King of Sweden, the most illustrious hero of his âge. He won many victories, among them the battle of Liitzen in the Thirty Years' War, in which, however, he lost his life, in 1632.

13. Canb: also written Kaub, a town on the Rhine, in the Rheingau.

14. Snghien: Duke of Enghien, a French prince, 17 72- 1804, was a brave commander nnder his grandf ather the Prince of Condé.

He iras shot by order of Napoléon on a charge of conspiracy against Napoleon's life.

Condé : grandfather of the Duke d*£n-

g^ien, lived 1 736-1818. From 1793 to 1801 he fought against the Republic.

15. Tnnnne: Turenne, the great French gênerai, was bom in 161 1. He left a stain on his name from the cruelty with which he ravaged the Palatinate after defeating the Imperialists near the Rhine in 1674. In the foUowing year he was killed while fighting against the Austrians in the battle of Salzbach. Drnsas : Drusus, the Roman gênerai, was bom in 38 B.c. He commanded an army on the Rhine and defeated many German tribes, making conquests as far as the river Elbe.

23. Homère : the great Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Supposed to hâve lived about 850 B.a

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25. cimmériens : the Cimmerii of Homer dwelt in the farthest West, in mist and darkness.

64, 3. Virgile : Vergil, the greatest Latin poet, author of the iEneid, lived B.c. 70-19.

21. conciles: In the Middle Ages Constance was an impérial dty. Frederick Barbarossa and the Lombard Leagne concluded a treaty hère in 1183. The Council of Constance, of the Roman Catholic Church, was held 1414-1418. By its decrees Huss and Jérôme of Prague were condemned to death and burned at the stake, and Martin V was elected Pope.

669 3. dampfschifi: German, <*steam-

boat/' " steamer." Stadt Maxmheim :

" City of Mannheim."

67,9. Velmich: In German "Wel(l)mich," on the right bank of the Rhine.

689 21. Falkenstein: name of a prominent noble family, traced as far back as the twelfth centnry.

69, S. Winfried : Winfred, or " Saint Boniface/' bom in England in 680, called the Apostle of Germany. He spent thirty years converting the pagan Germans, building cathedrals and monasteries, and establishing schools. He was murdered in 755.

70, 19. fête de la Chaire : " Festival of the Holy See."

71» 4. cyclopes : According to one tradition in classical mythology, the Cyclopes were assistants of Vulcan, the god of fire.

Volcanoes were his workshops, and Mount iEtna, in Sicily, was one of the chief abodes for his workmen.

6. Polyphème: Polyphemns was chief among the Cyclopes, a giant with only one eye, in the centre of Ms forehead. He lived in a cave near Mount ^tna.

17. gros : the German " Groschen," worth 2i cents. pfennings : A German " Pfennig " is worth ^ American cent.