LITTLE GAB'S JOURNEY

[André Theuriet. A novelist and naturalist, born in 1833. His works, descriptive of scènes from nature and family life, are written in a style which is simple, graceful and at times highly poetical].

30. I— le regard plongeait . . . sur, freely, ' one could see . . . into.' 14 — au, ' with a. '

17— on lui en eût donné à peine cinq, freely, *you would

hardly hâve thought he was five.' *

23 — fît. Subjunctive.is used after verbs of commanding, forbidding,

etc.

JO. 13— Ah ! vilain méchant, ' Oh ! you naughty boy.' 15— si mignon, ' such a darling.' 17 — ait. Note that the subjunctive is used after quel dommage, l^o

after c'est dom7nage, ' it's a pity, ' 18 — Berck, (Berck-sur-mer), a small sea-bathing town not far froni

Boulogne.

24— machine à plisser et à tuyauter, ' plaiting and quiiiing

machine.' 30— Thomas Hood (1798-1845). An English poet, author of the Song of the Shirt referred to hère.

41. I— sans regards, 'cannot see'; inthepoem, 'dim,' By comparing the original with this translation the student will get some idea of how difïicult a thing idiomatic translàtipn is. 9 — maison. The houses of Paris generally contain a number of families. At the entraiice is the toge de ta concierge (l 28, p. 39) wH© has gen«ra.1 charge of the whole houi^^>

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