P. 133, 1. 352. She-wolf: an allusion to the legend that Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were suckled by a she-wolf.

P. 138, 1. 480. Palatinus: one of the seven hills upon which Rome is founded.

THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB

P. 143. See 2 Kings xviii. 13.

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO

P. 145. The battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon was defeated by the allied forces of English, Dutch, and Prussians, under the Duke of Wellington, was fought (1815) near the village of Waterloo, eight miles from Brussels. This was the last battle fought by Napoleon. He was soon after exiled by the English to the island of St. Helena, where he died.

P. 145, 1. 20. Brunswick's fated chieftain: Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick, who was killed in one of the preliminary skirmishes of the great battle.

P. 146, 1. 46. 'Cameron's gathering': the slogan or rallyingcry of the Camerons, a Scottish clan.

P. 146, 1. 47. Lochiel: a name given to Donald, one of the most famous of the Camerons; cf. 'Lochiel's Warning,' by Campbell.

P. 146, 1. 47. Albyn: Gaelic name for Scotland.

THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM

P. 150. In the 'Chronicle of the Drum' Thackeray has given us in verse a condensed history of France from the time of Henry IV. to the overthrow of Napoleon at Waterloo.

P. 150, 1. 1. Maine barriers: a quarter of the city near the fortifications.

P. 151, 1. 19. King Harry: the Huguenot lad of Navarre, Henry of Navarre, so called from the former kingdom of Navarre, now a part of France, was a leader among the Huguenots, or French

Protestants. His succession to the throne of France was op-
posed by the Catholics, and a bitter war followed. Henry and
the Huguenots won a great victory at Ivry, and soon after the
king embraced Catholicism. By this action he won over to him
many Catholics, still retaining, by wise toleration, the esteem of
the Huguenots. He ruled France wisely, but met an untimely
death at the hands of a Catholic fanatic.

P. 151, 1. 23. Condé: Condé and Turenne (1. 32) were famous
French commanders of the seventeenth century.

P. 152, 1. 35.

P. 152, 1. 36.
P. 152, 1. 38.

are mild French

Blenheim: cf. note.

Malbrook: a French name for Marlborough.
Corbleu: corbleu, morbleu, ventrebleu, and pardi
oaths.

P. 152, 1. 41. Namur, Ramillies, Malplaquet: scenes of other
defeats of the French at the hands of Marlborough. Thackeray,
by his rhymes, evidently intends that many of the French words
shall be pronounced as if English.

P. 153, 1. 64. Fontenoy: a village in Belgium where the French
under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied force of English, Dutch,
and Austrians, 1745.

P. 153, 1. 68.

Saxe: a famous French marshal, see note above.
P. 153, 1. 69. Soubise: a French general. He was defeated
at Rossbach (1757) by Frederick II. of Germany.
P. 154, l. 95. Glacis: a gently sloping bank.

P. 155, l. 118. Versailles: a small city about twenty miles
from Paris, formerly the seat of the French court.

P. 155, 1. 123. Monsieur: here used as the title of the eldest
brother of the king.

P. 155, l. 124. D'Artois younger brother of Louis XVI., and
afterward king of France, with title of Charles X.

P. 155, l. 128. Louis XVI. was an amateur locksmith, and it
was charged against him that he would rather work among his
locks than govern France.

P. 155, l. 129. Antoinette: Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis
XVI. and queen of France.

P. 156, 1. 135. Rochambeau and Lafayette were French noble-
men who fought for the colonies in the American Revolution.

They were prominent in the affairs of France on their return home.

P. 156, 1. 140. Bastile: a famous French fortress and prison, overthrown by the populace July 14, 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution. The fall of the Bastile has come to have for the French a significance somewhat similar to that of the Declaration of Independence for the Americans.

P. 156, 1. 157. Lambesc: Prince de Lambesc, a commander in the king's forces.

P. 157, l. 165. Tenth of August: August 10, 1792, the Tuileries, the palace of the king, was sacked by an armed mob of 30,000 men. The king escaped, only to be led to the scaffold a

short time later.

P. 158, 1. 185. Place de la Concorde: a famous square in Paris, where was erected the guillotine, the instrument used for decapitating the victims of the Revolution. Between January 21, 1793, and May 3, 1795, more than 2800 were put to death on this spot.

P. 160, 1. 237. Capet: Louis XVI. Hugues Capet, founded in 987, the third dynasty of France, to which Louis XVI. belonged.

P. 160, 1. 238. Santerre: a commander of the National Guard, who, however, favored the communists.

P. 160, 1. 244. Lamballe: Princess de Lamballe, an intimate friend of the queen. She was cruelly murdered by a mob, and her head was shown to the queen as the poem relates.

P. 162, 1. 301. Kleber: Kleber, Ney, and Murat were marshals under Napoleon.

P. 162, 1. 302. Mameluke: Egyptian cavalry, famous for the wild bravery of their charges.

P. 165, 1. 384.

of Waterloo.

P. 166, 1. 414.

Mount of St. John: a part of the battlefield

Ney: one of Napoleon's marshals, ordered to be shot by the English after the battle of Waterloo. He was called the bravest of the brave.'

P. 166, 1. 415. Sir Hudson: Sir Hudson Lowe, governor of St. Helena during Napoleon's captivity.

THE DESERTED VILLAGE

P. 167, l. I. Sweet Auburn: under this name Goldsmith has probably idealized the little Irish villages where his boyhood and youth were spent.

P. 171, 1. 99. Careless: free from care.

P. 172, 1. 124. In drawing the portrait of the village preacher Goldsmith has probably both his father and his brother Henry in mind.

P. 175, 1. 216. courage no Vice.' lish Poems.'

Twelve good rules: moral rules, such as 'En-
They will be found in Hale's 'Longer Eng-

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