1
About 3000 dollars.
2
This so-called peninsula lies to the northwest of Paris, and is formed by the windings of the Seine. – Trans.
3
Taboureau is previously described as Minister of Public Instruction. It should be pointed out, however, that although under the present Republic the Ministries of Public Instruction and Fine Arts have occasionally been distinct departments, at other times they have been united, one minister, as in Taboureau’s case, having charge of both. – Trans.
4
Montmartre.
5
See M. Zola’s “Lourdes,” Day I., Chapter II.
6
See M. Zola’s “Rome,” Chapters IV. and XVI.