[1] Arise!

[2] One of Sacher-Masoch's novels.—TRANSLATOR.

[3] The street where most of the best shops are to be found, and much frequented by venial beauties.—TRANSLATOR.

[4] Head of the Criminal Investigation Department.—TRANSLATOR.

[5] A Hungarian word, meaning literally, Defender of the Fatherland. The term Honved is applied to the Hungarian Landnehr, or Militia.—Translator.

[6] An Exotic Prince.

[7] A division of Poland, of which Warsaw is the Capital.—TRANSLATOR.

[8] A Nothing.—TRANSLATOR.

[9] A lay brother in a monastery, who is devoted to the instruction of the poor.—TRANSLATOR.

[10] Egyptian dancing girl.—TRANSLATOR.

[11] Written before universal service was obligatory, and when soldiers were selected by conscription, a certain amount of those who drew high numbers, being exempt from service.—TRANSLATOR.

[12] A café chantant, and casino.

[13] A well-known restaurant on the banks of the Seine, which is much frequented by the middle classes.—TRANSLATOR.

[14] Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene V.

[15] Forage Caps.

[16] Self-constituted volunteers, in the Franco-German war of 1870-71, whom the Germans often made short work of, when caught.—TRANSLATOR.

[17] According to French law, nobody can altogether disinherit a child, and no son or daughter can be "cut off" with a "proverbial shilling."

[18] A dance in Provence in which the dancers form a chain, and the movements are directed by the leader.—TRANSLATOR.

[19] Although, in France, as in Germany, military service is compulsory, men are allowed to serve in both countries as one-year volunteers; they enjoy certain privileges, find their own uniform, &c., and it, of course, entails considerable expense.—TRANSLATOR.

[20] The Cocu Imaginaire (The Imaginary Cuckold), in Molière's play of that name.

[21] The students' quarter in France, where so many of them lead rackety, fast lives.—TRANSLATOR.

[22] In France and Germany, the newly-married couple pay the wedding-calls, which is the direct opposite to our custom.—TRANSLATOR.

[23] Venetian and Genoese magistrate.—TRANSLATOR.

[24] Italian police officers.—TRANSLATOR

[25] Italian mercenary or free-lance, in the Middle Ages.—TRANSLATOR.