=Napoleon III=:--Emperor of the French, 1852-1870. He was elected president of the Republic in 1848; he seized full power in 1851; in 1852, he was proclaimed emperor. He was a nephew of the great Napoleon. =confrère=:--A close associate. =Garibaldi=:--Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian patriot (1807-1882). =Chianti=:--A kind of Italian wine. =Bronx=:--A small river in the northern part of New York City. =Restaurant Français=:--French restaurant. =the painter=:--A rope at the bow of a boat. =C'est merveilleux=:--It's wonderful. =Mon Dieu=:--Good heavens! =pâté de fois gras=:--A delicacy made of fat goose livers. =Château Lamonte, '62=:--A kind of wine; the date refers to the year in which it was bottled. =Oui, mon père=:--Yes, father. =mon ami=:--My friend. =the little affair of December 2=:--On December 2, 1851, Louis Napoleon overawed the French legislature and assumed absolute power. Just a year later he had himself proclaimed Emperor. =Louis=:--Napoleon III. =Victor Hugo=:--French poet and novelist (1802-1885). =Louis Blanc=:--French author and politician (1812-1882). =Changarnier=:--Pronounced _shan gär ny[=a]'_; Nicholas Changarnier, a French general (1793-1877). =Cavaignac=:--Pronounced _ka vay nyak'_; Louis Eugene Cavaignac, a French general (1803-1857). He ran for the Presidency against Louis Napoleon. =Porte St. Martin=:--The beginning of the Boulevard St. Martin, in Paris. =Rue Royale=:--_Rue_ is the French word for _street_. =Élysée=:--A palace in Paris used as a residence by Napoleon III. =one hundred francs=:--About twenty dollars. SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY