NOTES =Wall Street=:--An old street in New York faced by the Stock Exchange and the offices of the wealthiest bankers and brokers. =the Treasury=:--The Sub-Treasury Building. =last quotations=:--The latest information on stock values given out before the Stock Exchange closes. =Trinity=:--The famous old church that stands at the head of Wall Street. =curbstone war=:--The clamorous quoting, auctioning, and bidding of stock out on the street curb, where the "curb brokers"--brokers who do not have seats on the Stock Exchange--do business. =sweet-do-nothing=:--A translation of an Italian expression, _dolce far niente_. =Sicilians=:--Theocritus (3rd century before Christ), the Greek pastoral poet, wrote of the happy life of the shepherds and shepherdesses in Sicily. =Doric pillar=:--A heavy marble pillar, such as was used in the architecture of the Dorians in Greece. =Pan's pipe=:--Pan was the Greek god of shepherds, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is represented as having the head and body of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat. It was said that he invented the shepherd's pipe or flute, which he made from reeds plucked on the bank of a stream. =pastoral ditty=:--A poem about shepherds and the happy outdoor life. The word pastoral comes from the Latin _pastor_, shepherd. =Syracusan times=:--Syracuse was an important city in Sicily. See the note on Sicilians, above. =Trinacrian hills=:--Trinacria is an old name for Sicily. =bulls and bears=:--A bull, on the Stock Exchange, is one who operates in expectation of a rise in stocks; a bear is a person who sells stocks in expectation of a fall in the market. =Jauncey Court=:--The Jauncey family were prominent in the early New York days. This court was probably named after them. =Ægon=:--Usually spelled Ægaeon; another name for Briareus, a monster with a hundred arms. =Daphnis=:--In Greek myth, a shepherd who loved music. =Nais=:--In Greek myth, a happy young girl, a nymph. =Cyclops=:--One of a race of giants having but one eye--in the middle of the forehead. These giants helped Vulcan at his forge under Aetna. =Galatea=:--A sea-nymph beloved by the Cyclops Polyphemus. =Silenus=:--The foster-father and companion of Bacchus, god of wine. In pictures and sculpture Silenus is usually represented as intoxicated. =Fauns=:--Fabled beings, half goat and half man. =Arethusan water=:--Arethusa, in Greek myth, was a wood-nymph, who was pursued by the river Alpheus. She was changed into a fountain, and ran under the sea to Sicily, where she rose near the city of Syracuse. Shelley has a poem on Arethusa. =baton=:--A rod or wand; here, of course, a policeman's club. SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY