69 – ‘A partir de 1791, il n’y a plus à proprement parler de Juifs de France, mais des citoyens français professant la religion israélite.’――_Histoire des Israélites_, Reinach, p. 340. To which work, in the later chapters, I am under some obligation for facts.――K. M. 70 – מַעֲמָד a Hebrew word meaning representative assembly. 71 – הַסְכָּמוֹת is a Hebrew term denoting agreements. 72 – A certain Moses Netto was denied permission to publish an English translation of the Prayer-book, and a penalty of 5l. was imposed on any member who should buy, sell, or read such a book. 73 – When, so late as 1744, Jacob Israel Bernal, a member of the Portuguese congregation, applied to the Mahamad for leave to marry a German Jewess, very humiliating conditions were attached to the reluctant permission. The bridegroom was not ‘called up to the law,’ the members of the Congregation were not allowed to be present at the ceremony, and no ‘offerings’ were accepted. A descendant of this Mr. Bernal married a Duke of St. Albans. 74 – This synagogue was very much injured by fire in 1738, but it was rebuilt on the same site, and the old beam given by Queen Anne was preserved and replaced. The building was finished in 1749, and has stood, practically unaltered, since that date. 75 – Professor Theodores’ letter, in pamphlet form, is to be found at the British Museum. 76 – See a biographical sketch, reprinted by permission from the _Times_, by Mr. Israel Davis. _Jewish Chronicle_ Office, 2 Finsbury Square, 1885. * * * * * * Transcriber’s note: The Erratum correction has been incorporated into the text. Punctuation has been standardized. Index references have not been checked for accuracy. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Multiple spelling variations and inconsistent hyphenation occur in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. The following corrections have been made in the text: Page 117: Sentence starting: Talmudic studies were again.... – ‘Pombaditha’ replaced with ‘Pumbaditha’ (Sora and Pumbaditha grew to be) Page Index: Sentence starting: Agobard,... – ‘Agobart’ replaced with ‘Agobard’ (Agobard, 129) Page Index: Sentence starting: Alcharisi,... – ‘Alcharizi’ replaced with ‘Alcharisi’ (Alcharisi, Judah, 132) Page Index: Sentence starting: Azariah de Rossi,... – ‘Azaria’ replaced with ‘Azariah’ (Azariah de Rossi, 273) Page Index: Sentence starting: Barlæus,... – ‘Barleus’ replaced with ‘Barlæus’ (Barlæus, Caspar, 243)