P. 428, c. 2—“Kreml,” or “kremlin.” One of the five quarters of Moscow. It is the ancient citadel, is surrounded by a wall from twenty-eight to fifty feet in height, and about one and a quarter miles in circuit, with massive towers and battlements. It is entered by five gates, and within are some of the finest public buildings and monuments of Moscow, besides churches, cathedrals, palaces and monasteries. P. 428, c. 2—“Enjoying the chase.” This khan was Usbeck. The descriptions of this expedition, taken from the annals of the time, are almost beyond credence. Several hundred thousand soldiers were in motion, equipped gorgeously, and mounted on fine horses, the train presenting the appearance, when encamped, of a beautiful and populous city. P. 428, c. 2—“Cau´ca-sŭs.” The Caucasus provinces are in that arm of Southern Russia which runs between the Black and Caspian Seas to the boundary of Asia. P. 428, c. 2—“Pilloried.” To be punished by the pillory, an ancient instrument of torture, consisting of a framework of wood, upon which was put movable boards with holes for head and arms, into which the guilty were fastened. P. 428, c. 2—“Da-ghes-tan´.” A province of what is called Asiatic Russia, lying between Caucasus and the Caspian Sea. P. 428, c. 2—“Käv-gäd´i.” P. 429, c. 1—“Russ.” A Russian; also used as an adjective, and for the Russian language. P. 429, c. 1—“Pōl-tï-räs.” P. 429, c. 1—“Uspenski sobor,” us-pen´ski so´bor. HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF SCANDINAVIA. P. 429, c. 1—“Carolinian.” Belonging to the age of Charles XII. P. 429, c. 2—“Frithiof’s Saga,” freet´yof’s sä´ga. P. 429, c. 2—“Böttiger,” böt´e-ger. A Swedish poet born in 1807. He obtained his degree at Upsal, and was twice crowned by the Swedish academy. He has published many short poems of superior merit, besides translations from Tasso. P. 429, c. 2—“Tegnaby,” teng´nabi. P. 429, c. 2—“Lucas Esaiasson,” lū´cas es-ī´as-son. P. 429, c. 2—“Ingeborg Mänsdotter,” ing´e-borg mens´dot-ter. P. 429, c. 2—“Shot.” Referring to the shot which killed Charles XII. “The shot” is the common reference in Swedish books to Charles XII.’s death. P. 429, c. 2—“Temple progeny.” The names being so common in the Scriptures, the author calls the children a sacred or temple progeny. P. 429, c. 2—“Aptitude,” apt´i-tude. Fitness. P. 429, c. 2—“Wexiö,” wek´she-o. A town in the southern part of Sweden, but northeast of Lund, where Tegnér attended the university.