“Cruciate,” kruˈshĭ-āt. The petals are arranged in the form of a cross. P. 80.—“Chimborazo,” chim-bo-rāˈzo. A peak of the Andes in Ecuador. It is the sixth in height among the lofty peaks of the range. P. 82.—“Floras.” The whole number of plants native to any section forms its flora. “Urticaceæ,” ur-ti-caˈce-æ. Nettles. P. 83.—“Rhododendrons,” rhōˌdo-dĕnˈdron; “Azalias,” a-zāˈle-as. These plants both belong to the order of heathworts or _ericaceæ_, the order to which the huckleberry, cranberry, trailing arbutus, and other well-known plants belong. BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES. P. 14.—This picture, West declared sixty-seven years after it was painted, contained some touches that he never surpassed. P. 15.—“Camera-obscura,” cămˈe-ra obˌscūˈra. Literally, a dark chamber. P. 16.—“Parma.” A province in the north of Italy. “Death of Wolfe.” This picture contained one feature which at that period was entirely new. West used costumes in his picture which were appropriate to the time and character. Before this the classical costume was used on all occasions. It is said that Sir Joshua Reynolds, the president of the royal academy before West, tried to dissuade him from this innovation, but was the first to acknowledge his success. P. 24.—“Gulliver,” gŭlˈli-ver. The hero of a satire, “Gulliver’s Travels,” by Swift. He is represented first as a surgeon, and then as captain of several ships. He takes voyages, during which he discovers many strange countries, among them the country of the Lilliputs (lĭlˈli-pŭt), a race of little men. P. 29.—“Uttoxeter,” ŭksˈe-ter. P. 34.—“Merry-Andrew.” One whose business it is to make sport for others—a clown, a court fool. P. 68.—“Oxenstiern,” ŏksˌen-steernˈ. P. 70.—“Lutzen,” lootˈseen. A town of Prussia. P. 72.—“Muscovy,” musˈco-vy. The former name of Russia. GERMAN HISTORY. P. 129, c. 1.—“Merovingians,” mer-o-vinˈgi-ans. The first Frankish king of whom we have authentic accounts was Chlodio, who ruled about the middle of the fifth century. His successor, Merovæus, gave his name to the first _house_, or dynasty of the Franks; of him we know little more than that he fought against Attila. “St. Remigius,” re-mijˈi-us, or St. Remy, rehˈmeˌ. (439?-533.) The Apostle of the Franks. When but a young man he was made Bishop of Rheims. By his zealous work he spread Christianity widely through the Frankish kingdom. A contemporary declares him to have been the most eloquent man of his times. “Rheims,” reemz. A city in northeastern France, whose bishops date from the fourth century, and whose cathedral is one of the finest gothic edifices in Europe. P. 129, c. 2.—“Arian.” The religion of Arius, a bishop of the fourth century, who held that Christ, though chief of created beings, was not equal to God. A book lately issued by Appleton & Co., “Arius the Libyan,” will be found to be an interesting account of his life and doctrines.