P. 72—“Mohicans,” mo-hi´cans. P. 74—“Surinam,” soo-rĭ-nam´. Dutch Guiana. P. 76—“Thoreau,” tho´ro. P. 78—“Aurelian,” au-re´li-an; “Ju´li-an;” “Ze-no´bia.” P. 78—“Yemassee,” ye-mas-see´. The Yemassees were the tribe of Indians afterwards called Savannahs. P. 78—“Beauchampe,” bō´shŏn´. P. 81—“Potiphar,” pot´i-phar. P. 84—“Audubon,” aw´du-bon; “Agassiz,” ăg´a-see; “Guyot,” gē´o´. P. 87—“Pre-Raphaelites,” pre-răph´a-el-ītes. Following the style before the time of Raphael. P. 89—“Improvisatori,” im-prŏ´vi-sa-tō´ri. Those who compose extemporaneously. P. 92—“Rossetti,” ros-sĕt´ee. P. 94—“_Toujours amour._” Always love. P. 94—“Piatt,” pī´at. P. 103—“Azarian,” az´a-ri´an. P. 103—“Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen,” h-a-jal-mer h-a-jorth bo-yay-sen. P. 110—“Litterateur,” lē-tā´rä-tur. A literary man. NOTES ON REQUIRED READINGS IN “THE CHAUTAUQUAN.” GERMAN HISTORY. P. 1, c. 1—“Clovis,” klō´vis; “Charlemagne,” shar´le-mān´; “Rudolphus,” roo-dŏl´fus; “Swabian,” swa´bī-an; “Hohenstaufen,” ho´en-stow´fen; “Westphalia,” west-phā´lĭ-a. P. 1, c. 1—“Maes.” The Flemish name for the Meuse. P. 1, c. 1—“March,” or “Morawa.” A river of Austria. Its position as a boundary of Hungary, and proximity to Vienna, have often made it of historical importance. P. 1, c. 1—“Mur,” or “Muir,” moor. P. 1, c. 2—“Prosna,” pros´na; “Nieman,” nee´man. P. 1, c. 2—“Teutoburg,” toi´to-boorg. A range of mountains in Western Germany, about eighty miles in length. It was in this forest that the German Arminius defeated the Romans in A. D. 9. P. 1, c. 2—“Erz,” erts. The Erzgebirge, or Ore Mountains, are on the boundary between Bohemia and Saxony, extending about 100 miles. There are several granite peaks in the range. These mountains have long been famous for their mineral products of silver, tin, iron, cobalt, copper, etc. Coal is found also and porcelain clay. P. 1, c. 2—“Riesen,” ree´zen. Giant mountains. A continuation of the Erzgebirge, lying east of the river Elbe. The range extends about seventy-five miles. It is of the same geological formation as the Erz. P. 1, c. 2—“Weser,” We´ser; “Vistula,” vist´yu-la. P. 1, c. 2—“Magyar,” mod´jor. A tribe which came from the far East. In 887 they came into Hungary and soon conquered it and the adjoining country. For one hundred years their conquests were extended, but at last they consolidated the power within their own country. The Magyars possessed an independent kingdom until the present century, but now constitute one of the two leading divisions of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The Emperor of Austria is the King of Hungary. P. 1, c. 2—“Turanians,” tu-ra´ni-ans. The tribes of the Turanians are the Finns, the people of Siberia, the Tartars, the Mongols, and the Mantchoos. P. 1, c. 2—“Aryan,” är´yan. The tribes speaking the Germanic, Slavic, Celtic, Italic, Greek, Iranian, and Sanskrit languages belong to this family.