P. 488, c. 2—“Leuchtenburg,” löĭk´ten-burg. A principality of Bavaria, ceded in 1817 to Eugène de Beauharnais, the son of the Empress. Josephine, here referred to, was the daughter of Eugène.
P. 488, c. 2—“Riksdag,” Rix´däg.
P. 488, c. 2—“Landsthing,” lands´ting (th like t). The upper house in the Rigsdag, or Danish parliament. The lower house, corresponding to our House of Representatives, is called Folkething.
HISTORY OF RUSSIA.
P. 489, c. 1—“Troitsk´aia-Serg-iéva.”
P. 489, c. 1—“Alexander Nevski.” See The Chautauquan for May.
P. 489, c. 1—“Sŏl´ov-ĕts-ki´.” On the White Sea; the ordinary name for the “Frozen Sea.”
P. 489, c. 1—“Pĕ-chĕr´skī.” See The Chautauquan for April, page 367.
P. 489, c. 1—“Ser´gi-ŭs.”