Page 26, l. 12. Stift: private or state school with board and residence. Also an endowed home for gentlewomen, with certain privileges—either with or without a school for girls.
Page 30, l. 7. Volkschule: public school.
Page 30, l. 9. Nicht völlig normal: rather weak intellectually, abnormal.
Page 32, l. 24. Schulrat: superintendent of schools.
Page 33, l. 12. Waldschule: forest school in open air.
Page 34, l. 16. Griesbrei: porridge made of farina.
Page 34, l. 21. Nudelsuppe: soup of noodles. Vermicelli soup.
Page 36, l. 8. Ich liebe einen Backfisch: I love a girl in her teens.
Page 36, l. 20. Backfisch-Moden: fashions for misses.
Page 38, l. 33. Backfischen's Leiden und Freuden: Sorrows and Joys of a Backfisch.