[21] Children are only allowed to attend specially licensed schools—one of the measures taken by the Russian Government to prevent Polish subjects from being taught.
[22] It is considered a special privilege to walk on either side of the priest and support his arms in the procession.
[23] Answers more or less to the old-fashioned term "beadle."
[24] "Eagle."
Transcriber's Notes:
Fixed all missing/incorrect punctuation.
Unusual spellings and hyphenations in original preserved.
Obvious typos corrected.
P. viii dittos changed to "English" or "French"
P. 69, "thoroughtly" to "thoroughly" (at last he thoroughly)
P. 83, "wihch" to "which" (but to which the whole nation)