Great.—(_Translator’s Note._)
[87] To ‘let fly the Red Cock’ is the popular Russian phrase for
arson.—(_Translator’s Note._)
[88] The last sentence is omitted in the version of the ‘Légende’ in
Michelet’s Collected Works.—(_Translator’s Note._)
[89] _Du Développement des Idées révolutionnaires en Russie._
[90] The picture is called ‘The Last Day of Pompeii.’—(_Translator’s
Notes._)
[91] Quoted from the excellent expression of one of the contributors of
_Il Progresso_ in an article on Russia, August 1, 1851.—(_Author’s Note._)
[92] This is not a correct version either of the murder of Peter III. or
of Ivan VI. Catherine was certainly not directly responsible for either
of those crimes.—(_Translator’s Note._)