111. _Malamocco._ A little town on an island near Venice.

111. _Alciphron._ A Greek writer (about 200 A. D.) of fictitious letters

famous for the purity of their style and for the knowledge they give of

Greek social customs.

115. _Lire._ Plural of lira, an Italian coin equal to 18.6 cents in our

money.

117. _A scented letter._ Forged letters have represented this fourteen

year old, ignorant model as delicate, shy, reserved, intellectually

alert, with lofty poetic and artistic ideals.

117. _Tydeus._ One of the Seven Allies in the enterprise against Thebes.

Jules is supposed to have modeled a statue of him for the Venetian

Academy of Fine Arts. From Scene II, 14, we see that it is still in

clay.

120. _Paolina._ Some actress at the Phenix, the leading theater of

Venice.

140. _Hannibal Scratchy._ In jest they burlesque the name of Annibale

Caracci, a famous Italian artist, and apply it to one of their number.

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