[Footnote 473:  Gabriel.  One of the seven archangels.  The Hebrew name means “God is my strong one.”]

[Footnote 474:  Uriel.  Another of the seven archangels; the name means “Light of God.”]

[Footnote 475:  Converts all trees to wind-harps.  Compare with this passage the lines in Emerson’s poem, Woodnotes: 

   “And the countless leaves of the pines are strings
    Tuned to the lay the wood-god sings.”

]

[Footnote 476:  The village.  Concord, Massachusetts.  Emerson’s home the greater part of the time from 1832 till his death.]

[Footnote 477:  I go with my friend, etc.  With Henry Thoreau, the lover of Nature.]

[Footnote 478:  Our little river.  The Concord river.]

[Footnote 479:  Novitiate and probation.  Explain the meaning of these words, in the Roman Catholic Church.  What does Emerson mean by them here?]

[Footnote 480:  Villegiatura.  The Italian name for a season spent in country pleasures.]

[Footnote 481:  Hanging gardens.  The hanging gardens of Babylon were one of the seven wonders of the world.]

[Footnote 482:  Versailles.  A royal residence near Paris, with beautiful formal gardens.]

[Footnote 483:  Paphos.  A beautiful city on the island of Cyprus, where was situated a temple of Astarte, or Venus.]

[Footnote 484:  Ctesiphon.  One of the chief cities of ancient Persia, the site of a magnificent royal palace.]

[Footnote 485:  Notch Mountains.  Probably the White Mountains near Crawford Notch, a deep, narrow valley which is often called “The Notch.”]

[Footnote 486:  AEolian harp.  A stringed instrument from which sound is drawn by the passing of the wind over its strings.  It was named for AEolus, the god of the winds, in Greek mythology.]

[Footnote 487:  Dorian.  Dorus was one of the four divisions of Greece:  the word is here used in a general sense for Grecian.]

[Footnote 488:  Apollo.  In Greek and Roman mythology, the sun god, who presided over music, poetry, and healing.]

[Footnote 489:  Diana.  In Roman mythology, the goddess of the moon devoted to the chase.]

[Footnote 490:  Edens.  Beautiful, sinless places,—­like the garden of Eden.]

[Footnote 491:  Tempes.  Places like the lovely valley of Tempe in Thessaly, Greece.]

[Footnote 492:  Como Lake.  A lake of northern Italy, celebrated for its beauty.]

[Footnote 493:  Madeira Islands.  Where are these islands, famous for picturesque beauty and balmy atmosphere?]

[Footnote 494:  Common.  What is a common?]

[Footnote 495:  Campagna.  The plain near Rome.]

[Footnote 496:  Dilettantism.  Define this word and explain its use here.]

[Footnote 497:  “Wreaths” and “Flora’s Chaplets.”  About the time that Emerson was writing his essays, volumes of formal, artificial verses were very fashionable, more as parlor ornaments than as literature.  Two such volumes were A Wreath of Wild Flowers from New England and The Floral Offering by Mrs. Frances Osgood, a New England writer.]