# Endnotes explained — The Mysteries of Udolpho

> Chapter companion for The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.

## What happens

This chapter contains a series of endnotes referencing Ossian, the Abbé Berthelon on electricity, a note about poems that appeared in a periodical publication, and a definition of a blunderbuss.

## Key lines

> Ossian.

A reference to the legendary bard Ossian, whose poems were widely read and influential in the Romantic era.

_This note likely refers to the influence of Ossianic poetry on the author or the novel's themes._

> See the Abbé Berthelon on Electricity.

A citation directing the reader to the Abbé Berthelon's writings on electricity.

_This reflects the contemporary interest in electricity as a scientific phenomenon._

> This poem and that entitled The Traveller in vol. II , have already appeared in a periodical publication.

The poem mentioned here, along with 'The Traveller' from volume II, were previously published in a periodical.

_This indicates that some of the novel's poetic content was originally published elsewhere._

> A kind of blunderbuss.

A definition explaining that the term refers to a type of blunderbuss, a firearm.

_This note clarifies an archaic or technical term used in the text._

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