CONTENTS
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Origin and Character of these Recollections—General aspect of the period preceding the Revolution of 1848—Preliminary symptoms of the Revolution[3]
The Banquets—Sense of security entertained by the Government—Anxiety of Leaders of the Opposition—Arraignment of Ministers[19]
Troubles of the 22nd of February—The Sitting of the 23rd—The New Ministry—Opinions of M. Dufaure and M. de Beaumont[33]
The 24th of February—The Ministers' Plan of Resistance—The National Guard—General Bedeau[44]
The Sitting of the Chamber—Madame la Duchesse D'Orléans—The Provisional Government[56]
My Explanation of the 24th of February, and my views as to its effects upon the future[79]
Paris on the morrow of the 24th of February and the next days—The socialistic character of the New Revolution[90]
Vacillation of the Members of the Old Parliament as to the attitude they should adopt—My own reflections on my mode of action, and my resolves[102]
My candidature of the department of la Manche—The aspect of the country—The General Election[114]
The First Sitting of the Constituent Assembly—The appearance of this Assembly[129]
My relations with Lamartine—His Subterfuges[145]
The 15th of May 1848[156]
The Feast of Concord and the preparations for the Days of June[174]
The Days of June[187]
The Days of June—(continued)[215]
The Committee for the Constitution[233]
My return to France—Formation of the Cabinet[263]
Aspect of the Cabinet—Its first Acts until after the insurrectionary attempts of the 13th of June[278]
Our domestic policy—Internal quarrels in the Cabinet—Its difficulties in its relations with the Majority and the President[301]
Foreign Affairs[325]
Gustave de Beaumont's version of the 24th of February[379]
Barrot's version of the 24th of February(10 October 1850)[385]
Some incidents of the 24th of February 1848[389]
M. Dufaure's efforts to prevent the Revolution of February—Responsibility of M. Thiers, which renders them futile[389]
Dufaure's conduct on the 24th of February 1848[392]
My conversation with Berryer, on the 21st of June, at an appointment which I had given him at my house. We were both Members of the Committee for the revision of the Constitution[394]
Index[399]
PART THE FIRST
Written in July 1850, at Tocqueville.