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WONDERFUL ESCAPES.

REVISED FROM THE FRENCH OF F. BERNARD
AND ORIGINAL CHAPTERS ADDED.
BY
R I C H A R D W H I T E I N G.
With Twenty-six Plates.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.
1871.

Illustrated Library of Wonders.
PUBLISHED BY
Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co.,
654 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

Each one volume 12mo.Price per volume, $1.50.
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Titles of Books.No. of Illustrations
Thunder and Lightning,39
Wonders of Optics,70
Wonders of Heat,90
Intelligence of Animals,54
Great Hunts,22
Egypt 3,300 Years Ago,40
Wonders of Pompeii,22
The Sun, by A. Guillemin,53
Sublime in Nature,50
Wonders of Glass Making,63
Wonders of Italian Art,28
Wonders of the Human Body,45
Wonders of Architecture,50
Lighthouses and Lightships,60
Bottom of the Ocean,68
Wonders of Bodily Strength and Skill,70
Wonderful Balloon Ascents,30
Acoustics,114
Wonders of the Heavens,48
* The Moon, by A. Guillemin,60
* Wonders of Sculpture,61
* Wonders of Engraving,32
* Wonders of Vegetation,45
* Wonders of the Invisible World,97
Celebrated Escapes,26
* Water,77
* Hydraulics,40
* Electricity,71
* Subterranean World,27

* In Press for early Publication.

The above works sent to any address, post paid, upon receipt of the price by the publishers.

CONTENTS

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[Aristomenes the Messenian][1]
[Hegesistratus][2]
[Demetrius Soter][4]
[Marius][6]
[Attalus][10]
[Richard, Duke of Normandy][15]
[Louis II., Count of Flanders][17]
[The Duke of Albany][19]
[James V., King of Scotland][22]
[Secundus Curion][25]
[Benvenuto Cellini][26]
[Mary, Queen of Scots][41]
[Caumont de la Force][45]
[Charles de Guise][54]
[Mary de Medicis][56]
[Grotius][60]
[Isaac Arnauld][63]
[The Duke of Beaufort][65]
[Cardinal de Retz][69]
[Quiquéran de Beaujeu][76]
[Charles II.][78]
[Blanche Gamond][90]
[Jean Bart and the Chevalier de Forbin][96]
[Duguay Trouin][99]
[The Abbé Count de Bucquoy][101]
[Jacobite Insurrectionists][108]
[Charles Edward][111]
[Stanislaus Leczinski][118]
[Baron Trenck][122]
[Cassanova de Seingalt][160]
[Latude][214]
[Beniowski][229]
[Twelve Priests saved by Geoffroy St. Hilaire][236]
[De Chateaubrun][238]
[Sydney Smith][239]
[Pichegru, Ramel, Barthelemy, etc.][241]
[Colonel de Richemont][248]
[Captain Grivel][254]
[Lavalette][255]
[Giovanni Arrivabene, Ugoni, and Scalvini][262]
[Political Prisoners, 1834][265]
[Monsieur Rufin Piotrowski][267]
[Prince Louis Napoleon][284]
[James Stephens][298]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[I.] They came at last to an opening,[2]
[II.] Marius sent away from Minturnæ,[10]
[III.] I then tore them up into long bands,[29]
[IV.] Cellini attacked by the dogs,[36]
[V.] Escape of Mary, Queen of Scots, from Loch Leven Castle,[44]
[VI.] “Hush!” said the man, “keep quiet, they are still there,”[48]
[VII.] She lifted the lid of the chest, and her master leaped out safe and sound,[62]
[VIII.] He let himself drop into the sea,[78]
[IX.] They grew very angry at my rudeness,[88]
[X.] I was obliged to support myself with one arm,[92]
[XI.] My foot got stuck, and the sentinel seized it,[127]
[XII.] Trenck escaping with Lieutenant Schell,[138]
[XIII.] The first grenadier I knocked down,[155]
[XIV.] I heard the sound of a door being unbolted,[174]
[XV.] I told him to be very careful not to spill the sauce,[186]
[XVI.] Balbi rolled down into my arms,[197]
[XVII.] The monk clung to my waistband,[202]
[XVIII.] I told him I was going to bury him,[213]
[XIX.] I saw on the parapet the soldiers of the grand round,[224]
[XX.] Stop, thief![228]
[XXI.] The woodman pulled out a knife and did so,[239]
[XXII.] He affected great surprise,[241]
[XXIII.] I held my handkerchief to my eyes,[258]
[XXIV.] They fell exhausted to the ground,[264]
[XXV.] The sight of the seal was sufficient,[278]
[XXVI.] Osmond carrying off Duke Richard,[Frontispiece.]