T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,
306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

CONTENTS.

Prologue.

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[I.]—HOW M. DUMAS CAME TO WRITE THESE MEMOIRS23
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
(RENE BESSON.)
[I.]—CONCERNING HIS PARENTAGE AND HIS EARLY YOUTH27
[II.]—THE FIRST SEEDS OF A POLITICAL FAITH32
[III.]—A STRANGER OF INFLUENCE TURNS UP34
[IV.]—I EDUCATE MYSELF FOR CONTINGENCIES39
[V.]—I BREAK WITH THE ARISTOCRACY41
[VI.]—THE NATION AND THE BASTILLE.—VERDICT FOR THE FORMER44
[VII.]—CONCERNING THE BASTILLE48
[VIII.]—THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT51
[IX.]—I GO TO MAKE CAPTIVES AND AM TAKEN CAPTIVE MYSELF56
[X.]—TOUCHING MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE66
[XI.]—WHAT “BROTHERHOOD” MEANT70
[XII.]—WHAT PASSED IN THE FOREST75
[XIII.]—THE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL79
[XIV.]—MY NEW PARISIAN FRIENDS83
[XV.]—I GO TO THE JACOBINS’ CLUB88
[XVI.]—PARIS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION93
[XVII.]—I ATTEND A MEETING AT THE CORDELIERS96
[XVIII.]—THE FEMALE ELEMENT IN POLITICS102
[XIX.]—THE FIELD OF THE FEDERATION106
[XX.]—I GO BACK AGAIN110
[XXI.]—I EXCHANGE MY GUN FOR THE PLANE115
[XXII.]—MY NEW LIFE UNDER SOPHIE’S FATHER117
[XXIII.]—THE ARRIVAL OF THE DRAGOONS122
[XXIV.]—THE NIGHT OF THE 21ST OF AUGUST, 1791128
[XXV.]—THE TRAGEDY OF ROYALTY BEGINS134
[XXVI.]—WHAT HAPPENED AT PARIS BEFORE THE DEPARTURE145
[XXVII.]—HOW THEY SET OUT148
[XXVIII.]—THE ROAD155
[XXIX.]—STILL IN FLIGHT166
[XXX.]—WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GROCER’S LITTLE SHOP175
[XXXI.]—THE RETURN OF ROYALTY IN ARREST180
[XXXII.]—WHAT M. DE BOUILLE DID IN THE MEANTIME187
[XXXIII.]—AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE TURNS UP189
[XXXIV.]—THE CRITICS CRITICISED195
[XXXV.]—IS LOVE ETERNAL196
[XXXVI.]—BARNAVE AND PETION202
[XXXVII.]—PARIS206
[XXXVIII.]—I RESUME MY ORIGINAL PROFESSION212
[XXXIX.]—TOUCHING THE PRINCESS LAMBALLE219
[XL.]—THE TIDE RISES224
[XLI.]—CONCERNING THE BILL OF FORFEITURE229
[XLII.]—WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE HAIRDRESSER AND THE INVALID234
[XLIII.]—THE RED FLAG239
[XLIV.]—THE MASSACRE OF THE CHAMP DE MARS245
[XLV.]—ROBESPIERRE PAYS A VISIT TO M. DUPLAY249
[XLVI.]—INSTALLATION254
[XLVII.]—A BREAK259
[XLVIII.]—THE THREAT IS LOUDER265
[XLIX.]—THE KING QUITS THE TUILERIES274
[L.]—THE MASSACRES OF SEPTEMBER281
[LI.]—THE KING’S TRIAL PROCEEDED WITH297
[LII.]—NEAR THE BLOCK307
[LIII.]—THE SACRIFICE OF BLOOD315
[LIV.]—EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI323
[LV.]—WHAT FOLLOWS327
[LVI.]—THE REIGN OF TERROR330
[LVII.]—WHOLESALE MASSACRE336
[LVIII.]—MARIE ANTOINETTE346
[LIX.]—MARIE ANTOINETTE FINDS PEACE AT LAST349
[LX.]—THE TWENTY-TWO356
[LXI.]—THE RED FLAG360
[LXII.]—THE BLOOD OF WOMEN365
[LXIII.]—ROBESPIERRE FALLS370


LOVE AND LIBERTY.

Prologue.