NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1899

COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [PARIS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1792 ] 1
II. [COUNT DE FERSON'S LAST JOURNEY TO PARIS ] 14
III. [THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR LEOPOLD ] 23
IV. [THE DEATH OF GUSTAVUS III ] 32
V. [THE BEGINNINGS OF MADAME ROLAND ] 46
VI. [MADAME ROLAND'S ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE ] 60
VII. [MARIE ANTOINETTE AND MADAME ROLAND ] 73
VIII. [MADAME ROLAND AT THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR ] 85
IX. [DUMOURIEZ, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ] 94
X. [THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ] 103
XI. [THE FÊTE OF THE SWISS OF CHATEAUVIEUX ] 110
XII. [THE DECLARATION OF WAR ] 126
XIII. [THE DISBANDING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARD ] 137
XIV. [THE SUFFERINGS OF LOUIS XVI ] 148
XV. [ROLAND'S DISMISSAL FROM OFFICE ] 158
XVI. [A THREE DAYS' MINISTRY ] 166
XVII. [THE PROLOGUE TO JUNE TWENTIETH ] 176
XVIII. [THE MORNING OF JUNE TWENTIETH ] 186

XIX. [THE INVASION OF THE TUILERIES ] 198
XX. [MARIE ANTOINETTE ON JUNE TWENTIETH ] 210
XXI. [THE MORROW OF JUNE TWENTIETH ] 219
XXII. [LAFAYETTE IN PARIS ] 229
XXIII. [THE LAMOURETTE KISS ] 239
XXIV. [THE FÊTE OF THE FEDERATION IN 1792 ] 248
XXV. [THE LAST DAYS AT THE TUILERIES ] 259
XXVI. [THE PROLOGUE TO THE TENTH OF AUGUST ] 267
XXVII. [THE NIGHT OF AUGUST NINTH TO TENTH ] 275
XXVIII. [THE MORNING OF AUGUST TENTH ] 284
XXIX. [THE BOX OF THE LOGOGRAPH ] 299
XXX. [THE COMBAT ] 306
XXXI. [THE RESULTS OF THE COMBAT ] 316
XXXII. [THE ROYAL FAMILY IN THE CONVENT OF THE FEUILLANTS ] 329
XXXIII. [THE TEMPLE ] 337
XXXIV. [THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE'S MURDER ] 350
XXXV. [THE SEPTEMBER MASSACRES ] 359
XXXVI. [MADAME ROLAND DURING THE MASSACRES ] 372
XXXVII. [THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC ] 384
[INDEX ] 395

MARIE ANTOINETTE