ATHENÆUM.—“Maarten Maartens has never written a brighter social story, and it has higher qualities than brightness.”


Crown 8vo. 6s.

THE

ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS

Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing Master

during the French Revolution

By S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D.

AUTHOR OF “HUGH WYNNE,” ETC.

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—“It is delightfully entertaining throughout, and throws much instructive light upon certain subordinate phases of the great popular upheaval that convulsed France between 1788 and 1794.... Recounted with unflagging vivacity and inexhaustible good humour.”