MARIUS


TABLE OF CONTENTS.

MARIUS.

[BOOK I.]
PARIS STUDIED IN ITS GAMIN.
I. [PARVULUS]
II. [THE GAMIN'S CHARACTERISTICS]
III. [HE IS AGREEABLE]
IV. [HE MAY BE USEFUL]
V. [HIS CONFINES]
VI. [A BIT OF HISTORY]
VII. [THE GAMIN WOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN INDIAN CASTES]
VIII. [A CHARMING ANECDOTE OF THE LAST KING]
IX. [THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL]
X. [ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO]
XI. [THE REIGN OF RIDICULE]
XII. [THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE]
XIII. [LITTLE GAVROCHE]

[BOOK II.]
LE GRAND BOURGEOIS.
I. [NINETY YEARS AND TWO-AND-THIRTY TEETH]
II. [LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOME]
III. [LUC ESPRIT]
IV. [AN ASPIRING CENTENARIAN]
V. [BASQUE AND NICOLETTE]
VI. [MAGNON AND HER TWO LITTLE ONES]
VII. [RULE: NO ONE RECEIVED UNTIL EVENING]
VIII. [TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR]

[BOOK III.]
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON.
I. [AN OLD DRAWING-ROOM]
II. [A RED SPECTRE OF THAT DAY]
III. [REQUIESCANT!]
IV. [THE END OF THE BRIGAND]
V. [MARIUS MEETS A CHURCHWARDEN]
VI. [WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN]
VII. [SOME PETTICOAT]
VIII. [MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE]

[BOOK IV.]
THE FRIENDS OF THE A. B. C.
I. [A GROUP THAT NEARLY BECAME HISTORICAL]
II. [BOSSUET'S FUNERAL ORATION ON BLONDEAU]
III. [MARIUS IS ASTONISHED]
IV. [THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN]
V. [ENLARGEMENT OF THE HORIZON]
VI. [RES ANGUSTA]

[BOOK V.]
THE GOOD OF MISFORTUNE.
I. [MARIUS IS INDIGENT]
II. [MARIUS POOR]
III. [MARIUS GROWS]
IV. [M. MABŒUF]
V. [POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO MISERY]
VI. [THE SUBSTITUTE]

[BOOK VI.]
THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS.
I. [NICKNAMES AND SURNAMES]
II. [LUX FACTA EST]
III. [THE EFFECT OF SPRING]
IV. [BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY]
V. [MAME BOUGON IS THUNDER-STRUCK]
VI. [TAKEN PRISONER]
VII. [ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER "U" LEFT TO CONJECTURES]
VIII. [EVEN INVALIDS MAY BE LUCKY]
IX. [ECLIPSE]

[BOOK VII.]
PATRON MINETTE.
I. [MINES AND MINERS]
II. [THE BOTTOM]
III. [BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE]
IV. [COMPOSITION OF THE TROOP]

[BOOK VIII.]
THE EVIL POOR.
I. [MARIUS LOOKING FOR A GIRL'S BONNET MEETS A MAN'S CAP]
II. [MARIUS FINDS SOMETHING]
III. [FOUR LETTERS]
IV. [A ROSE IN WRETCHEDNESS]
V. [A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE]
VI. [THE WILD-BEAST MAN IN HIS LAIR]
VII. [STRATEGY AND TACTICS]
VIII. [A SUNBEAM IN THE GARRET]
IX. [JONDRETTE ALMOST CRIES]
X. [THE TARIFF OF CAB-FARES]
XI. [WRETCHEDNESS OFFERS HELP TO SORROW]
XII. [THE USE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE]
XIII. [PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT]
XIV. [A POLICE-AGENT GIVES A LAWYER TWO "KNOCK-ME-DOWNS"]
XV. [JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASE]
XVI. [A SONG TO AN ENGLISH AIR POPULAR IN 1832]
XVII. [THE USE OF MARIUS'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE]
XVIII. [THE TWO CHAIRS FACE TO FACE]
XIX. [TREATING OF DARK DEPTHS]
XX. [THE TRAP]
XXI. [ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS]
XXII. [THE LITTLE CHILD WHO CRIED IN VOLUME SECOND]

Illustrations.

[MARIUS] Vol. III. Frontispiece
Drawn by G. Jeanniot.
[BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY]
Drawn by G. Jeanniot.