London, 1917.
FOOTNOTE:
[1] “Celui qui l’a baptisée ‘la Grande Française’ a bien dit.”—Léon Daudet, L’Entre-Deux-Guerres, 231 (1915).
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| [PREFACE] | v | |
| [I.] | BIRTH, PARENTAGE AND INFANCY. 1836-1839 | 1 |
| [II.] | CHILDHOOD. 1839-1848 | 10 |
| [III.] | HER FIRST REVOLUTION (FROM A SCHOOLGIRL’S POINT OF VIEW). 1848 | 19 |
| [IV.] | FIRST MARRIAGE AND EARLY YEARS IN PARIS. 1849-1858 | 37 |
| [V.] | HER FIRST BOOK. 1858 | 51 |
| [VI.] | SALON LIFE DURING THE SECOND EMPIRE. 1858-1863 | 62 |
| [VII.] | AMONG THE UTOPIANS. 1858-1864 | 80 |
| [VIII.] | HER PRE-WAR SALON. 1864-1870 | 97 |
| [IX.] | HER FRIENDSHIP WITH GEORGE SAND. 1858-1870 | 120 |
| [X.] | THE WAR AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIEGE OF PARIS. 1870 | 133 |
| [XI.] | THE SIEGE OF PARIS. 1870-1871 | 144 |
| [XII.] | THE COMMUNE. 1871 | 158 |
| [XIII.] | GAMBETTA’S EGERIA. 1871-1878 | 170 |
| [XIV.] | LA REVANCHE. 1870-1880 | 188 |
| [XV.] | DISILLUSIONMENT. 1878-1880 | 204 |
| [XVI.] | LA NOUVELLE REVUE. 1879-1899 | 212 |
| [XVII.] | VIEWS ON FOREIGN POLITICS | 222 |
| [XVIII.] | THE ABBESS OF GIF. 1880-1917 | 236 |
| [INDEX.] | 247 |