Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Alexandre Dumas, [père]
Part 2
Chapter LXI. The Storm.
Chapter LXII. The Shower of Rain.
Chapter LXIII. Toby.
Chapter LXIV. Madame’s Four Chances.
Chapter LXV. The Lottery.
Footnotes
LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE
by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITOR’S NOTE TO THE PG D’ARTAGNAN SERIES
LINKED INDEX OF PROJECT GUTENBERG VOLUMES:
ORDER TITLE PG ETEXT# DATES VOLUME CHAPTERS
1 The Three Musketeers 1257 1625-1628 1
2 Twenty Years After 1259 1648-1649 2
3 The Vicomte de Bragelonne 2609 1660 3 1-75
4 Ten Years Later 2681 1660-1661 3 76-140
5 Louise de la Valliere 2710 1661 3 141-208
6 The Man in the Iron Mask 2759 1661-1673 3 209-269
[Project Gutenberg Etext 1258 listed below, is of the same title as etext 2681 and its contents overlap those of two other volumes: it includes all the chapters of etext 2609 and the first 28 chapters of 2681]
Ten Years Later 1258 1660-1661 3 1-104
Contents
Introduction
Chapter I. Malaga.
Chapter II. A Letter from M. Baisemeaux.
Chapter III. In Which the Reader will be Delighted to Find that Porthos Has Lost Nothing of His Muscularity.
Chapter IV. The Rat and the Cheese.
Chapter V. Planchet’s Country-House.
Chapter VI. Showing What Could Be Seen from Planchet’s House.
Chapter VII. How Porthos, Truchen, and Planchet Parted with Each Other on Friendly Terms, Thanks to D’Artagnan.
Chapter VIII. The Presentation of Porthos at Court.
Chapter IX. Explanations.
Chapter X. Madame and De Guiche.
Chapter XI. Montalais and Malicorne.
Chapter XII. How De Wardes Was Received at Court.
Chapter XIII. The Combat.
Chapter XIV. The King’s Supper.
Chapter XV. After Supper.
Chapter XVI. Showing in What Way D’Artagnan Discharged the Mission with Which the King Had Intrusted Him.
Chapter XVII. The Encounter.
Chapter XVIII. The Physician.
Chapter XIX. Wherein D’Artagnan Perceives that It Was He Who Was Mistaken, and Manicamp Who Was Right.
Chapter XX. Showing the Advantage of Having Two Strings to One’s Bow.
Chapter XXI. M. Malicorne the Keeper of the Records of France.
Chapter XXII. The Journey.
Chapter XXIII. Triumfeminate.
Chapter XXIV. The First Quarrel.
Chapter XXV. Despair.
Chapter XXVI. The Flight.
Chapter XXVII. Showing How Louis, on His Part, Had Passed the Time from Ten to Half-Past Twelve at Night.
Chapter XXVIII. The Ambassadors.
Chapter XXIX. Chaillot.
Chapter XXX. Madame.
Chapter XXXI. Mademoiselle de la Valliere’s Pocket-Handkerchief.
Chapter XXXII. Which Treats of Gardeners, of Ladders, and Maids of Honor.
Chapter XXXIII. Which Treats of Carpentry Operations, and Furnishes Details upon the Mode of Constructing Staircases.
Chapter XXXIV. The Promenade by Torchlight.
Chapter XXXV. The Apparition.
Chapter XXXVI. The Portrait.
Chapter XXXVII. Hampton Court.
Chapter XXXVIII. The Courier from Madame.
Chapter XXXIX. Saint-Aignan Follows Malicorne’s Advice.
Chapter XL: Two Old Friends.
Chapter XLI. Wherein May Be Seen that a Bargain Which Cannot Be Made with One Person, Can Be Carried Out with Another.
Chapter XLII. The Skin of the Bear.
Chapter XLIII. An Interview with the Queen-Mother.
Chapter XLIV. Two Friends.
Chapter XLV. How Jean de La Fontaine Came to Write His First Tale.
Chapter XLVI. La Fontaine in the Character of a Negotiator.
Chapter XLVII. Madame de Belliere’s Plate and Diamonds.
Chapter XLVIII. M. de Mazarin’s Receipt.
Chapter XLIX. Monsieur Colbert’s Rough Draft.
Chapter L: In Which the Author Thinks It Is High Time to Return to the Vicomte de Bragelonne.
Chapter LI. Bragelonne Continues His Inquiries.
Chapter LII. Two Jealousies.
Chapter LIII. A Domiciliary Visit.
Chapter LIV. Porthos’s Plan of Action.
Chapter LV. The Change of Residence, the Trap-Door, and the Portrait.
Chapter LVI. Rivals in Politics.
Chapter LVII. Rivals in Love.
Chapter LVIII. King and Noble.
Chapter LIX. After the Storm.
Chapter LX. Heu! Miser!
Chapter LXI. Wounds within Wounds.
Chapter LXII. What Raoul Had Guessed.
Chapter LXIII. Three Guests Astonished to Find Themselves at Supper Together.
Chapter LXIV. What Took Place at the Louvre During the Supper at the Bastile.
Chapter LXV. Political Rivals.
Chapter LXVI. In Which Porthos Is Convinced without Having Understood Anything.
Chapter LXVII. M. de Baisemeaux’s “Society.”
Footnotes:
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
by Alexandre Dumas
Contents
Transcriber’s Notes:
Introduction:
Chapter I. The Prisoner.
Chapter II. How Mouston Had Become Fatter without Giving Porthos Notice Thereof
Chapter III. Who Messire Jean Percerin Was.
Chapter IV. The Patterns.
Chapter V. Where, Probably, Moliere Obtained His First Idea of the Bourgeois Gentilhomme.
Chapter VI. The Bee-Hive, the Bees, and the Honey.
Chapter VII. Another Supper at the Bastile.
Chapter VIII. The General of the Order.
Chapter IX. The Tempter.
Chapter X. Crown and Tiara.
Chapter XI. The Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Chapter XII. The Wine of Melun.
Chapter XIII. Nectar and Ambrosia.
Chapter XIV. A Gascon, and a Gascon and a Half.
Chapter XV. Colbert.
Chapter XVI. Jealousy.
Chapter XVII. High Treason.
Chapter XVIII. A Night at the Bastile.
Chapter XIX. The Shadow of M. Fouquet.
Chapter XX. The Morning.
Chapter XXI. The King’s Friend.
Chapter XXII. Showing How the Countersign Was Respected at the Bastile.
Chapter XXIII. The King’s Gratitude.
Chapter XXIV. The False King.
Chapter XXV. In Which Porthos Thinks He Is Pursuing a Duchy.
Chapter XXVI. The Last Adieux.
Chapter XXVII. Monsieur de Beaufort.
Chapter XXVIII. Preparations for Departure.
Chapter XXIX. Planchet’s Inventory.
Chapter XXX. The Inventory of M. de Beaufort.
Chapter XXXI. The Silver Dish.
Chapter XXXII. Captive and Jailers.
Chapter XXXIII. Promises.
Chapter XXXIV. Among Women.
Chapter XXXV. The Last Supper.
Chapter XXXVI. In M. Colbert’s Carriage.
Chapter XXXVII. The Two Lighters.
Chapter XXXVIII. Friendly Advice.
Chapter XXXIX. How the King, Louis XIV., Played His Little Part.
Chapter XL: The White Horse and the Black.
Chapter XLI. In Which the Squirrel Falls,—the Adder Flies.
Chapter XLII. Belle-Ile-en-Mer.
Chapter XLIII. Explanations by Aramis.
Chapter XLIV. Result of the Ideas of the King, and the Ideas of D’Artagnan.
Chapter XLV. The Ancestors of Porthos.
Chapter XLVI. The Son of Biscarrat.
Chapter XLVII. The Grotto of Locmaria.
Chapter XLVIII. The Grotto.
Chapter XLIX. An Homeric Song.
Chapter L: The Death of a Titan.
Chapter LI. Porthos’s Epitaph.
Chapter LII. M. de Gesvres’s Round.
Chapter LIII. King Louis XIV.
Chapter LIV. M. Fouquet’s Friends.
Chapter LV. Porthos’s Will.
Chapter LVI. The Old Age of Athos.
Chapter LVII. Athos’s Vision.
Chapter LVIII. The Angel of Death.
Chapter LIX. The Bulletin.
Chapter LX. The Last Canto of the Poem.
Epilogue.
Footnotes
CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE By Alexandre Dumas, Pere 1910 CONTENTS
CONTENTS NOTE: INTRODUCTION THE BORGIAS PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI EPILOGUE THE CENCIâ?"1598 MASSACRES OF THE SOUTHâ?"1551-1815 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX MARY STUARTâ?"1587 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X KARL-LUDWIG SANDâ?"1819 URBAIN GRANDIERâ?"1634 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII NISIDAâ?"1825 DERUES LA CONSTANTINâ?"1660 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX JOAN OF NAPLESâ?"1343-1382 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK [An Essay] MARTIN GUERRE ALI PACHA CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI THE COUNTESS DE SAINT-GERANâ?"1639 MURATâ?"1815 Iâ?"TOULON IIâ?"CORSICA IIIâ?"PIZZO THE MARQUISE DE BRINVILLIERS VANINKA THE MARQUISE DE GANGESâ?"1657
THE COMPANIONS OF JEHU By Alexandre Dumas, père
CONTENTS AN INTRODUCTORY WORD TO THE READER
PROLOGUE. THE CITY OF AVIGNON CHAPTER I. A TABLE D’HÔTE CHAPTER II. AN ITALIAN PROVERB CHAPTER III. THE ENGLISHMAN CHAPTER IV. THE DUEL CHAPTER V. ROLAND CHAPTER VI. MORGAN CHAPTER VII. THE CHARTREUSE OF SEILLON CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE MONEY OF THE DIRECTORY WAS USED CHAPTER IX. ROMEO AND JULIET CHAPTER X. THE FAMILY OF ROLAND CHAPTER XI. CHÂTEAU DES NOIRES-FONTAINES CHAPTER XII. PROVINCIAL PLEASURES CHAPTER XIII. THE WILD-BOAR CHAPTER XIV. AN UNPLEASANT COMMISSION CHAPTER XV. THE STRONG-MINDED MAN CHAPTER XVI. THE GHOST CHAPTER XVII. INVESTIGATIONS CHAPTER XVIII. THE TRIAL CHAPTER XIX. THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE RUE DE LA VICTOIRE CHAPTER XX. THE GUESTS OF GENERAL BONAPARTE CHAPTER XXI. THE SCHEDULE OF THE DIRECTORY CHAPTER XXII. THE OUTLINE OF A DECREE CHAPTER XXIII. ALEA JACTA EST CHAPTER XXIV. THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE CHAPTER XXV. AN IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION CHAPTER XXVI. THE BALL OF THE VICTIMS CHAPTER XXVII. THE BEAR’S SKIN CHAPTER XXVIII. FAMILY MATTERS CHAPTER XXIX. THE GENEVA DILIGENCE CHAPTER XXX. CITIZEN FOUCHÉ’S REPORT CHAPTER XXXI. THE SON OF THE MILLER OF LEGUERNO CHAPTER XXXII. WHITE AND BLUE CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LAW OF RETALIATION CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DIPLOMACY OF GEORGES CADOUDAL CHAPTER XXXV. A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE CHAPTER XXXVI. SCULPTURE AND PAINTING CHAPTER XXXVII. THE AMBASSADOR CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE TWO SIGNALS CHAPTER XXXIX. THE GROTTO OF CEYZERIAT CHAPTER XL. A FALSE SCENT CHAPTER XLI. THE HÔTEL DE LA POSTE CHAPTER XLII. THE CHAMBÉRY MAIL-COACH CHAPTER XLIII. LORD GRENVILLE’S REPLY CHAPTER XLIV. CHANGE OF RESIDENCE CHAPTER XLV. THE FOLLOWER OF TRAILS CHAPTER XLVI. AN INSPIRATION CHAPTER XLVII. A RECONNOISSANCE CHAPTER XLVIII. IN WHICH MORGAN’S PRESENTIMENTS ARE VERIFIED CHAPTER XLIX. ROLAND’S REVENGE CHAPTER L. CADOUDAL AT THE TUILERIES CHAPTER LI. THE ARMY OF THE RESERVES CHAPTER LII. THE TRIAL CHAPTER LIII. IN WHICH AMÉLIE KEEPS HER WORD CHAPTER LIV. THE CONFESSION CHAPTER LV. INVULNERABLE CHAPTER LVI. CONCLUSION
CHICOT THE JESTER Abridged translation of “La dame de Monsoreau”
By Alexandre Dumas
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
CHAPTER LXIV.
CHAPTER LXV.
CHAPTER LXVI.
CHAPTER LXVII.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
CHAPTER LXX.
CHAPTER LXXI.
CHAPTER LXXII.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
CHAPTER LXXIV.
CHAPTER LXXV.
CHAPTER LXXVI.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
CHAPTER LXXIX.
CHAPTER LXXX.
CHAPTER LXXXI.
CHAPTER LXXXII.
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
CHAPTER LXXXIV.
CHAPTER LXXXV.
CHAPTER LXXXVI.
CHAPTER LXXXVII.
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
CHAPTER XC.
CHAPTER XCI.
CHAPTER XCII.
CHAPTER XCIII.
CHAPTER XCIV.
CHAPTER XCV.
CHAPTER XCVI.
CHAPTER XCVII.
THE CONSPIRATORS. 1. Captain Roquefinette 240 2. The Meeting 243 3. The Chevalier 247 4. A Bal-Masque of the Period.--The Bat 251 5. The Arsenal 257 6. The Prince de Cellamare 261 7. Alberoni 264 8. The Garret 269 9. A Citizen of the Rue du Temps-Perdu 272 10. The Agreement 276 11. Pros and Cons 279 12. The Denis Family 285 13. The Crimson Ribbon 290 14. The Rue des bons Enfants 295 15. Jean Buvat 301 16. Bathilde 310 17. First Love 319 18. The Consul Duilius 325 19. The Abbe Dubois 331 20. The Conspiracy 335 21. The Order of the Honey Bee 338 22. The Queen of the Greenlanders 340 23. The Duc de Richelieu 344 24. Jealousy 348 25. A Pretext 352 26. Counterplots 355 27. The Seventh Heaven 360 28. Fenelon's Successor 363 29. The Prince de Listhnay's Accomplice 368 30. The Fox and Goose 372 31. A Chapter of Saint-Simon 376 32. A Snare 378 33. The Beginning of the End 382 34. Parliamentary Justice 387 35. Man Proposes 391 36. David and Goliath 395 37. The Savior of France 400 38. God Disposes 408 39. A Prime Minister's Memory 412 40. Boniface 416 41. The Three Visits 420 42. The Closet 424 43. The Marriage in Extremis 427 Postscriptum 429 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
7.—He attacked the captain with such fury that their swords engaged at the hilt.
8.—D'Harmental.
9.—He then returned to his work with all the eagerness of an artist.
10.—The chevalier set Mirza to eat sugar.
11.—Buvat found himself in a sort of laboratory, situated on the ground-floor.
12.—The body of the captain lay stretched on the floor, swimming in a sea of blood.
THE PRUSSIAN TERROR BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS A FIRST TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH BY R.S. GARNETT 1916 GAMBETTA.
CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. BERLIN II. THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN III. COUNT VON BISMARCK IV. IN WHICH BISMARCK EMERGES FROM AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION V. A SPORTSMAN AND A SPANIEL VI. BENEDICT TURPIN VII. KAULBACH'S STUDIO VIII. THE CHALLENGE IX. THE TWO DUELS X. WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN A KING'S HAND XI. BARON FREDERIC VON BÜLOW XII. HELEN XIII. COUNT KARL VON FREYBERG XIV. THE GRANDMOTHER XV. FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN XVI. THE DEPARTURE XVII. AUSTRIANS AND PRUSSIANS XVIII. THE DECLARATION OF WAR XIX. THE BATTLE OF LANGENSALZA XX. IN WHICH BENEDICT'S PREDICTION CONTINUES TO BE FULFILLED XXI. WHAT PASSED AT FRANKFURT BETWEEN THE BATTLES OF LANGENSALZA AND SADOWA XXII. THE FREE MEAL XXIII. THE BATTLE OF ASCHAFFENBURG XXIV. THE EXECUTOR XXV. FRISK XXVI. THE WOUNDED MAN XXVII. THE PRUSSIANS AT FRANKFORT XXVIII. GENERAL MANTEUFFEL'S THREATS XXIX. GENERAL STURM XXX. THE BREAKING OF THE STORM XXXI. THE BURGOMASTER XXXII. QUEEN AUGUSTA XXXIII. THE TWO PROCESSIONS XXXIV. THE TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD XXXV. THE MARRIAGE IN EXTREMIS XXXVI. "WAIT AND SEE" CONCLUSION EPILOGUE
CAPTAIN PAUL
By Alexandre Dumas, pere
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
CAPTAIN PAUL.
CHAPTER I—A STRANGE SAIL
CHAPTER II.—THE FRIGATE.
CHAPTER III.—THE SEA FIGHT.
CHAPTER IV.—THE MARCHIONESS.
CHAPTER V.—DEVOTED LOVE.
CHAPTER VI. BROTHER AND SISTER.
CHAPTER VII.—THE FAITHFUL SERVANT.
CHAPTER VIII.—THE SECRET.
CHAPTER IX.—FATAL LOVE.
CHAPTER X.—CONFIDENCE.
CHAPTER XI.—THE COURTIER.
CHAPTER XII.—THE CHALLENGE.
CHAPTER XIII.—THE CONTRACT.
CHAPTER XIV.—RELIGIOUS CONVICTION.
CHAPTER XV.—THE PAPERS.
CHAPTER XVI.—RECRIMINATION.
CHAPTER XVII.—THE BROTHERS
CHAPTER XVIII—RECOGNITION.
CHAPTER XIX.—THE FAREWELL.
EPILOGUE.
THE SICILIAN BANDIT From the Volume “Captain Paul”
By Alexandre Dumas, pere
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTION—PALERMO.
CHAPTER II.—BRUNO AND ALI.
CHAPTER III.—THE FATAL BRIDAL.
CHAPTER IV.—THE PRINCE AND THE BANDIT.
CHAPTER IV.—THE ROBBER’S CASTLE.
CHAPTER VI.—A BANDIT’S GRATITUDE.
CHAPTER VII.—A BRIGAND’S VENGEANCE.
CHAPTER VIII.—-TREACHERY.
CHAPTER IX.—THE SIEGE.
CHAPTER X.—THE CHAPELLE ARDENTE.
CHAPTER XI.—DEATH OF THE BANDIT.
CHAPTER XII.—CONCLUSION.
THE HERO OF THE PEOPLE.
A HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF LOVE, LIBERTY AND LOYALTY.
BY ALEX. DUMAS.
CHAPTER: I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV., XV., XVI., XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX., XXI., XXII., XXIII., XXIV., XXV., XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII., XXX.
THE MESMERIST'S VICTIM.
BY
ALEX. DUMAS.
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THE COUNTESS OF CHARNY.
BY Alex. Dumas.
The Countess of Charny; OR, THE EXECUTION OF KING LOUIS XVI.
A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOYALTY.
BY ALEX. DUMAS CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. THE NEW MEN AT THE WHEEL. 5 II. GILBERT'S CANDIDATE. 17 III. POWERFUL, PERHAPS; HAPPY, NEVER. 24 IV. THE FOES FACE TO FACE. 38 V. THE UNINVITED VISITORS. 42 VI. "THE COUNTRY IS IN DANGER!" 56 VII. THE MEN FROM MARSEILLES. 63 VIII. THE FRIEND IN NEED. 66 IX. CHARNY ON GUARD. 71 X. BILLET AND PITOU. 76 XI. IN THE MORNING. 82 XII. THE FIRST MASSACRE. 88 XIII. THE REPULSE. 92 XIV. THE LAST OF THE CHARNYS. 99 XV. THE BLOOD-STAINS. 109 XVI. THE WIDOW. 117 XVII. WHAT ANDREA WANTED OF GILBERT. 126 XVIII. THE ASSEMBLY AND THE COMMUNE. 131 XIX. CAPTAIN BEAUSIRE APPEARS AGAIN. 136 XX. THE EMETIC. 142 XXI. BEAUSIRE'S BRAVADO. 148 XXII. SET UPON DYING. 153 XXIII. THE DEATH OF THE COUNTESS. 162 XXIV. THE ROYAL MARTYR. 167 XXV. MASTER GAMAIN TURNS UP. 174 XXVI. THE TRIAL OF THE KING. 178 XXVII. THE PARALLEL TO CHARLES I. 185 XXVIII. CAGLIOSTRO'S ADVICE. 190 XXIX. THE CROWN OF ANGE'S LOVE. 195 XXX. THE EFFECT OF HAPPY NEWS. 201 XXXI. THE EASY-CHAIR. 206 XXXII. WHAT PITOU DID WITH THE FIND. 210 ADVERTISEMENTS. 215
THE ROYAL LIFE GUARD.
BY
Alex. Dumas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. 3 II. THE FEDERATION OF FRANCE. 8 III. WHERE THE BASTILE STOOD. 14 IV. THE LODGE OF THE INVISIBLES. 21 V. THE CONSPIRATORS ACCOUNT. 27 VI. WOMEN AND FLOWERS. 33 VII. THE KING'S MESSENGER. 44 VIII. THE HUSBAND'S PROMISE. 49 IX. OFF AND AWAY. 53 X. ON THE HIGHWAY. 61 XI. THE QUEEN'S HAIRDRESSER. 67 XII. MISCHANCE. 71 XIII. STOP, KING! 76 XIV. THE CAPTURE. 84 XV. POOR CATHERINE. 96 XVI. THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE. 102 XVII. THE FEUD. 110 XVIII. ON THE BACK TRACK. 120 XIX. THE DOLOROUS WAY. 125 XX. MIRABEAU'S SUCCESSOR. 135 XXI. ANOTHER DUPE. 141 XXII. THE CENTRE OF CATASTROPHES. 150 XXIII. THE BITTER CUP. 155 XXIV. AT LAST THEY ARE HAPPY! 161 XXV. CORRECTING THE PETITION. 168 XXVI. CAGLIOSTRO'S COUNSEL. 176 XXVII. THE SQUEEZED LEMON. 181 XXVIII. THE FIELD OF BLOOD. 186 XXIX. IN THE HOSPITAL. 191 XXX. THE MOTHER'S BLESSING. 196 XXXI. FORTIER EXECUTES HIS THREAT. 201
TAKING THE BASTILE;
OR,
PITOU THE PEASANT.
A HISTORICAL STORY OF THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION.
BY ALEX. DUMAS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE SON OF GILBERT. CHAPTER II. ANGE PITOU. CHAPTER III. A REVOLUTIONARY FARMER. CHAPTER IV. LONG LEGS ARE GOOD FOR RUNNING, IF NOT FOR DANCING. CHAPTER V. WHY THE POLICE AGENT CAME WITH THE CONSTABLES. CHAPTER VI. ON THE ROAD. CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST BLOOD. CHAPTER VIII. PITOU DISCOVERS HE IS BRAVE. CHAPTER IX. "TO THE BASTILE!" CHAPTER X. BLOWING HOT AND COLD. CHAPTER XI. THE PRISON GOVERNOR. CHAPTER XII. STORMING THE BASTILE. CHAPTER XIII. DOWN IN THE DUNGEONS. CHAPTER XIV. THE TRIANGLE OF LIBERTY. CHAPTER XV. THE YOUNG VISIONARY. CHAPTER XVI. THE PHYSICIAN FOR THE STATE. CHAPTER XVII. THE COUNTESS OF CHARNY. CHAPTER XVIII. THE QUEEN AT BAY. CHAPTER XIX. THE QUEEN'S FAVOURITE. CHAPTER XX. THE TRIO OF LOVE. CHAPTER XXI. THE QUEEN AND HER MASTER. CHAPTER XXII. THE PRIVATE COUNCIL. CHAPTER XXIII. WHY THE QUEEN WAITED. CHAPTER XXIV. THE ARMY OF WOMEN. CHAPTER XXV. THE NIGHT OF HORRORS. CHAPTER XXVI. BILLET'S SORROW.
THE LAST VENDÉE OR, THE SHE-WOLVES OF MACHECOUL
TWO VOLUMES IN ONE
BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS
ILLUSTRATED
CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Charette's Aide-de-camp. II. The Gratitude of Kings. III. The Twins. IV.
How Jean Oullier, coming to see the Marquis for an Hour, would be there still if they had not both been in their Grave these ten years. V. A Litter of Wolves. VI. The Wounded Hare. VII. Monsieur Michel. VIII. The Baronne de la Logerie. IX. Galon-d'or and Allégro. X.
In which Things do not Happen precisely as Baron Michel Dreamed they would. XI. The Foster-father. XII. Noblesse Oblige. XIII. A Distant Cousin. XIV. Petit-Pierre. XV. An Unseasonable Hour. XVI. Courtin's Diplomacy. XVII.
The Tavern of Aubin Courte-Joie. XVIII. The Man from La Logerie. XIX. The Fair at Montaigu. XX. The Outbreak. XXI. Jean Oullier's Resources. XXII. Fetch! Pataud, fetch! XXIII. To whom the Cottage belonged. XXIV.
How Marianne Picaut mourned her Husband. XXV.
In which Love lends Political Opinions to those who have none. XXVI. The Springs of Baugé. XXVII. The Guests at Souday. XXVIII.
In which the Marquis de Souday bitterly regrets that Petit-Pierre is not a Gentleman. XXIX. The Vendéans of 1832. XXX. The Warning. XXXI. My Old Crony Loriot. XXXII.
The General eats a Supper which had not been Prepared for him. XXXIII.
In which Maître Loriot's Curiosity is not exactly satisfied. XXXIV. The Tower Chamber. XXXV.
Which ends quite otherwise than as Mary expected. XXXVI. Blue and White. XXXVII.
Which shows that it is not for Flies only that Spiders' Webs are dangerous. XXXVIII.
In which the Daintiest Foot of France and of Navarre finds that Cinderella's Slipper does not fit it as well as Seven-league Boots. XXXIX.
Petit-Pierre makes the best Meal he ever made in his Life. XL. Equality in Death. XLI. The Search. XLII.
In which Jean Oullier speaks his mind About young Baron Michel. XLIII.
Baron Michel becomes Bertha's Aide-de-camp. XLIV. Maître Jacques and his Rabbits. XLV.
The Danger of Meeting bad Company in the Woods. XLVI.
Maître Jacques proceeds to keep the Oath he made to Aubin Courte-Joie.
CONTENTS.
I.
In which it appears that all Jews are not from Jerusalem, nor all Turks from Tunis. II. Maître Marc. III.
How Persons travelled in the Department of the Lower Loire in May, 1832. IV. A little History does no Harm. V.
Petit-Pierre resolves on keeping a Brave Heart against Misfortune. VI.
How Jean Oullier proved that when the Wine is drawn it is best to drink it. VII.
Herein is explained how and why Baron Michel decided to go to Nantes. VIII.
The Sheep, returning to the Fold, tumbles into a Pit-fall. IX.
Trigaud proves that if he had been Hercules He would probably have accomplished Twenty-four labors instead of twelve. X. Giving the Slip. XI.
Mary is victorious after the Manner of Pyrrhus. XII.