# The French Revolution: A Short History

Author: Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson), 1867-1920

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19421

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+French+Revolution%3A+A+Short+History+Johnston&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The magnitude of an event is too apt to lie with its reporter, and the reporter often fails in his sense of historical proportion. The nearer he is to the event the more authority he has as a witness, but the less authority as a judge. It is time alone can establish the relation and harmony of things. This is notably the case with the greatest event of modern European history, the French Revolution, and the first task of the historian writing a century later, is to attempt to catch its perspective. To do this the simplest course will be to see how the Revolution has been interpreted from the moment of its close to the present day.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-french-revolution-a-short-history-19421/chapters/1/index.md)