CHAPTER IV

Foreign Affairs 325

APPENDIX

I

Gustave de Beaumont's version of the 24th of February 379

II

Barrot's version of the 24th of February (_10 October 1850_) 385

III

Some incidents of the 24th of February 1848 389

1

M. Dufaure's efforts to prevent the Revolution of February--Responsibility of M. Thiers, which renders them futile 389

2

Dufaure's conduct on the 24th of February 1848 392

IV

My conversation with Berryer, on the 21st of June, at an appointment which I had given him at my house. We were both Members of the Committee for the revision of the Constitution 394

INDEX 399

PART THE FIRST

_Written in July 1850, at Tocqueville._

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