THE CONSPIRATORS.

By Alexandre Dumas



CONTENTS

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



CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
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.

By Alex. Dumas

CONTENTS

CHAPTER: I. LOCKSMITH AND GUNSMITH.
II. THE THREE ODDITIES.
III. THE UNDYING MAN.
IV. FATALITY.
V. THE CANDLE OMEN.
VI. THE REVOLUTION IN THE COUNTRY.
VII. THE ABDICATION IN A FARMHOUSE.
VIII. ANOTHER BLOW.
IX. PITOU BECOMES A TACTICIAN.
X. THE LOVER'S PARTING.
XI. THE ROAD TO PARIS.
XII. THE SPIRIT MATERIALIZED.,
XIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE.
XIV. IN SEARCH OF THEIR SON.
XV. THE MAN WITH THE MODEL.
XVI. THE PORTRAIT OF CHARLES FIRST.
XVII. THE KING ATTENDS TO PRIVATE MATTERS.
XVIII. THE KING ATTENDS TO PUBLIC MATTERS.
XIX. A LOVING QUEEN.
XX. WITHOUT HUSBAND-WITHOUT LOVER.,
XXI. WHAT A CUT-OFF HEAD MAY COUNSEL.
XXII. THE SMILE AND THE NOD.
XXIII. THE ROYAL LOCKSMITH.
XXIV. HAPPY FAMILY.
XXV. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD.
XXVI. GAMAIN PROVES HE IS THE MASTER.
XXVII. THE FRIEND OF THE FALLEN.
XXVIII. THE FIRST GUILLOTINE.
XXX. UNDER THE WINDOW.





THE MESMERIST'S VICTIM.

By Alex. Dumas



CONTENTS

Chapter: I. THE DESPERATE RESCUE.
II. THE FIELD OF THE DEAD.
III. THE RESTORATION.
IV. AN AERIAL JOURNEY.
V. SUSPICIONS.
VI. WHAT GILBERT EXPECTED.
VII. THE TRAP TO CATCH PHILOSOPHERS.
VIII. THE LITTLE TRIANON.
IX. THE HUNT.
X. A SEANCE OF MESMERISM.
XI. THE DOWNFALL AND THE ELEVATION.
XII. ANDREA IN FAVOR.
XIII. NICOLE IS VALUED PROPERLY.
XIV. ONE MAN'S MEAT IS ANOTHER'S POISON.
XV. THE ROAD TO PREMIERSHIP IS NOT STREWN WITH ROSES.
XVI. THE ENDLESS LAW SUIT.
XVII. THE SECRET SOCIETY LODGE.
XVIII. THE INNERMOST CIRCLE.
XIX. BODY AND SOUL.
XX. THE DIAMOND COLLAR.
XXI. THE KING'S PRIVATE SUPPER-PARTY.
XXII. PRESENTIMENTS.
XXIII. FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
XXIV. THE RICHELIEU ELIXIR.
XXV. SECOND SIGHT.
XXVI. SARTINES BELIEVES BALSAMO IS A MAGICIAN.
XXVII. LOVE VERSUS SCIENCE.
XXVIII. THE ULTIMATE TEST.
XXIX. THE LIQUOR OF BEAUTY.
XXX. THE BLOOD
XXXI. THE TRIAL.
XXXII. MAN AND GOD.
XXXIII. THE FAINTING FITS.
XXXIV. THE AVENGER.
XXXV. THE MISUNDERSTANDING.
XXXVI. TWO SORROWS.
XXXVII. THE GUILTY ONE.
XXXVIII. FATHER AND SON.
XXXIX. GILBERT'S PROJECT.
XL. DECEMBER THE FIFTEENTH.
XLI. THE KIDNAPPING.
XLII. A STRANGE ENCOUNTER.
XLIII. THE LAST ABSOLUTE KING.