Organisation of the Parisian ArtilleryMetamorphosis of my uniform of a Mounted National GuardsmanBastideGodefroy CavaignacGuinardThomasNames of the batteries and of their principal servantsI am summoned to seize the ChamberHow many of us came to the rendez-vous 1
Odilon Barrot, Préfet of the SeineHis soiréesHis proclamation upon the subject of riotsDupont (de l'Eure) and Louis-PhilippeResignation of the ministry of Molé and GuizotThe affair of the forest of BreteuilThe Laffitte ministryThe prudent way in which registration was carried out 10
Béranger as Patriot and Republican 20
Béranger, as Republican 28
Death of Benjamin ConstantConcerning his lifeFuneral honours that were conferred upon himHis funeralLaw respecting national rewardsThe trial of the ministersGrouvelle and his sisterM. Mérilhou and the neophyteColonel LavocatThe Court of PeersPanicFieschi 38
The artillerymen at the LouvreBonapartist plot to take our cannon from usDistribution of cartridges by Godefroy CavaignacThe concourse of people outside the Luxembourg when the ministers were sentencedDeparture of the condemned for VincennesDefeat of the judgesLa Fayette and the riotBastide and Commandant Barré on guard with Prosper Mérimée 50
We are surrounded in the Louvre courtyardOur ammunition taken by surpriseProclamation of the ÉcolesLetter of Louis-Philippe to La FayetteThe Chamber vote of thanks to the CollegesProtest of the École polytechniqueDiscussion at the Chamber upon the General Commandership of the National GuardResignation of La FayetteThe king's replyI am appointed second captain 59
The Government memberChodruc-DuclosHis portraitHis life at BordeauxHis imprisonment at VincennesThe Mayor of OrgonChodruc-Duclos converts himself into a DiogenesM. Giraud-SavineWhy Nodier was growing oldStibertA lesson in shootingDeath of Chodruc-Duclos 68
Alphonse RabbeMadame CardinalRabbe and the Marseilles AcademyLes MassénairesRabbe in SpainHis returnThe Old DaggerThe Journal Le PhocéenRabbe in prisonThe writer of fablesMa pipe 77
Rabbe's friendsLa Sour griseThe historical résumésM. Brézé's adviceAn imaginative manBerruyer's styleRabbe with his hairdresser, his concierge and confectionerLa Sour grise stolenLe Centaure 88
AdèleHer devotion to RabbeStrong meatAppel à DieuL'âme et la comédie humaineLa mortUltime lettereSuicideÀ Alphonse Rabbe, by Victor Hugo 99
ChéronHis last compliments to HarelObituary of 1830My official visit on New Year's DayA striking costumeRead the MoniteurDisbanding of the Artillery of the National GuardFirst representation of Napoléon BonaparteDelaistreFrédérick-Lemaître 109
The Abbé ChâtelThe programme of his churchThe Curé of Lèves and M. Clausel de MontalsThe Lévois embrace the religion of the primate of the GaulsMass in FrenchThe Roman curéA dead body to inter 117
Fine example of religious tolerationThe Abbé DallierThe Circes of LèvesWaterloo after LeipzigThe Abbé Dallier is kept as hostageThe barricadesThe stones of ChartresThe outlookPreparations for fighting 124
Attack of the barricadeA sequel to MalplaquetThe GrenadierThe Chartrian philanthropistsSack of the bishop's palaceA fancy dressHow order was restoredThe culprits both small and greatDeath of the Abbé LedruScruples of conscience of the former schismaticsThe Dies iræ of Kosciusko 130
The Abbé de LamennaisHis prediction of the Revolution of 1830Enters the ChurchHis views on the EmpireCasimir Delavigne, RoyalistHis early daysTwo pieces of poetry by M. de LamennaisHis literary vocationEssay on Indifference in Religious MattersReception given to this book by the ChurchThe academy of the château de la Chesnaie 138
The founding of l'AvenirL'Abbé LacordaireM. Charles de MontalembertHis article on the sacking of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerroisl'Avenir and the new literatureMy first interview with M. de LamennaisLawsuit against l'AvenirMM. de Montalembert and Lacordaire as schoolmastersTheir trial in the Cour des pairsThe capture of WarsawAnswer of four poets to a word spoken by a statesman 148
Suspension of l'AvenirIts three principal editors present themselves at RomeThe Abbé de Lamennais as musicianThe trouble it takes to obtain an audience of the PopeThe convent of Santo-Andrea della ValleInterview of M. de Lamennais with Gregory XVI.The statuette of MosesThe doctrines of l'Avenir are condemned by the Council of CardinalsRuin of M. de LamennaisThe Paroles d'un Croyant 160
Who Gannot wasMapahHis first miracleThe wedding at CanaGannot, phrenologistWhere his first ideas on phrenology came fromThe unknown womanThe change wrought in Gannot's lifeHow he becomes Mapah 167
The god and his sanctuaryHe informs the Pope of his overthrowHis manifestoesHis portrait-Doctrine of escapeSymbols of that religionChaudesaigues takes me to the MapahIswara and PracritiQuestions which are wanting in actuality-War between the votaries of bidja and the followers of saktiMy last interview with the Mapah 176
Apocalypse of the being who was once called Caillaux186
The scapegoat of powerLegitimist hopesThe expiatory massThe Abbé OlivierThe Curé of Saint-Germain-l'AuxerroisPachelWhere I begin to be wrongGeneral JacqueminotPillage of Saint-Germain-l'AuxerroisThe sham Jesuit and the Préfet of PoliceThe Abbé Paravey's room 203
The Préfet of Police at the Palais-RoyalThe function of fireValérius, the truss-makerDemolition of the archbishop's palaceThe Chinese albumFrançois AragoThe spectators of the riotThe erasure of the fleurs-de-lisI give in my resignation a second timeMM. Chambolle and Casimir Périer 211
My dramatic faith waversBocage and Dorval reconcile me with myselfA political trial wherein I deserved to figureDownfall of the Laffitte MinistryAustria and the Duc de ModenaMaréchal Maison is Ambassador at ViennaThe story of one of his dispatchesCasimir Périer Prime MinisterHis reception at the Palais-RoyalThey make him the amende honorable 220
Trial of the artillerymenProcureur-général MillerPescheux d'HerbinvilleGodefroy CavaignacAcquittal of the accusedThe ovation they receivedCommissioner GourdinThe cross of JulyThe red and black ribbonFinal rehearsals of Antony 229
The first representation of AntonyThe play, the actors, the publicAntony at the Palais-RoyalAlterations of the dénoûment 238
The inspiration under which I composed AntonyThe PrefaceWherein lies the moral of the pieceCuckoldom, Adultery and the Civil CodeQuem nuptiæ demonstrantWhy the Critics exclaimed that my Drama was immoralAccount given by the least malevolent among themHow prejudices against bastardy are overcome 249
A word on criticismMolière estimated by Bossuet, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and by BourdaloueAn anonymous libelCritics of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuriesM. François de Salignac de la Motte de FénelonOrigin of the word TartuffeM. Taschereau and M. Étienne 256
Thermometer of Social CrisesInterview with M. ThiersHis intentions with regard to the Théâtre-FrançaisOur conventionsAntony comes back to the rue de RichelieuThe ConstitutionnelIts leader against Romanticism in general, and against my drama in particularMorality of the ancient theatreParallel between the Théâtre-Français and that of the Porte-Saint-MartinFirst suspension of Antony 265
My discussion with M. ThiersWhy he had been compelled to suspend AntonyLetter of Madame Dorval to the ConstitutionnelM. Jay crowned with rosesMy lawsuit with M. Jouslin de LasalleThere are still judges in Berlin! 278
Republican banquet at the Vendanges de BourgogneThe toastsTo Louis-Philippe!Gathering of those who were decorated in JulyFormation of the boardProtestsFifty yards of ribbonA dissentientContradiction in the MoniteurTrial of Évariste GalloisHis examinationHis acquittal 289
The incompatibility of literature with riotingsLa Maréchale d'AncreMy opinion concerning that pieceFarruck le MaureThe début of Henry Monnier at the VaudevilleI leave ParisRouenHavreI meditate going to explore TrouvilleWhat is Trouville?The consumptive English ladyHonfleurBy land or by sea 299
Appearance of TrouvilleMother OseraieHow people are accommodated at Trouville when they are marriedThe price of painters and of the community of martyrsMother Oseraie's acquaintancesHow she had saved the life of Huet, the landscape painterMy room and my neighbour'sA twenty-franc dinner for fifty sousA walk by the sea-shoreHeroic resolution 308
A reading at Nodier'sThe hearers and the readersDébutLes Marrons du feuLa Camargo and the Abbé DesiderioGenealogy of a dramatic ideaOrestes and HermioneChimène and Don SanchoGoetz von BerlichingenFragmentsHow I render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's 317
Poetry is the Spirit of GodThe Conservatoire and l'École of RomeLetter of counsel to my SonEmployment of my time at TrouvilleMadame de la GarenneThe Vendéan BonnechoseM. BeudinI am pursued by a fishWhat came of it 336
Why M. Beudin came to TrouvilleHow I knew him under another namePrologue of a dramaWhat remained to be doneDivision into three partsI finish Charles VII.Departing from TrouvilleIn what manner I learn of the first performance of Marion Delorme 345
Marion Delorme 356
Collaboration 364
The feudal edifice and the industrialThe workmen of LyonsM. Bouvier-DumolardGeneral RoguetDiscussion and signing of the tariff regulating the price of the workmanship of fabricsThe makers refuse to submit to itArtificial prices for silk-workersInsurrection of LyonsEighteen millions on the civil listTimon's calculationsAn unlucky saying of M. de Montalivet 376
Death of MirabeauThe accessories of Charles VII.A shooting partyMontereauA temptation I cannot resistCritical position in which my shooting companions and I find ourselvesWe introduce ourselves into an empty house by breaking into it at nightInspection of the premisesImprovised supperAs one makes one's bed, so one lies on itI go to see the dawn riseFowl and duck shootingPreparations for breakfastMother Galop 388
Who Mother Galop wasWhy M. Dupont-Delporte was absent How I quarrelled with ViardotRabelais's quarter of an hourProvidence No. IThe punishment of TantalusA waiter who had not read SocratesProvidence No. 2A breakfast for fourReturn to Paris 397
Le Masque de ferGeorges' suppersThe garden of the Luxembourg by moonlightM. Scribe and the Clerc de la BasocheM. d'Épagny and Le Clerc et le ThéologienClassical performances at the Théâtre-FrançaisLes Guelfes, by M. ArnaultParenthesisDedicatory epistle to the prompter 406
M. Arnault's PertinaxPizarre, by M. FulchironM. Fulchiron as a politicianM. Fulchiron as magic poetA word about M. ViennetMy opposite neighbour at the performance of PertinaxSplendid failure of the playQuarrel with my vis-à-visThe newspapers take it upMy reply in the Journal de ParisAdvice of M. Pillet 419
Chateaubriand ceases to be a peer of FranceHe leaves the countryBéranger's song thereuponChateaubriand as versifierFirst night of Charles VII.Delafosse's vizorYaqoub and Frédérick-LemaîtreLa Reine d'EspagneM. Henri de LatoucheHis works, talent and characterInterlude of La Reine d'EspagnePreface of the playReports of the pit collected by the author 432
Victor Escousse and Auguste Lebras 440
First performance of Robert le DiableVéron, manager of the OpéraHis opinion concerning Meyerbeer's musicMy opinion concerning Véron's intellectMy relations with himHis articles and MemoirsRossini's judgment of Robert le DiableNourrit, the preacherMeyerbeerFirst performance of the Fuite de Law, by M. MennechetFirst performance of Richard DarlingtonFrédérickLemaîtreDelafosseMademoiselle Noblet 446
Horace Vernet 456
Paul Delaroche 463
Eugène Delacroix 472
Three portraits in one frame 483
CollaborationA whim of BocageAnicet BourgeoisTeresaDrama at the Opéra-ComiqueLaferrière and the eruption of VesuviusMélingueFancy-dress ball at the TuileriesThe place de Grève and the barrière Saint-JacquesThe death penalty 491
The peregrinations of Casimir DelavigneJeanne VaubernierRougemontHis translation of Cambronne's motFirst representation of TeresaLong and short piecesCordelier Delanoue and his Mathieu LucClosing of the Taitbout Hall and arrest of the leaders of the Saint-Simonian cult 500
Mély-Janin's Louis XI. 506
Casimir Delavigne's Louis XI. 514
Preparations for my Fancy Dress BallI find that my lodgings are too much after the style of SocratesMy artist-decoratorsThe question of the supperI go for provisions to la Ferté-VidameView of this capital town of the Canton, by night, in a snowstormMy nephew's roomMy friend GondonRoebuck huntingReturn to ParisI invent a Bank of Exchange before M. ProudhonThe artists at workThe dead 1
Alfred Johannot 10
Clément Boulanger 18
Grandville 28
Tony Johannot 36
Sequel to the preparations for my ballOil and distemperInconveniences of working at nightHow Delacroix did his taskThe ballSerious menLa Fayette and BeaucheneVariety of costumesThe invalid and the undertaker's manThe last galopA political playA moral play 42
Dix ans de la vie d'une femme 53
Doligny manager of the theatre in ItalySaint-Germain bitten by the tarantulaHow they could have livened up Versailles if Louis-Philippe had wished itThe censorship of the Grand-Duke of TuscanyThe bindings of printer BatelliRichard Darlington, Angèle, Antony and La Tour de Nesle performed under the name of Eugène Scribe 83
A few words on La Tour de Nesle and M. Frédérick GaillardetThe Revue des Deux MondesM. BulozThe Journal des VoyagesMy first attempt at Roman historyIsabeau de BavièreA witty man of five foot nine inches 91
Success of my Scènes historiquesClovis and Hlodewig (Chlodgwig)I wish to apply myself seriously to the study of the history of FranceThe Abbé Gauthier and M. de MoyencourtCordelier-Delanoue reveals to me Augustine Thierry and ChateaubriandNew aspects of historyGaule et FranceA drama in collaboration with Horace Vernet and Auguste Lafontaine 99
Édith aux longs cheveuxCatherine Howard 107
An invasion of choleraAspect of ParisMedicine and the scourgeProclamation of the Prefect of PoliceThe supposed poisonersHarel's newspaper paragraphMademoiselle DupontEugène Durieu and Anicet BourgeoisCatherine (not Howard) and the choleraFirst performance of Mari de la veuveA horoscope which did not come true 115
My régime against the choleraI am attacked by the epidemic I invent etherisationHarel comes to suggest to me La Tour de NesleVerteuil's manuscriptJanin and the tirade of the grandes damesFirst idea of the prison sceneMy terms with HarelAdvantages offered by me to M. GaillardetThe spectator in the OdéonKnown and unknown authorsMy first letter to M. Gaillardet 127
M. Gaillardet's answer and protestFrédérick and Buridan's partTransaction with M. GaillardetFirst performance of La Tour de NesleThe play and its interpretersThe day following a successM. * * *A profitable trial in prospectGeorges' capriceThe manager, author and collaborator 142
The use of friendsLe Musée des FamillesAn article by M. GaillardetMy reply to itChallenge from M. Gaillardet I accept it with effusionMy adversary demands a first respite of a weekI summon him before the Commission of Dramatic AuthorsHe declines that arbitrationI send him my secondsHe asks a delay of two monthsJanin's letter to the newspapers 156
Sword and pistolWhence arose my aversion to the latter weaponPhilippe's puppetThe statue of CorneilleAn autograph in extremisLe bois de VincennesA duelling toiletScientific question put by BixioThe conditions of the duelOfficial report of the secondsHow Bixio's problem found its solution 186
The masquerade of the budget at GrenobleM. Maurice DuvalThe serenadersEscapade of the 35th of the lineThe insurrection it excitesArrest of General Saint-ClairTaking of the préfecture and of the citadel by BastideBastide at LyonsOrder reigns at GrenobleCasimir Périer, Gamier-Pages and M. DupinReport of the municipality of GrenobleAcquittal of the riotersRestoration of the 35thProtest of a smoker 198
General Dermoncourt's papersProtest of Charles X. against the usurpation of the Duc d'OrléansThe stoutest of political menAttempt at restoration planned by Madame la duchesse de BerryThe Carlo-AlbertoHow I write authentic notesLanding of Madame near La CiotatLegitimist affray at MarseillesMadame set out for La VendéeM. de BonnechoseM. de VilleneuveM. de Lorge 215
Madame's itineraryPanicM. de PuylaroqueDomine salvum fac PhilippumThe château de DampierreMadame de la MyreThe pretended cousin and the curéM. GuibourgM. de BourmontLetter of Madame to M. de CoislinThe noms de guerreProclamation of MadameNew kind of hennaM. CharetteMadame is nearly drowned in the MaineThe sexton in charge of the provisionsA night in the stableThe Legitimists of ParisThey dispatch M. Berryer into la Vendée 230
Interview between MM. Berryer and de BourmontThe messenger's guidesThe movable columnM. CharlesMadame's hiding-placeMadame refuses to leave la VendéeShe rallies her followers to armsDeath of General LamarqueThe deputies of the Opposition meet together at Laffitte's houseThey decide to publish a statement to the nationMM. Odilon Barrot and de Cormenin are commissioned to draw up this reportOne hundred and thirty-three deputies sign it 247
Last moments of General LamarqueWhat his life had been One of my interviews with himI am appointed one of the stewards of the funeral cortègeThe processionSymptoms of popular agitationThe marching past across the place VendômeThe Duke Fitz-JamesConflicts provoked by the town policeThe students of the École Polytechnique join the cortègeArrival of the funeral procession at the pont d'AusterlitzSpeechesFirst shotsThe man with the red flagAllocution of Étienne Arago 260
The artillerymenCarrel and le NationalBarricades of the boulevard Bourdon and in the rue de Ménilmontant The carriage of General La FayetteA bad shot from my friendsDespair of HarelThe pistols in RichardThe women are against usI distribute arms to the insurgentsChange of uniformThe meeting at Laffitte'sProgress of the insurrectionM. ThiersBarricade Saint-MerryJeanneRossignolBarricade of the passage du SaumonMorning of 6 June 281
Inside the barricade Saint-Merry, according to a Parisian child's accountGeneral Tiburce SébastianiLouis-Philippe during the insurrectionM. GuizotMM. François Arago, Laffitte and Odilon Barrot at the TuileriesThe last argument of KingsÉtienne Arago and HoweltDenunciation against meM. Binet's report 301
Le Fils de l'ÉmigréI learn the news of my premature deathI am advised to take a voyage for prudence and health's sakeI choose SwitzerlandGosselin's literary opinion on that countryFirst effect of change of airFrom Châlon to Lyons by a low trainThe ascent of CerdonArrival at Geneva 317
Great explanations about the bear-steakJacototAn ill-sounding epithetA seditious felt hatThe carabineers who were too cleverI quarrel with King Charles-Albert over the Dent du ChatPrinces and men of intellect 323
22 July 1832 339
Edict unbaptizing the King of RomeAnecdotes of the childhood of the Duc de ReichstadtLetter of Sir Hudson Lowe announcing the death of Napoleon 346
Prince Metternich is appointed to teach the history of Napoleon to the Duc de ReichstadtThe Duke's plan of political conductThe poet Barthélemy at ViennaHis interviews with Count DietrichsteinOpinion of the Duc de Reichstadt on the poem Napoleon en Egypt 353
Journey of the Duc de ReichstadtM. le Chevalier de ProkeschQuestions concerning the recollections left by Napoléon en ÉgypteThe ambition of the Duc de ReichstadtThe Countesse CamerataThe prince is appointed lieutenant-colonelHe becomes hoarse when holding a reviewHe falls illReport upon his health by Dr. Malfatti 363
The Duc de Reichstadt at SchönbrünnProgress of his diseaseThe Archduchess SophiaThe prince's last momentsHis deathEffect produced by the news at ParisArticle of the Constitutionnel upon this event 373
LucerneThe lion of August 10M. de Chateaubriand's fowlsReichenauA picture by ConderLetter to M. le duc d'OrléansA walk in the park of Arenenberg 383
News of FranceFirst performance of Le Fils de l'Émigré What Le Constitutionnel thought of itEffect produced by that play on the Parisian population in general and on M. Véron in particularDeath of Walter ScottPerrinet LeclercSic vos non vobis 401
La Duchesse de Berry returns to Nantes disguised as a peasant womanThe basket of applesThe house DuguignyMadame in her hiding-placeSimon DeutzHis antecedentsHis missionHe enters into treaty with MM. Thiers and MontalivetHe starts for la Vendée 412
M. Maurice Duval is made Préfet of the Loire-Inférieure The Nantais give him a charivariDeutz's persistent attempts to see MadameHe obtains a first and then a second audienceBesieging of the maison DuguignyThe hiding-placeThe police searchesDiscovery of the Duchess 424
First moments after the arrestMadame's 13,000 francsWhat a gendarme can win by sleeping on a camp-bed and making philosophic reflections thereonThe duchess at the Château de NantesShe is transferred to BlayeJudas 438
Le Roi s'amuseCriticism and censorship 462
Le Corsaire trialThe Duc d'Orléans as caricaturistThe Tribune trialThe right of association established by juryStatistics of the political sentences under the RestorationLe Pré-aux-Clercs 500
Victor Jacquemont 505
George Sand 513
Eugène SueHis family, birth, godfather and godmother His educationDr. Sue's wine-cellarChoir of botanists Committee of chemistryDinner on the grassEugène Sue sets out for SpainHis returnFerdinand Langlé's roomCaptain Gauthier 520
Eugène Sue is ambitious enough to have a groom, horse and trapHe does business with the maison Ermingot, Godefroi et Cie which permits him to gratify that fancyTriumph at the Champs-ÉlyséesA vexing encounterDesforges and Eugène Sue separateDesforges starts Le Kaléidoscope at BordeauxFerdinand Langlé starts La Nouveauté at ParisCésar and the negro ZoyoDossion and his dog 531
Eugène Sue's début in journalismL'Homme-MoucheThe merino sheepEugène Sue in the NavyHe takes part in the battle of NavarinoHe furnishes a houseThe last folly of youthAnother Fils de l'HommeBossange and Desforges 540
The political duels 547
Lucrèce BorgiaDiscouragementFirst conception of the Historical Romances 572
Condition of the Théâtre-Français in 1832 and 1833Causes which had led to our emigration from the Théatre-FrançaisReflections concerning the education of dramatic artists 577
TalmaMademoiselle MarsThe ConservatoireMacreadyYoung KeanMiss SmithsonMrs. SiddonsMiss FaucitShakespeare The limits to dramatic art in France 582