Produced by Odessa Paige Turner, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE OF 1871 THE REFORMERS' BOOKSHELF. _Large crown 8vo., cloth, 3s. 6d. each._ 1. THE ENGLISH PEASANT: His Past and Present. By RICHARD HEATH. 2. THE LABOUR MOVEMENT. By L. T. HOBHOUSE, M.A. Preface by R. B. HALDANE, M.P. 3 & 4. SIXTY YEARS OF AN AGITATOR'S LIFE: George Jacob Holyoake's Autobiography. 2 vols. 5 & 6. BAMFORD'S PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A RADICAL. Edited, and with an Introduction by HENRY DUNCKLEY ("Verax"). 2 vols. 7. RICHARD COBDEN AND THE JUBILEE OF FREE TRADE. By P. LEROY-BEAULIEU, HENRY DUNCKLEY ("Verax"), Dr. THEODOR BARTH, the Right Hon. LEONARD COURTNEY, M.P., and the Right Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS, M.P. 8 & 9. THE ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY: Lectures on Political Economy and its History, delivered at Oxford, 1887-1888. By Professor THOROLD ROGERS. Third edition. 2 vols. 10 & 11. THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Professor THOROLD ROGERS. 2 vols. 12. THE GLADSTONE COLONY. By JAMES FRANCIS HOGAN, M.P. 13 & 14. CHARLES BRADLAUGH: A Record of His Life and Work. By His Daughter, HYPATIA BRADLAUGH BONNER. 2 vols. 15 & 16. THE INNER LIFE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Selected from the Writings of WILLIAM WHITE, with a Prefatory Note by his Son, and an Introduction by JUSTIN MCCARTHY, M.P. 17. POLITICAL CRIME. By LOUIS PROAL. 18 & 19. THE LIFE OF RICHARD COBDEN. By JOHN MORLEY. 2 vols. LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN. HISTORY of THE COMMUNE OF 1871 FROM THE FRENCH OF LISSAGARAY [Illustration] LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN 1902 CONTENTS. PROLOGUE. PAGE HOW THE PRUSSIANS GOT PARIS AND THE RURALS FRANCE 1 CHAPTER I. FIRST ATTACKS OF THE COALITION AGAINST PARIS--THE BATTALIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD FEDERALISE AND SEIZE THEIR CANNON--THE PRUSSIANS ENTER PARIS 58 CHAPTER II. THE COALITION OPENS FIRE ON PARIS--THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CONSTITUTES ITSELF--M. THIERS ORDERS THE ASSAULT 69 CHAPTER III. THE EIGHTEENTH OF MARCH 78 CHAPTER IV. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CONVOKES THE ELECTORS--THE MAYORS OF PARIS AND DEPUTIES OF THE SEINE TURN AGAINST IT 88 CHAPTER V. THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AFFIRMS ITSELF, REORGANISES THE PUBLIC SERVICES, AND HOLDS PARIS 101 CHAPTER VI.