P Paget, Amedee, 22 Paris, 28 Pellarin, 22 Pendleton, 111 _Phalanstére_, 22, 23, 26 Phalansterians, 22, 49, 99 Phlange (phalanx), 19-20, 22, 23, 36 Philippe, Louis, 25 Preston (Texas), 39-40 R Raizant, M. M., 90, 113 _Reforme Industrielle_, 23, 26 Remond, Emile, 92 Renaud, 22 Reverchon, Julien, 91-92 Rodbertus, Johann, 10 Roger, 85, 86, 95, 113 S Saint-Simon, school, 25, 29 San Antonio, 44, 99, 108, 110 Santa Fe, 37, 61 Santerre, François, 92, 113-114 Savardan, 87-88, 90, 91, 98, 114 Shaw, Francis G., 33 Socialism, definition, 10-11; types, 11-12; Marxian, 11; Utopian, 12; 14, 31 _Société de colonisation_, 52; articles of incorporation, 53-55; concerning capital, 56-57; groups within, 57-58; cooperation with other societies, 59-60; center of commerce, 61; incorporation, 82-84, 96 _Standard_ (_Northern Standard_), 75 _State Gazette_ (_Texas State Gazette_) Texas, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 54, 63 T Texas settlers, character, 43-44 _Texas State Gazette_, see _Austin State Gazette_ _Texas State Times_, 67, 73 Trinity River, 33, 41, 95 U Ureidag, 93 Uvalde County, 98-99; 108 V Vigoureaux, Mme. Clarisse, 21-22, 92 W Wakefield method, 48 Washington, D. C., 63, 70 _Washington Sentinel_, 67, 69, 76 Whittier, John G., 33 Y Young, Arthur, 23 Z Zurich (Switzerland), 93 LA REUNION, A French Settlement in Texas, by W. J. and Margaret F. Hammond, is the story of one of the great romantic attempts to settle Texas. It is also the failure of several hundred Europeans to realize their dreams. This venture was led by Victor Prosper Considerant who headed a group of several hundred colonists that came to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 1855 to establish La Reunion a few miles west of Dallas, Texas. Considerant intended this colony to be an experiment. However, those who joined him thought in terms of actual accomplishments. Most of the colonists were college graduates. Many of them were professional people who were successful in European countries. They knew nothing of Texas Frontier life and were not prepared for the heavy demands the climate would make upon their existence. Even though these factors contributed to the disintegration of the colony and experiment, the chief reason for failure was the contrast of this socialistic dream with an unlimited capitalism.