Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: "THE NETS WERE HUNG OVER FRANÇOIS’S SHOULDERS." (See page 18.)] The Adventures of François Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing-Master during the French Revolution By S. Weir Mitchell, M.D. LL.D. Harvard and Edinburgh New York The Century Co. 1898 Copyright, 1897, 1898, by THE CENTURY Co. THE DE VINNE PRESS. TO PHILIP SCHUYLER IN RECOGNITION OF A CONSTANT FRIENDSHIP *CONTENTS* *I* Of how François the foundling was cared for by the good fathers of the Benedictine Asylum for Orphans, and of what manner of lad he was *II* In which François becomes a choir-boy, and serves two masters, to the impairment of his moral sense *III* Of the misfortunes caused by loss of a voice, and of how a cat and a damsel got François into trouble—whereupon, preferring the world to a monastery, he ran away from the choristers of Notre Dame *IV* Of how the world used François, and of the reward of virtue. He makes his first friend *V* Of the immorality which may come of an empty stomach, and of how François became acquainted with a human crab *VI* Of how François regained a lost friend, and of his adventure with the poet Horace and another gentleman *VII* Wherein is told how François saved a man’s neck and learned to juggle *VIII* In which François discovers the mercantile value of laughter, and the Crab takes toll of the jugglers—with the sad history of Despard, the partner *IX* In which François tells the fortune of the Marquis de Ste. Luce and of Robespierre, and has his own fortune told, and of how Despard saw a man of whom he was afraid *X* How Pierre became a Jacobin and how a nation became insane *XI* The juggling firm of Despard, François & Co. is broken up—Despard goes into politics, and François becomes a fencing-master *XII* In which Toto is seen to change his politics twice a day—the mornings and the afternoons quarrel—In which Jean Pierre André Amar, "_le farouche,_" appears *XIII* Citizen Amar, meeting the marquis, is unlucky and vindictive