Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE COMPLETE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH EUGENE SUE'S The Mysteries of the People OR _History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages_ A fascinating work, thrilling as fiction, yet embracing a comprehensive history of the oppressing and oppressed classes from the commencement of the present era. These stories are nineteen in number, and their chronological order is the following: Eugene Sue wrote a romance which seems to have disappeared in a curious fashion, called "Les Mysteres du Peuple". It is the story of a Gallic family through the ages, told in successive episodes, and, so far as we have been able to read it, is fully as interesting as "The Wandering Jew", or "The Mysteries of Paris". The French edition is pretty hard to find, and only parts have been translated into English. We don't know the reason. One medieval episode, telling of the struggle of the communes for freedom, is now translated by Mr. Daniel De Leon, under the title, "The Pilgrim's Shell" (New York Labor News Co.). We trust the success of his efforts may be such as to lead him to translate the rest of the romance. It will be the first time the feat has been done in English.--N. Y. Sun. THE GOLD SICKLE 50c. THE BRASS BELL 50c. THE IRON COLLAR 50c. THE SILVER CROSS 50c. THE CASQUE'S LARK 75c. THE PONIARD'S HILT 75c. THE BRANDING NEEDLE 50c. THE ABBATIAL CROSIER 60c. CARLOVINGIAN COINS 50c. THE IRON ARROW HEAD 60c. THE INFANT'S SKULL 50c. THE PILGRIM'S SHELL 75c. THE IRON PINCERS 50c. THE IRON TREVET 75c. EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE $1.00 POCKET BIBLE, Vol. 1 $1.00 POCKET BIBLE, Vol. 2 $1.00 BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER 75c. SWORD OF HONOR, Vol. 1 $1.00 SWORD OF HONOR, Vol. 2 $1.00 GALLEY SLAVE'S RING 50c. NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY 28 CITY HALL PLACE:: NEW YORK THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE :: :: OR :: :: JOAN OF ARC A Tale of the Inquisition By EUGENE SUE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH By DANIEL DE LEON NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY, 1910 Copyright 1910, by the NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. INDEX TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 1 PART I. DOMREMY. CHAPTER. I. JEANNETTE 3 II. GILLON THE FURTIVE 7 III. AT THE FOUNTAIN OF THE FAIRIES 11 IV. THE HARP OF MERLIN 16 V. THE PROPHECY OF MERLIN 23 VI. THE LEGEND OF HENA 29 VII. GERMINATION 34 VIII. "THE ENGLISH" 37 IX. THE FLIGHT 44 X. "BURGUNDY!"--"FRANCE!" 47 XI. THE VISION 58