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 GALLEY SLAVE'S RING THE FULL SERIES OF The Mysteries of the People OR History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages By EUGENE SUE _Consisting of the Following Works:_ THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_. THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_. THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustina and Syomara_. THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_. THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_. THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeuoq and Ronan_. THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_. THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_. THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_. THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_. THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_. THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_. THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_. THE IRON TREVET; or _Jocelyn the Champion_. THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_. THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_. THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_. THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_. THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_. Published Uniform With This Volume By THE NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. 28 CITY HALL PLACE NEW YORK CITY THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING OR THE FAMILY OF LEBRENN A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 By EUGENE SUE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH By DANIEL DE LEON NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1911 Copyright, 1911, by the NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. INDEX TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE I CHAPTER I GILDAS AND JEANIKE 1 II GEORGE DUCHENE 19 III MARIK LEBRENN 40 IV PRADELINE 60 V CARDINAL AND COUNT 70 VI JOEL AND NEROWEG 82 VII "THE SWORD OF BRENNUS" 103 VIII ON THE EVE OF BATTLE 113 IX POPULAR JUSTICE 127 X ON THE BARRICADE 139 XI LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! 161 XII THE GALLEY-SLAVE AND THE GENERAL 168 XIII HOME AGAIN 181 XIV SACROVIR'S BIRTHDAY 190 XV THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER 198 EPILOGUE 219 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.