------- CHAPTER PAGE I. LA FAYETTE’S EARLY LIFE 1 II. HIS ARRIVAL IN AMERICA.—BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE 18 III. SCENES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 58 IV. LA FAYETTE’S DIPLOMATIC MEASURES IN FRANCE AND 99 SPAIN, IN BEHALF OF AMERICA V. LA FAYETTE ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE NOTABLES 127 VI. LA FAYETTE’S EFFORTS IN DEFENCE OF KING AND 158 CONSTITUTION VII. VIRGINIE LA FAYETTE’S ACCOUNT OF HER FATHER’S 191 AND MOTHER’S IMPRISONMENT VIII. DREADFUL SCENES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 216 IX. LA FAYETTE LIBERATED FROM THE PRISON AT OLMÜTZ 258 X. LA FAYETTE PRESENTED TO THE PREMIER CONSUL 288 XI. LA FAYETTE’S VISIT TO AMERICA 315 XII. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF THE MARQUIS IN THE 339 UNITED STATES XIII. LA FAYETTE ELECTED TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES 365 XIV. REVOLUTION OF 1830 397 XV. LA FAYETTE’S CHARACTER AND FAMILY LIFE 427 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. ------- PAGE