Produced by David Edwards, Christine Aldridge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Stanford University, SUL Books in the Public Domain) Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Passages in Gothic Bold are surrounded by +plus+ signs. 3. Other transcription notes appear at the end of this e-text. [Illustration: _Portrait of Eugene Sue_ Etching by Bicknell, from a portrait] +The Mysteries of Paris.+ _ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS BY MERCIER, BICKNELL, POITEAU, AND ADRIAN MARCEL._ _BY EUGENE SUE_ _IN SIX VOLUMES VOLUME I._ _PRINTED FOR FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO. BOSTON_ _EDITION DE LUXE._ _Limited to One Thousand Copies._ No. _____ CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. THE TAPIS-FRANC 11 II. THE OGRESS 19 III. HISTORY OF LA GOUALEUSE 31 IV. THE CHOURINEUR'S HISTORY 47 V. THE ARREST 59 VI. THOMAS SEYTON AND THE COUNTESS SARAH 67 VII. "YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE" 74 VIII. THE WALK 80 IX. THE SURPRISE 90 X. CASTLES IN THE AIR 99 XI. MURPHY AND RODOLPH 119 XII. THE RENDEZVOUS 137 XIII. PREPARATIONS 150 XIV. THE BLEEDING HEART 157 XV. THE VAULT 166 XVI. THE SICK-NURSE 172 XVII. THE PUNISHMENT 189 XVIII. THE ISLE ADAM 206 XIX. RECOMPENSE 212 XX. THE DEPARTURE 221 XXI. RESEARCHES 225 XXII. HISTORY OF DAVID AND CECILY 246 XXIII. A HOUSE IN THE RUE DU TEMPLE 258 XXIV. THE FOUR STORIES 292 XXV. TOM AND SARAH 302 XXVI. THE BALL 323 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.