CHAPTER I.—SUCCESS OF THIS PHILOSOPHY IN FRANCE.—FAILURE OF THE SAME I. The Propagating Organ, Eloquence. II. Its Method. III. Its Popularity. IV. The Masters. CHAPTER II. THE FRENCH PUBLIC. I. The Nobility. II. Conditions In France. III. French Indolence. IV. Unbelief. V. Political Opposition. VI. Well-Meaning Government. CHAPTER III. THE MIDDLE CLASS. I. The Past. II. CHANGE IN THE CONDITION OF THE BOURGEOIS. III. Social Promotion. IV. Rousseau's Philosophy Spreads And Takes HOLD. V. Revolutionary Passions. VI. Summary BOOK FIFTH. THE PEOPLE CHAPTER I. HARDSHIPS. I. Privations. II. The Peasants. III. The Countryside. IV. The Peasant Becomes Landowner. CHAPTER II. TAXATION THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE OF MISERY. I. Extortion. II. Local Conditions. III. The Common Laborer. IV. Collections And Seizures.—Observe the system actually at work. It V. Indirect Taxes. VI. Burdens And Exemptions. VII. Municipal Taxation. VIII. Complaints In The Registers. CHAPTER III. INTELLECTUAL STATE OF THE PEOPLE. I. Intellectual incapacity II. Political incapacity III. Destructive impulses IV. Insurrectionary leaders and recruits CHAPTER IV. THE ARMED FORCES. I. Military force declines II. The social organization is dissolved III. Direction of the current CHAPTER V. SUMMARY. I. Suicide of the Ancient Regime. II. Aspirations for the 'Great Revolution.' END OF VOLUME THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, VOLUME 1. PREFACE BOOK FIRST. SPONTANEOUS ANARCHY. CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF ANARCHY. I. Dearth the first cause. II. Expectations the second cause III. The provinces during the first six months of 1789 IV. Intervention of ruffians and vagabonds. V. Effect on the Population of the New Ideas. VI. The first jacquerie in Province CHAPTER II. PARIS UP TO THE 14TH OF JULY. I. Mob recruits in the vicinity II. The Press. III. The Réveillon affair. IV. The Palais-Royal. V. Popular mobs become a political force. VI. July 13th and 14th 1789. VII. Murders of Foulon and Berthier. VIII. Paris in the hands of the people. CHAPTER III. I. Anarchy from July 14th to October 6th, 1789 II. The provinces III. Public feeling. Famine IV. Panic. V. Attacks on public individuals and public property. VI. Taxes are no longer paid. VII. Attack upon private individuals and private property. CHAPTER IV. PARIS. I. Paris. II. The distress of the people. III. The new popular leaders. IV. Intervention by the popular leaders with the Government. V. The 5th and 6th of October. VI. The Government and the nation in the hands of the revolutionary party. BOOK SECOND. THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, AND THE RESULT OF ITS LABORS. CHAPTER I. CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THE FRAMING OF GOOD LAWS. I. These conditions absent in the Assembly II. Inadequacy of its information. III. The Power Of Simple, General Ideas. IV. Refusal to supply the ministry