CHAPTER I. RECOVERY OF SOCIAL ORDER. I. Rule as the mass want to be ruled. II. The Revolution Ends. III. Return of the Emigrés. IV. Education and Medical Care. V. Old and New. VI. Religion VII. The Confiscated Property. VIII. Public Education. CHAPTER II. TAXATION AND CONSCRIPTION. I. Distributive Justice in Allotment of Burdens and Benefits. II. Equitable Taxation. III. Formation of Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors IV. Various Taxes. V. Conscription or Professional soldiers. CHAPTER III. AMBITION AND SELF-ESTEEM. I. Rights and benefits. II. Ambitions during the Ancient Regime. III. Ambition and Selection. IV. Napoleon, Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler. IV. The Struggle for Office and Title. V. Self-esteem and a good Reputation. BOOK FOURTH. DEFECT AND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM. CHAPTER I. LOCAL SOCIETY. I. Human Incentives. II. Local Community. III. Essential Public Local Works. IV. Local associations. V. Local versus State authority. VI. Local Elections under the First Consul. VII. Municipal and general councillors under the Empire. VIII. Excellence of Local Government after Napoleon. CHAPTER II. LOCAL SOCIETY SINCE 1830. I. Introduction of Universal suffrage. II. Universal suffrage. III. Equity in taxation. IV. On unlimited universal suffrage. V. Rural or urban communes. VI. The larger Communes. VII. Local society in 1880. VIII. Final result in a tendency to bankruptcy. THE MODERN REGIME, VOLUME 2 PREFACE By André Chevrillon. BOOK FIFTH. THE CHURCH. CHAPTER I. MORAL INSTITUTIONS I. Napoleon's Objectives. II. Napoleon's opinions and methods. III. Dealing with the Pope. IV. The Pope, Napoleon's employee. V. State domination of all religion. VI. Napoleon Executes the Concordat. VII. System to which the regular clergy is subject. VIII. Administrative Control. IX. The Imperial Catechism X. The Council of 1811.—The Concordat of 1813. CHAPTER II. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I. The Catholic System. II. The Bishops and their new Situation. III. The new Bishop. IV. The subordinate clergy. CHAPTER III THE CLERGY I. The regular clergy. II. Evolution of the Catholic Church. III. The Church today. IV. Contrasting Vistas. BOOK SIXTH. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. CHAPTER I. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION I. Public instruction and its three effects. II. Napoleon's Educational Instruments. III. Napoleon's machinery. VI. Objects and sentiments. V. Military preparation and the cult of the Emperor. CHAPTER II. I. Primary Instruction. II. Higher Education. III. On Science, Reason and Truth. IV. Napoleon's stranglehold on science. V. On Censorship under Napoleon. CHAPTER III. EVOLUTION BETWEEN 1814 AND 1890. I. Evolution of the Napoleonic machine. II. Educational monopoly of Church and State. III. Internal Vices IV. Cramming and Exams Compared to Apprenticeship V. Public instruction in 1890. VI. Summary.