Finally, it is the distinctive test of good literature upon any topic, that it does not sate, but incites to further thought and study. Not the least of the values of _The Sword of Honor; or, The Foundation of the French Republic_, is that it performs this reverent duty matchlessly for the momentous period of which it treats. SOLON DE LEON. New York, April, 1910. INDEX TO BOTH VOLUMES PART I. FALL OF THE BASTILLE. CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE IN ST. FRANCOIS STREET 7 II. REVOLUTIONARY EFFERVESCENCE 22 III. THE VOYANTS 33 IV. LITTLE RODIN 46 V. COUNT AND JESUIT 54 VI. ROYALISTS AT BANQUET 68 VII. NEWS FROM THE BARRICADES 83 VIII. IN THE HALL OF THE PORTRAITS 101 IX. FILIAL CONFIDENCES 105 X. DEPUTY DESMARAIS 111 XI. LIONS AND JACKALS 122 XII. REUNITED FROM THE BASTILLE 132 XIII. THE LEBRENN FAMILY 138 XIV. THE BOURGEOIS UNMASKED 150 XV. THE MYSTERIES OF THE PEOPLE 167 PART II. THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION. CHAPTER I. THE NATION INSULTED--AND AVENGED 179 II. MIRABEAU 189 III. AT THE JACOBIN CLUB 195 IV. THE KING ARRESTED 211 V. THE DAY OF THE FIELD OF MARS 217 VI. WAR AND COUNTER-WAR 229 VII. TRIUMPHANT INSURRECTION 242 VIII. REPRISALS 258 IX. "TO THE FRONT!" 274 X. ROYALTY ABOLISHED 287 XI. BOURGEOIS TURNED SANS-CULOTTE 293 XII. HOWLING WITH THE WOLVES 303 XIII. THE HOWL RINGS FALSE 311 PART II--THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTION. (Continued) CHAPTER XIV. JESUIT CAMPAIGNING 1 XV. THE KING ON TRIAL 23 XVI. LEBRENN AND NEROWEG 33 XVII. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 45 XVIII. THE KING SENTENCED 61