Produced by David T. Jones, Paul Ereaut, Al Haines & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE WORKS OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS IN THIRTY VOLUMES THE WHITES AND THE BLUES ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS ON WOOD BY EMINENT FRENCH AND AMERICAN ARTISTS NEW YORK P. F. COLLIER AND SON M C M I I COPYRIGHT 1902 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON [Illustration: decoration] CONTENTS PROLOGUE THE PRUSSIANS ON THE RHINE I. From the Hôtel de la Poste to the Hôtel de la Lanterne 7 II. The Citizeness Teutch 15 III. Euloge Schneider 23 IV. Eugene de Beauharnais 31 V. Mademoiselle de Brumpt 38 VI. Master Nicholas 49 VII. Filial Love, or the Wooden Leg 54 VIII. The Provocation 61 IX. In which Charles is Arrested 67 X. Schneider's Journey 73 XI. The Marriage Proposal 76 XII. Saint-Just 80 XIII. The Wedding of Euloge Schneider 87 XIV. Wishes 92 XV. The Count de Sainte-Hermine 99 XVI. The Foraging Cap 106 XVII. Pichegru 113 XVIII. Charles's Reception 119 XIX. The Spy 125 XX. The Dying Man's Prophecy 132 XXI. The Night Before the Battle 139 XXII. The Battle 144 XXIII. After the Battle 150 XXIV. Citizen Fenouillot, Commercial Traveller for Champagne 155 XXV. Chasseur Falou and Corporal Faraud 161 XXVI. The Prince's Envoy 167 XXVII. Pichegru's Reply 173 XXVIII. The Drum-Head Marriage 181 XXIX. The Prussian Artillery for Six Hundred Francs 190 XXX. The Organ 196 XXXI. In which the Organ-Grinder's Plan Begins to Develop 202