IV. From Ancient Days to Our Own 588 V. Sidney Smith 594 VI. Ptolemais 601 VII. The Scouts 607 VIII. The Beautiful Daughters of Nazareth 613 IX. The Battle of Nazareth 619 X. Mount Tabor 624 XI. The Bullet Merchant 631 XII. How Citizen Pierre-Claude Faraud was made a Sub-Lieutenant 635 XIII. The Last Assault 640 XIV. The Last Bulletin 644 XV. Vanished Dreams 648 XVI. The Retreat 652 XVII. Wherein we see that Bonaparte's Presentiments did not Deceive Him 657 XVIII. Aboukir 662 XIX. Departure 668 INTRODUCTION In the preface of "The Companions of Jehu" I told why that romance had been written; and those who have read it cannot fail to have seen where I borrowed from Nodier in the description of the execution, of which he was an ocular witness. In short, I borrowed my dénouement from him. Now "The Whites and the Blues," being a continuation of "The Companions of Jehu," my readers will not be astonished if I again borrow from Nodier for the beginning of my story. During his long illness, which was simply a gradual decay of physical and vital strength, I was one of his most constant visitors; and as, on account of his incessant labors, he had not had the time to read my books relating to the epoch with which he was so familiar, he sent for the seven or eight hundred volumes while he was ill and confined to his bed, and read them eagerly. In proportion as he became better acquainted with my methods, his literary confidence in me increased, until, when I spoke to him of his own work, he would reply: "Oh! I have never had time to do more than outline rough drafts of events which, if you had possessed the facts, would have furnished you with material for ten volumes, instead of the two hundred lines that I have made of them." And thus it was that he came to relate the four pages which served me as the foundation for the three volumes of "The Companions of Jehu," and the anecdote of Euloge Schneider, from which he declared that I would have made at least ten. "But," he continued, "some day, my friend, you will write them, and if it is true that any part of us survives, I shall rejoice yonder over your success and shall feel that I have had some share in it."