Front matter
Reading edition
[Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.
Page 492: A probable typographical error "Camide, Desmoulins" has been replaced by "Camille Desmoulin".
The following sentences had illegible words; inserted words are shown here between "=".
Page 82: "and his mother, Catharine, became virtually the =ruler= of the nation."
Page 178: "The minority had now become a majority," — which is not unusual in revolutionary times, — and proceeded to the work, in good earnest, which =he= had long contemplated.
Page 487: All classes in France were anxious for it, and =war= was soon declared.]