Note 4 — Chapter I · THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE LABORING CLASSES.
Reading edition
Vide Von Sybel, “Geschichte der Revolutionszeit,” Bd. i. Buch i. Capitel 1, and Bd. ii. Buch vii. Capitel 3. In regard to absenteeism, consult, especially, Taine’s “Ancient Régime,” bk. i. ch, iii. pt. iii.