VICTOR HUGO.

PART THIRD.

MARIUS.

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY SIR LASCELLES WRAXALL.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1887.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

MARIUS.

BOOK I.

PARIS STUDIED IN ITS GAMIN.

I. PARVULUS

II. THE GAMIN'S CHARACTERISTICS

III. HE IS AGREEABLE

IV. HE MAY BE USEFUL

V. HIS CONFINES

VI. A BIT OF HISTORY

VII. THE GAMIN WOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN INDIAN CASTES

VIII. A CHARMING ANECDOTE OF THE LAST KING

IX. THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL

X. ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO

XI. THE REIGN OF RIDICULE

XII. THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE

XIII. LITTLE GAVROCHE

BOOK II.

LE GRAND BOURGEOIS.

I. NINETY YEARS AND TWO-AND-THIRTY TEETH

II. LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOME

III. LUC ESPRIT

IV. AN ASPIRING CENTENARIAN

V. BASQUE AND NICOLETTE

VI. MAGNON AND HER TWO LITTLE ONES

VII. RULE: NO ONE RECEIVED UNTIL EVENING

VIII. TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR

BOOK III.

GRANDFATHER AND GRANDSON.

I. AN OLD DRAWING-ROOM

II. A RED SPECTRE OF THAT DAY

III. REQUIESCANT!

IV. THE END OF THE BRIGAND

V. MARIUS MEETS A CHURCHWARDEN

VI. WHAT RESULTED FROM MEETING A CHURCHWARDEN

VII. SOME PETTICOAT

VIII. MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE

BOOK IV.

THE FRIENDS OF THE A. B. C.

I. A GROUP THAT NEARLY BECAME HISTORICAL

II. BOSSUET'S FUNERAL ORATION ON BLONDEAU

III. MARIUS IS ASTONISHED

IV. THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN

V. ENLARGEMENT OF THE HORIZON

VI. RES ANGUSTA

BOOK V.

THE GOOD OF MISFORTUNE.

I. MARIUS IS INDIGENT

II. MARIUS POOR

III. MARIUS GROWS

IV. M. MABŒUF

V. POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO MISERY

VI. THE SUBSTITUTE

BOOK VI.

THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS.

I. NICKNAMES AND SURNAMES

II. LUX FACTA EST

III. THE EFFECT OF SPRING

IV. BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY

V. MAME BOUGON IS THUNDER-STRUCK

VI. TAKEN PRISONER

VII. ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER "U" LEFT TO CONJECTURES

VIII. EVEN INVALIDS MAY BE LUCKY

IX. ECLIPSE

BOOK VII.

PATRON MINETTE.

I. MINES AND MINERS

II. THE BOTTOM

III. BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE

IV. COMPOSITION OF THE TROOP

BOOK VIII.

THE EVIL POOR.

I. MARIUS LOOKING FOR A GIRL'S BONNET MEETS A MAN'S CAP

II. MARIUS FINDS SOMETHING

III. FOUR LETTERS

IV. A ROSE IN WRETCHEDNESS

V. A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE

VI. THE WILD-BEAST MAN IN HIS LAIR

VII. STRATEGY AND TACTICS

VIII. A SUNBEAM IN THE GARRET

IX. JONDRETTE ALMOST CRIES

X. THE TARIFF OF CAB-FARES

XI. WRETCHEDNESS OFFERS HELP TO SORROW

XII. THE USE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE

XIII. PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT

XIV. A POLICE-AGENT GIVES A LAWYER TWO "KNOCK-ME-DOWNS"

XV. JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASE

XVI. A SONG TO AN ENGLISH AIR POPULAR IN 1832

XVII. THE USE OF MARIUS'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE

XVIII. THE TWO CHAIRS FACE TO FACE

XIX. TREATING OF DARK DEPTHS

XX. THE TRAP

XXI. ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS

XXII. THE LITTLE CHILD WHO CRIED IN VOLUME SECOND

Illustrations.

MARIUS Vol. III. Frontispiece Drawn by G. Jeanniot. BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY Drawn by G. Jeanniot.

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