Contents

Contents

DEDICATION

SONS OF THE SOIL

PART I

CHAPTER I. THE CHATEAU CHAPTER II. A BUCOLIC OVERLOOKED BY VIRGIL CHAPTER III. THE TAVERN CHAPTER IV. ANOTHER IDYLL CHAPTER V. ENEMIES FACE TO FACE CHAPTER VI. A TALE OF THIEVES CHAPTER VII. CERTAIN LOST SOCIAL SPECIES CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT REVOLUTIONS OF A LITTLE VALLEY CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE MEDIOCRACY CHAPTER X. THE SADNESS OF A HAPPY WOMAN CHAPTER XI. THE OARISTYS, EIGHTEENTH ECLOGUE OF THEOCRITUS CHAPTER XII. SHOWETH HOW THE TAVERN IS THE PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT CHAPTER XIII.     A TYPE OF THE COUNTRY USURER

PART II

CHAPTER I. THE LEADING SOCIETY OF SOULANGES CHAPTER II. THE CONSPIRATORS IN THE QUEEN’S SALON CHAPTER III. THE CAFE DE LA PAIX CHAPTER IV. THE TRIUMVIRATE OF VILLE-AUX-FAYES CHAPTER V. VICTORY WITHOUT A FIGHT CHAPTER VI. THE FOREST AND THE HARVEST CHAPTER VII. THE GREYHOUND CHAPTER VIII.     RURAL VIRTUE CHAPTER IX. THE CATASTROPHE CHAPTER X. THE TRIUMPH OF THE VANQUISHED

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