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INDEX

Académie Française, 147; reception of M. Lavedan, 149; reception of M. Hervieu, 151; its restoration after the Terror, 154; its influence and mission, 155; prizes, 158

Affaire Dreyfus, 88, 93, 101, 126, 220, 237

Alsace and Lorraine, 102

Angoulême, 214

Anti-Semitism, 26, 53, 151

Aristocracy, 47; its disaffection, 50; the old-fashioned aristocrat, 55, 56; the modern rowdy aristocrat, 52, 56, 75, 259

Army, 87; its attitude, 90; its popularity, 91; the perils of militarism, 94; conscription, 94; a military document, 95; military service, 99; attitude of officers in civil courts, 101; M. Urbain Gohier's indictment of the army, 103, 104; military plays, 105; French generals, 108; military rewards, 109; Au Tableau, 110

Artisan, 219, 244

Assistance Publique, 284; contrast of the state of the poor in Paris under the ancien régime and under the Third Republic, 284, 285, 288-292, 300

Aubernon, Madame, 257

Aversier, 17

Baccalauréat, 116

Balzac, 148, 205

Barrès, Maurice, 103, 156

Bazin, René, La Terra qui Meurt, 106, 205, 227

Béarn, 3