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  VOLUME III--MARIUS.

  BOOK FIRST.--PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM CHAPTER I--PARVULUS CHAPTER II--SOME OF HIS PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER III--HE IS AGREEABLE CHAPTER IV--HE MAY BE OF USE CHAPTER V--HIS FRONTIERS CHAPTER VI--A BIT OF HISTORY CHAPTER VII--THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF INDIA CHAPTER VIII--IN WHICH THE READER WILL FIND A CHARMING SAYING OF THE LAST KING CHAPTER IX--THE OLD SOUL OF GAUL CHAPTER X--ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO CHAPTER XI--TO SCOFF, TO REIGN CHAPTER XII--THE FUTURE LATENT IN THE PEOPLE CHAPTER XIII--LITTLE GAVROCHE

  BOOK SECOND.--THE GREAT BOURGEOIS CHAPTER I--NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH CHAPTER II--LIKE MASTER, LIKE HOUSE CHAPTER III--LUC-ESPRIT CHAPTER IV--A CENTENARIAN ASPIRANT CHAPTER V--BASQUE AND NICOLETTE CHAPTER VI--IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN CHAPTER VII--RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING CHAPTER VIII--TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR

  BOOK THIRD.--THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON CHAPTER I--AN ANCIENT SALON CHAPTER II--ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH CHAPTER III--REQUIESCANT CHAPTER IV--END OF THE BRIGAND CHAPTER V--THE UTILITY OF GOING TO MASS, IN ORDER TO BECOME A REVOLUTIONIST CHAPTER VI--THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN CHAPTER VII--SOME PETTICOAT CHAPTER VIII--MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE

  BOOK FOURTH.--THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C CHAPTER I--A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC CHAPTER II--BLONDEAU'S FUNERAL ORATION BY BOSSUET CHAPTER III--MARIUS' ASTONISHMENTS CHAPTER IV--THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFÉ MUSAIN CHAPTER V--ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON CHAPTER VI--RES ANGUSTA

  BOOK FIFTH.--THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE CHAPTER I--MARIUS INDIGENT CHAPTER II--MARIUS POOR CHAPTER III--MARIUS GROWN UP CHAPTER IV--M. MABEUF CHAPTER V--POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY CHAPTER VI--THE SUBSTITUTE

  BOOK SIXTH.--THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS CHAPTER I--THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAMES CHAPTER II--LUX FACTA EST CHAPTER III--EFFECT OF THE SPRING CHAPTER IV--BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY CHAPTER V--DIVERS CLAPS OF THUNDER FALL ON MA'AM BOUGON CHAPTER VI--TAKEN PRISONER CHAPTER VII--ADVENTURES OF THE LETTER U DELIVERED OVER TO CONJECTURES CHAPTER VIII--THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY CHAPTER IX--ECLIPSE

  BOOK SEVENTH.--PATRON MINETTE CHAPTER I--MINES AND MINERS CHAPTER II--THE LOWEST DEPTHS CHAPTER III--BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASSE CHAPTER IV--COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE

  BOOK EIGHTH.--THE WICKED POOR MAN CHAPTER I--MARIUS, WHILE SEEKING A GIRL IN A BONNET, ENCOUNTERS A MAN IN A CAP CHAPTER II--TREASURE TROVE CHAPTER III--QUADRIFRONS CHAPTER IV--A ROSE IN MISERY CHAPTER V--A PROVIDENTIAL PEEP-HOLE CHAPTER VI--THE WILD MAN IN HIS LAIR CHAPTER VII--STRATEGY AND TACTICS CHAPTER VIII--THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL CHAPTER IX--JONDRETTE COMES NEAR WEEPING CHAPTER X--TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR CHAPTER XI--OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS CHAPTER XII--THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE CHAPTER XIII--SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABUNTUR ORARE PATER NOSTER CHAPTER XIV--IN WHICH A POLICE AGENT BESTOWS TWO FISTFULS ON A LAWYER CHAPTER XV--JONDRETTE MAKES HIS PURCHASES CHAPTER XVI--IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE WORDS TO AN ENGLISH AIR WHICH      WAS IN FASHION IN 1832 CHAPTER XVII--THE USE MADE OF MARIUS' FIVE-FRANC PIECE CHAPTER XVIII--MARIUS' TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS CHAPTER XIX--OCCUPYING ONE'S SELF WITH OBSCURE DEPTHS CHAPTER XX--THE TRAP CHAPTER XXI--ONE SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN BY ARRESTING THE VICTIMS CHAPTER XXII--THE LITTLE ONE WHO WAS CRYING IN VOLUME TWO