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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1856. Not illustrated. Excerpt:... "Toulon, 28th of Frimaire, "Year 2 of the Republic, one and indivisible. "The war is at an end, if we know how to avail ourselves of this memorable victory. Let us be terrible that we may not be in danger of being weak or cruel. Let us destroy in our wrath, and at one blow, all rebels, conspirators, and traitors, to spare ourselves the anguish, the tedious misery of punishing them as kings. Let us avenge ourselves as a people, let us strike like the thunder-bolt, and annihilate even the ashes of our enemies, that they may not pollute the soil of liberty. "May the perfidious English be attacked in all directions: may the whole republic form but one volcano to overwhelm them with its devouring lava! May the infamous isle, which produced these monsters, whom humanity disowns, be ingulfed forever in the depths of ocean! Adieu! my friend: teara of joy gush from my eyes, and inundate my soul. "FOCCHE. "P. S. We have only one way of celebrating the victory. This evening we send two hundred and thirteen rebels to meet death amidst the thunder of our guns." Richard. We English are exceedingly obliged to M. Fouch6 for his kind wishes toward us. Mrs. M. And you may rest assured that the vehement passions of the republicans did not exhaust themselves on the aristocrats alone. Almost all the chief promoters of the Revolution fell a sacrifice, sooner or later to its fury; and the insatiable guillotine had almost a daily tribute from the members of all the different factions, who were struggling-with each other for the mastery. Mary. Well, for my part, I think that those poor French who could get to England were very right to stay here. It is quite a pleasure to think that our dear nice little island was such a comfortable place of refuge for them. Mrs. M. When Louis XVIII. ca...