POEMS

NAPOLEON THE LITTLE

By Victor Hugo

1909,

CONTENTS

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BOOK I

  1. December 20, 18481
  2. Mission of the Representatives10
  3. Notice of Expiration of Term12
  4. Men Will Awaken17
  5. Biography22
  6. Portrait26
  7. In Continuation of the Panegyrics35


BOOK II

  1. The Constitution46
  2. The Senate49
  3. The Council of State and the Corps Législatif52
  4. The Finances55
  5. The Liberty of the Press57
  6. Novelties in Respect to What Is Lawful60
  7. The Adherents64
  8. Meus Agitat Molem69
  9. Omnipotence76
  10. The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte81
  11. Recapitulation86


BOOK III

  1. The Crime96
  2. The Coup d'État at Bay98


BOOK IV
The Other Crimes

  1. Sinister Questions150
  2. Sequel of the Crimes159
  3. What 1802 Would Have Been175
  4. The Jacquerie180


BOOK V
Parliamentarism

  1. 1789189
  2. Mirabeau191
  3. The Tribune193
  4. The Orators196
  5. Influence of Oratory201
  6. What an Orator Is203
  7. What the Tribune Accomplished205
  8. Parliamentarism208
  9. The Tribune Destroyed211


BOOK VI
The Absolution: First Phase

  1. The Absolution214
  2. The Diligence215
  3. Scrutiny of the Vote.—A Reminder
    of Principles.—Facts217
  4. Who Really Voted for M. Bonaparte229
  5. Concession232
  6. The Moral Side of the Question234
  7. An Explanation for M. Bonaparte's Benefit238
  8. Axioms244
  9. Wherein M. Bonaparte Has Deceived Himself246


BOOK VII
The Absolution: Second Phase: The Oath

  1. For an Oath, an Oath and a Half251
  2. Difference in Price255
  3. Oaths of Scientific and Literary Men258
  4. Curiosities of the Business261
  5. The 5th of April, 1852266
  6. Everywhere the Oath272


BOOK VIII
Progress Contained in the Coup D'État

  1. The Quantum of Good Contained in Evil275
  2. The Four Institutions That Stand Opposed to the Republic280
  3. Slow Movement of Normal Progress282
  4. What an Assembly Would Have Done285
  5. What Providence Has Done289
  6. What the Ministers, Army, Magistracy, and Clergy Have Done291
  7. The Form of the Government of God292


CONCLUSION—PART FIRST
Pettiness of the Master—Abjectness of the Situation

  1.   293
  2.   298
  3.   301


CONCLUSION—PART SECOND
Faith and Affliction

  1.   315
  2.   323

TOILERS OF THE SEA

By Victor Hugo

CONTENTS

PART I
SIEUR CLUBIN
Book I.—The History of a Bad Reputation
CHAP. PAGE
I.A Word written on a White Page1
II.The Bû de la Rue3
III.For your Wife: when you Marry7
IV.An Unpopular Man9
V.More Suspicious Facts about Gilliatt18
VI.The Dutch Sloop20
VII.A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House25
VIII.The Gild-Holm-'Ur Seat27

Book II.—Mess Lethierry
I.A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience30
II.A Certain Predilection32
III.The Old Sea Language33
IV.One is Vulnerable where one Loves35

Book III.—Durande and Déruchette
I.Prattle and Smoke37
II.The Old Story of Utopia39
III.Rantaine41
IV.Continuation of the Story of Utopia44
V.The Devil Boat46
VI.Lethierry's Exaltation50
VII.The same Godfather and the same Patron Saint52
VIII."Bonnie Dundee"54
IX.The Man who discovered Rantaine's Character57
X.Long Yarns58
XI.Matrimonial Prospects60
XII.An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry61
XIII.Thoughtlessness adds a Grace to Beauty65

Book IV.—The Bagpipe
I.Streaks of Fire on the Horizon67
II.The Unknown unfolds itself by Degrees69
III.The Air "Bonnie Dundee" finds an Echo on the Hill71
IV."A serenade by night may please a lady fair,
But of uncle and of guardian let the troubadour beware."
Unpublished Comedy		72
V.A Deserved Success has always its Detractors74
VI.The Sloop Cashmere saves a Shipwrecked Crew75
VII.How an Idler had the Good Fortune to be seen by a Fisherman77

Book V.—The Revolver
I.Conversations at the Jean Auberge80
II.Clubin observes Someone86
III.Clubin carries away Something and brings back Nothing88
IV.Pleinmont91
V.The Birds'-nesters96
VI.The Jacressade108
VII.Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers114
VIII.A "Cannon" off the Red Ball and the Black117
IX.Useful Information for Persons who expect or fear the Arrival of Letters from beyond Sea125

Book VI.—The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain
I.The Douvres130
II.An Unexpected Flask of Brandy132
III.Conversations interrupted135
IV.Captain Clubin displays all his great Qualities142
V.Clubin reaches the Crowning-point of Glory147
VI.The Interior of an Abyss suddenly revealed151
VII.An Unexpected Dénouement158

Book VII.—The Danger of Opening a Book at Random
I.The Pearl at the Foot of a Precipice162
II.Much Astonishment on the Western Coast169
III.A Quotation from the Bible173
PART II
MALICIOUS GILLIATT
Book I.—The Rock
I.The Place which is difficult to reach, and difficult to leave181
II.A Catalogue of Disasters186
III.Sound; but not Safe188
IV.A Preliminary Survey190
V.A Word upon the Secret Co-operations of the Elements192
VI.A Stable for the Horse196
VII.A Chamber for the Voyager198
VIII.Importunæque Volucres205
IX.The Rock, and how Gilliatt used it207
X.The Forge210
XI.Discovery214
XII.The Interior of an Edifice under the Sea217
XIII.What was seen there; and what perceived dimly219

Book II.—The Labour
I.The Resources of one who has nothing225
II.Wherein Shakespeare and Æschylus meet227
III.Gilliatt's Masterpiece comes to the Rescue of that of Lethierry229
IV.Sub Re232
V.Sub Umbra237
VI.Gilliatt places the Sloop in readiness242
VII.Sudden Danger244
VIII.Movement rather than Progress247
IX.A Slip between Cup and Lip250
X.Sea-warnings252
XI.A Word to the Wise is enough255

Book III.—The Struggle
I.Extremes meet258
II.The Ocean Winds259
III.The Noises explained262
IV.Turba Turma265
V.Gilliatt's Alternatives267
VI.The Combat268

Book IV.—Pitfalls in the Way
I.He who is Hungry is not Alone280
II.The Monster296
III.Another Kind of Sea-combat297
IV.Nothing is hidden; Nothing lost299
V.The Fatal Difference between Six Inches and Two Feet302
VI.De Profundis ad Altum306
VII.The Appeal is heard311
PART III
DÉRUCHETTE
Book I.—Night and the Moon
I.The Harbour Bell315
II.The Harbour Bell again327

Book II.—Gratitude and Despotism
I.Joy surrounded by Tortures335
II.The Leathern Trunk343

Book III.—The Departure of the "Cashmere"
I.The Havelet near the Church346
II.Despair confronts Despair348
III.The Forethought of Self-sacrifice355
IV.For your Wife: when you Marry359
V.The Great Tomb362

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