The Adventures of
François
Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing-Master
during the French Revolution
By
S. Weir Mitchell, M.D.
LL.D. Harvard and Edinburgh
New York
The Century Co.
1898
Copyright, 1897, 1898, by
THE CENTURY Co.
THE DE VINNE PRESS.
TO
PHILIP SCHUYLER
IN RECOGNITION OF
A CONSTANT FRIENDSHIP
CONTENTS
Of how François the foundling was cared for by the goodfathers of the Benedictine Asylum for Orphans, and ofwhat manner of lad he was
In which François becomes a choir-boy, and serves twomasters, to the impairment of his moral sense
Of the misfortunes caused by loss of a voice, and of how acat and a damsel got François into trouble—whereupon,preferring the world to a monastery, he ran away fromthe choristers of Notre Dame
Of how the world used François, and of the reward of virtue.He makes his first friend
Of the immorality which may come of an empty stomach,and of how François became acquainted with a humancrab
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