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CONTENTS.
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| First political victims of the Guillotine | 56 |
| 'Liste des Condamnés' | 57 |
| Inaccuracy of contemporary publications | 58 |
| M. Verneuil's statement | 59 |
| Imprisonment of the Sansons | 60 |
| Execution of Gorsas | 61 |
| The massacres at the prisons | 61 |
| Execution of Cazotte | 62 |
| Executions for forgery | 63 |
| Death of the younger Sanson | 63 |
| Stations of the Guillotine | 63 |
| Suppression of the Tribunal | 64 |
| Probable reason for the suppression | 65 |
| The Tribunal revived | 66 |
| Execution of Louis XVI. | 66 |
| Site of the scaffold | 67 |
| The scene after the execution | 68 |
| Number of victims in 1793-4 | 69 |
| Execution of Charlotte Corday | 70 |
| Question as to instantaneousness of death by the Guillotine | 70 |
| Dr. Sue's opinion | 71 |
| Story connected with the execution of Sir Everard Digby | 71 |
| Opinion of Lord Bacon | 72 |
| Execution of Marie Antoinette | 72 |
| Statement of Mr. Alison | 72 |
| Character of the Queen | 73 |
| Execution of Madame Elizabeth | 73 |
| Her noble conduct | 74 |
| Execution of Madame Roland | 75 |
| The statue of Liberty | 76 |
