be entertained as to the
_conclusions_ to which we have come on such points, we shall not have
given ground for any complaint that we have violated any due courtesy or
propriety in our _mode_ of expressing those conclusions, or the reasons
on which they are founded.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
THE HISTORY OF MY YOUTH.

An Autobiography of Francis Arago 1

BAILLY.

Introduction 91

Infancy of Bailly.--His Youth.--His Literary Essays.--His
Mathematical Studies 93

Bailly becomes the Pupil of Lacaille.--He is associated
with him in his Astronomical Labours 97

Bailly a Member of the Academy of Sciences.--His Researches
on Jupiter's Satellites 103

Bailly's Literary Works.--His Biographies of Charles V.--of
Leibnitz--of Peter Corneille--of Moliere 106

Debates relative to the Post of Perpetual Secretary of
the Academy of Sciences 110

History of Astronomy.--Letters on the Atlantis of Plato
and on the Ancient History of Asia 114

First Interview of Bailly with Franklin.--His Entrance
into the French Academy in 1783.--His Reception.--Discourse.--His
Rupture with Buffon 121

Report on Animal Magnetism 127

Election of Bailly into the Academy of Inscriptions 155

Report on the Hospitals 157

Report on the Slaughter-Houses 165

Biographies of Cook and of Gresset 167

Assembly of the Notables.--Bailly is named First Deputy
of Paris; and soon after Dean or Senior of the Deputies
of the Communes 169

Bailly becomes Mayor of Paris.--Scarcity.--Marat declares
himself inimical to the Mayor.--Events of the 6th of October 179

A Glance at the Posthumous Memoir of Bailly 193

Examination of Bailly's Administration as Mayor 195

The King's Flight.--Events on the Champ de Mars 206

Bailly quits the Mayoralty the 12th of