with an attempt to
ground it deeply.

If Bigotry may not impossibly be laid to the author by some, because he
has drawn two or three of the characters from unusual quarters and
described them freely; the many who know him will limit any phrases to
the several characters as individuals.

Lastly, the book is not a novel. It consequently escapes the awful
charge of being 'a novel with a purpose.' None can feel more conscious
of its imperfections than the writer, or will regret more if it treads
on any sensitive toes.

WILFRID CHATEAUCLAIR. _Dormilliere, March, 1888._

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MANOIR OF DORMILLIERE 1
II. THE YOUNG SEIGNEUR 4
III. HAVILAND'S IDEA 7
IV. THE MANUSCRIPT 13
V. CONFRERIE 16
VI. ALEXANDRA 20
VII. QUINET 22
VIII. THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE 25
IX. ASSORTED ENTHUSIASMS 29
X. THE ENTHUSIASM OF SOCIAL PLEASURE 33
XI. THE CAVE 43
XII. LA MERE PATRIE 48
XIII. SOMETHING MORE OF QUINET 52
XIV. THE ENTHUSIASM OF LEADERSHIP 54
XV. THE LIFE OF LEADERSHIP 57

BOOK II.

XVI. A POLITICAL SERMON 67
XVII. ZOTIQUE'S RECEPTION 72
XVIII. THE AMERICAN FRANCE 79
XVIII. A DISAPPEARING ORDER 86
XIX. HUMAN NATURE 88
XX. CHEZ-NOUS 91
XXI. DELIVER US FROM THE-EVIL ONE 100
XXII. THE MANUFACTORY OF REFLECTIONS 104
XXIII. THE STATESMAN'S DREAM 106
XXIV. THE INSTITUTE 109
XXV. THE CAMPAIGN PLAN 111
XXV. THE LOW-COUNTRY SUNRISE 120
XXVI. THE IDEAL STATE 126
XXVII. JOSEPHTE 134
XXVIII. GRANDMOULIN 139
XXIX. CHAMILLY 145
XXX. AN ORATION UNDER DIFFICULTIES 149