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    CONTENTS


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  • I AURORE DUPIN . . . . . . . . . . 1
  • II BARONNE DUDEVANT. . . . . . . . . 27
  • III A FEMINIST OF 1832 . . . . . . . . 64
  • IV THE ROMANTIC ESCAPADE . . . . . . . 98
  • V THE FRIEND OF MICHEL (DE BOURGES) . . .135
  • VI A CASE OF MATERNAL AFFECTION IN LOVE . .170
  • VII THE HUMANITARIAN DREAM. . . . . . .198
  • VIII 1848 . . . . . . . . . . . .230
  • IX THE `BONNE DAME' OF NOHANT . . . . .261
  • X THE GENIUS OF THE WRITER . . . . . .288

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    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  • GEORGE SAND. . . . . . . . Frontispiece
    (From a photogravure by N. Desmardyl, after a Painting by A. Charpentier)
  • GEORGE SAND. . . . . . . . 32
    (From an engraving by L. Calamatia)
  • JULES SANDEAU . . . . . . . 72
    (From an etching by M. Desboutins)
  • ALFRED DE MUSSET. . . . . . . 112
    (From a lithograph)
  • FACSIMILE OF AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF GEORGE SAND 120
    (Written from Venice to Hipp. Chatiron)
  • GEORGE SAND. . . . . . . . 152
    (From a lithograph)
  • F. CHOPIN . . . . . . . . 184
    (From a photograph)
  • PIERRE LEROUX . . . . . . . 210
    (From a lithograph by A. Collette)
  • GEORGE SAND. . . . . . . . 248
    (From a lithograph)