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t word upon the wall disappeared from the midst of the generations of man many centuries ago; the word, in its turn, has been effaced from the wall of the church; the church will, perhaps, itself soon disappear from the face of the earth.
It is upon this word that this book is founded.
March, 1831.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOLUME I.
BOOK FIRST.
I. The Grand Hall II. Pierre Gringoire III. Monsieur the Cardinal IV. Master Jacques Coppenole V. Quasimodo VI. Esmeralda
BOOK SECOND. I. From Charybdis to Scylla II. The Place de Grève III. Kisses for Blows IV. The Inconveniences of Following a Pretty Woman through the Streets in the Evening V. Result of the Dangers VI. The Broken Jug VII. A Bridal Night
BOOK THIRD. I. Notre-Dame II. A Bird's-eye View of Paris
BOOR FOURTH. I. Good Souls II. Claude Frollo III. Immanis Pecoris Custos, Immanior Ipse IV. The Dog and his Master V. More about Claude Frollo VI. Unpopularity
BOOK FIFTH. I. Abbas Beati Martini II. This will Kill That
BOOK SIXTH. I. An Impartial Glance at the Ancient Magistracy II. The Rat-hole III. History of a Leavened Cake of Maize IV. A Tear for a Drop of Water V. End of the Story of the Cake
CHAPTER 1.
THE GRAND HALL.
Three hundred and forty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to-day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal.
The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. There was nothing notable in the event which thus set the bells and the bourgeois of Paris in a ferment from early morning. It was neither an assault by the Picards nor the Burgundians, nor a hunt led along in procession, nor a revolt of scholars in the town of Laas, nor an entry of "our much dread lord, monsieur the king," nor even a pretty