CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I WARRIORS AND WILD BEASTS

II EDUCATING A MARQUIS

III A NEW KING

IV AN UNRULY COURTIER

V LEADING A DOUBLE LIFE

VI A SEA-TURN

VII AN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE

VIII AN ASTONISHING RECEPTION

IX PROVING HIMSELF A SOLDIER

X LETTERS

XI A FOOL'S ERRAND

XII FARCE AND TREACHERY

XIII A LIAISON OFFICER

XIV NEAR-MUTINY AND NEAR-IMPRISONMENT

XV HELP AND DISAPPOINTMENT

XVI BLACK TREACHERY

XVII PREPARING FOR THE LAST ACT

XVIII YORKTOWN

XIX "THE WINE OF HONOR"

XX THE PASSING OF OLD FRANCE

XXI THE TRICOLOR

XXII THE SANS-CULOTTES

XXIII POPULARITY AND PRISON

XXIV SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE RESCUE!

XXV VOLUNTEERS IN MISFORTUNE

XXVI EXILES

XXVII A GRATEFUL REPUBLIC

XXVIII LEAVE-TAKINGS

XXIX PRESIDENT OR KING-MAKER?

XXX SEVENTY-SIX YEARS YOUNG

INDEX

108 , 109 , 116 , 117 , 146 , 149 , 153 , 155 , 168 , 169 , 265

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE From an engraving by Jones

The Boys' Life of LAFAYETTE

by

Helen Nicolay

Illustrated

Harper & Brothers Publishers

New York and London