| PAGE |
| Preface by William E. Hurt | vii |
| Introduction by Hilaire Belloc | 25 |
| CHAPTER I |
| Mr. Tussaud First Enters His Father’s Studio—Reverie—Madame Tussaud’s Uncle Forsakes the Medical Profession for Art—Madame’s Birth and Parentage—A Prince’s Promise | 53 |
| CHAPTER II |
| Curtius Leaves Berne for Paris—The HÔtel d’Aligre—The Court of Louis XV—Madame Arrives in Paris | 59 |
| CHAPTER III |
| Life-size Figures—Museum at the Palais Royal—Exhibition on the Boulevard du Temple—Benjamin Franklin—Voltaire | 65 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| Madame Elizabeth of France—Madame Tussaud Goes to Versailles—Foulon—Three Notable Groups—Gallery of Notorious Criminals | 70 |
| CHAPTER V |
| Eve of the French Revolution—Necker and the Duke of OrlÉans—Louis XVI’s Fatal Mistakes—His Dismissal of the People’s Favourites | 77 |
| CHAPTER VI |
| Madame Tussaud Recalled from Versailles—The Twelfth of July, 1789—Busts Taken from Curtius’s Exhibition—A Garde FranÇaise Slain in the MÊlÉe | 81 |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Heads of the Revolution—Madame’s Terrible Experiences—The Guillotine in Pawn—Madame Acquires the Knife, Lunette and Chopper | 87 |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Madame Dines with the Terrorists Marat and Robespierre, Models their Figures and Subsequently Takes Casts of their Heads—She Visits Charlotte Corday in Prison—Death of Curtius—Madame Marries—Napoleon Sits for His Model | 92 |
| CHAPTER IX |
| Madame Tussaud Leaves France for England, Never to Return—Early Days in London—On Tour—Some Notable Figures—Shipwreck in the Irish Channel | 98 |
| CHAPTER X |
| The Bristol Riots—Narrow Escape of the Exhibition—A Brave Black Servant—Arrival at Blackheath | 103 |
| CHAPTER XI |
| An Old Placard—Princess Augusta’s Testimonial—Great Success at Gray’s Inn Road—Madame Initiates Promenade Concerts—Bygone Tableaux | 108 |
| CHAPTER XII |
| Placard (Continued)—The Old Exhibition—Celebrities of the Day—Tussaud’s Mummy—Poetic Eulogism—Removal to Baker Street—The Iron Duke’s Rejoinder—Madame de Malibran | 113 |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| How the Waterloo Carriage was Acquired—A Chance Conversation on London Bridge—The Strange Adventures of an Emperor’s Equipage—Affidavit of Napoleon’s Coachman | 120 |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| Napoleon’s Waterloo Carriage—Description of Its Exterior | 127 |
| CHAPTER XV |
| Description of the Waterloo Carriage (Continued)—Its Interior and Peculiar Contrivances—Brought to England and Exhibited at the London Museum | 133 |
| CHAPTER XVI |
| The St. Helena Carriage—Napoleon Alarms the Ladies—Certificates of Authenticity | 139 |
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