Chapter II: Introduction: 5

I. AFTER THE REVOLUTION 11

II. THE GREAT SEAPORT PRISONS 46

III. CELEBRATED FRENCH CONVICTS 69

IV. THE FIRST GREAT DETECTIVE 92

V. THE COMBAT WITH CRIME 112

VI. CELEBRATED CASES 131

VII. THE COURSE OF THE LAW 154

VIII. MAZAS AND LA SANTÉ 171

IX. TWO MODEL REFORMATORIES 197

X. A MODEL PENITENTIARY 222

List of Illustrations

MADAME ROLAND INCARCERATED IN SAINTE PÉLAGIE _Frontispiece_

THE CONCIERGERIE, PARIS _Page_ 28

HOSPICE DE LA BICÊTRE, PARIS “ 53

SAINTE PÉLAGIE “ 113

HOSPICE DE LA SALTPÊTRIÈRE, PARIS “ 200

MODERN FRENCH PRISONS