Chapter I: Have Not Thought It Necessary to Include Therein Biographies

OF ANY MEMBER OF THE BONAPARTE FAMILY NOR OF SUCH WELL-KNOWN
ENGLISHMEN AS WILLIAM PITT AND CHARLES FOX, BUT MERELY
ENDEAVOURED TO GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN LEADING
CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST FRENCH REVOLUTION WHOM A LATER
GENERATION HAS FORGOTTEN, AND ALSO DESCRIBED CERTAIN OTHER
HISTORICAL PERSONAGES.