FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE i A SKETCH OF MY LIFE IWAS born at Mulhouse, in Alsace, October 9, 1859. My childhood passed happily amid the gentle influences of mother and sisters, a kind father devoted to his children, and the companionship of older brothers. My first sorrow was the Franco-Prussian War. It has never faded from my memory. When peace was concluded my father chose the French nationality, and we had to leave Alsace. I went to Paris to continue my studies. In 1878 1 was received at the Ecole Polytech-nique, which in the usual order of things I left in 1880, to enter, as cadet of artillery, the Ecole d*Application of Fontainebleau, where I spentTable of Contents I A Sketch of my Life I; II The Arrest 5; HI The First Court Mania) of 1894 15; IV After the Condemnation 25; V The Degradation 49; VI The He de Re Prison 73; VII The Journey to the lies du Salut 99; /III Devil's Island Diary 103; IX Devil's Island from September, 1896, to; August, 1897 219; X Devil's Island from August...

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