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     THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING

       THE FULL SERIES OF
    The Mysteries of the People
              OR
    History of a Proletarian Family
        Across the Ages

        By EUGENE SUE

  _Consisting of the Following Works:_

    THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_.
    THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_.
    THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustina and Syomara_.
    THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_.
    THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_.
    THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeuoq and Ronan_.
    THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_.
    THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_.
    THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_.
    THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_.
    THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_.
    THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_.
    THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_.
    THE IRON TREVET; or _Jocelyn the Champion_.
    THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_.
    THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_.
    THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_.
    THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_.
    THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_.

    Published Uniform With This Volume By
       THE NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO.
     28 CITY HALL PLACE NEW YORK CITY




            THE
    GALLEY SLAVE'S RING
            OR
    THE FAMILY OF LEBRENN

A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848

      By EUGENE SUE

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH
     By DANIEL DE LEON

NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1911

   Copyright, 1911, by the
   NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO.




INDEX


TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE                           I

CHAPTER

   I GILDAS AND JEANIKE                        1

  II GEORGE DUCHENE                           19

 III MARIK LEBRENN                            40

  IV PRADELINE                                60

   V CARDINAL AND COUNT                       70

  VI JOEL AND NEROWEG                         82

 VII "THE SWORD OF BRENNUS"                  103

VIII ON THE EVE OF BATTLE                    113

  IX POPULAR JUSTICE                         127

   X ON THE BARRICADE                        139

  XI LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!                 161

 XII THE GALLEY-SLAVE AND THE GENERAL        168

XIII HOME AGAIN                              181

 XIV SACROVIR'S BIRTHDAY                     190

  XV THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER                  198

EPILOGUE                                     