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APPENDIX B.

The Chief Events in Dumas's Life, with their Dates.

Birth at Villers-Cotterets July 24, 1802
Death of his Father, General Dumas 1806
Becomes a Clerk with M. Mennesson, the Notary 1816
Becomes a Clerk with M. Lefévre, Crépy 1822
Runaway trip to Paris. 1822
Return to Paris—Clerkship in the Orléans Bureau 1823
Birth of Alexandre Dumas fils 1824
Production of "La Chasse et l'Amour" September 22, 1825
Publication of "Nouvelles Contemporaines" 1826
Kean and the English Shakespeare Company in Paris. 1827
Production of "Henri Trois," Théâtre Français Feb. 10, 1829
Production of "Christine" at the Odéon March 29, 1830
"The Revolution of July"; the Soisson Expedition July 30 and 31, 1830
"The Revolution in La Vendée"; as Special Commissioner August, 1830
Production of "Antony" 1831
Attacked by the Cholera 1832
Gaillardet and "La Tour de Nesle" 1832
Publication of "Isabel de Bavière" 1832
Swiss Travels 1832
Visit to England. 1833
Travels in the South of France, Corsica, Calabria, Sicily 1834
Travels in Hyères, Etna, Naples, etc. 1835-6
Death of Dumas's Mother 1838
Travels in Belgium and on the Rhine 1838
Production of "Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle' 1839