In the seventy numbers which follow, up to February 3, 1790, the debates of the Assembly were afterwards written out, amplified, and put in a dramatic form.

All numbers anterior to February 3, 1790, are the result of a compilation executed in the year IV.

The narrative part during the first six months of the Revolution is of no value.

The report of the sittings of the Assembly is more exact, but should be revised sitting by sitting and discourse by discourse for a detailed history of the National Assembly.

The principal authorities which are really contemporary are, "Le Mercure de France," "Le Journal de Paris," "Le point de Jour" by Barrere, the "Courrier de Versailles," by Gorsas, the "Courrier de Provence" by Mirabeau, the "Journal des Debats et Decrets," the official reports of the National assembly, the "Bulletin de l'Asemblee Nationale," by Marat, besides the newspapers above cited for the period following the 14th of July, and the speeches, which are printed separately.] [Footnote 1419: C.Desmoulins, letters of September 20th and of subsequent dates.