[Illustration: THE CHEVALIER D’EON 1770
_From the Portrait by Huquier_]
D’EON DE BEAUMONT
HIS LIFE AND TIMES
COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM UNPUBLISHED
PAPERS AND LETTERS BY OCTAVE HOMBERG
AND FERNAND JOUSSELIN AND NOW TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH BY ALFRED RIEU
LONDON: MARTIN SECKER
NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI MCMXI