CHAPTER XII. LOUIS XIII., RICHELIEU, AND LITERATURE.
CHAPTER XLIII. LOUIS XIV., THE FRONDE--CARDINAL MAZARIN.
CHAPTER XLIV. LOUIS XIV., HIS WARS AND HIS CONQUESTS. 1661-1697.
CHAPTER XLV. LOUIS XIV., HIS WARS AND HIS REVERSES. (1697-1713.)
CHAPTER XLVI. LOUIS XIV. AND HOME ADMINISTRATION.
CHAPTER XLVII. LOUIS XIV. AND RELIGION.
CHAPTER XLVIII. LOUIS XIV., LITERATURE AND ART.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Henry IV.----11
Sully----37
Henry IV. At Ivry----26
Rosny Castle----30
"Do Not Lose Sight of My White Plume."----30
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma----32
Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne----35
Lemaitre, Mayenne, and the Archbishop of Lyons----53
Henry IV.'s Abjuration----56
The Castle of Monceaux----91
The Castle of St. Germain in the Reign Of Henry IV.--107
The Castle of Fontainbleau----124
Gabrielle D'estrees--130
Henry IV. And his Ministers----138
The Arsenal in the Reign of Henry IV.----143
Marie de Medicis----147
Concini, Leonora Galigai, and Mary De' Medici----149
Louis XIII. And Albert de Luynes----154
Murder of Marshal D'Ancre----155
Richelieu----180
Double Duel----188
"Tapping With his Finger-tips on the Window-pane."----191
Henry, Duke of Montmorency, at Castelnaudary----199
The King and the Cardinal----204
Cinq-Mars and de Thou Going to Execution----215
The Parliament of Paris Reprimanded----217
The Barefoots----221
The Abbot of St. Cyran----234
Demolishing the Fortifications----244
The Harbor of La Rochelle---248
The King and Richelieu at La Rochelle----250
John Guiton's Oath----254
The Defile of Suza Pass----278
Richelieu and Father Joseph----280
Gustavus Adolphus----282
Death of Gustavus and his Page----290
The Palais-Cardinal----305
The Tomb of Richelieu----308
Descartes at Amsterdam----316
The King's Press----323
Peter Corneille----334
The Representation of "The Cid."----335
Corneille at the Hotel Rambouillet---342
Louis XIV.----344
The Great Conde----348
Arrest of Broussel----352
Cardinal de Retz----352
"Ah, Wretch, if Thy Father Saw Thee!"----354
President Mole----355
The Great Mademoiselle----373
Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin----394
Death of Mazarin.----399
Fouquet----404
Colbert----405
Vaux Le Vicomte----405b
Louis XIV. Dismissing Fouquet----407
Louvois----411
William III., Prince of Orange----434
The Brothers Witt----436
Death of Turenne----443
Turenne.----444
An Exploit of John Bart's----446
Duquesne Victorious over Ruyter--446a
Marshal Luxembourg--461
Heinsius----461
Battle of St. Vincent 465a
The Battle of Neerwinden----465
"Here is the King of Spain."----475
News for William III.----481
Bivouac of Louis XIV.----503
The Grand Dauphin----505
Marshal Villars and Prince Eugene----512
Marly----525
Colonnade of the Louvre 525a
Versailles--526
Vauban----534
Misery of the Peasantry----543
The Torture of the Huguenots--552
Revocation of the Edict Of Nantes----556
Death of Roland the Camisard----569
Abbey of Port-Royal----580
Reading the Decree 581
Bossuet----591
Blaise Pascal----597
Fenelon and the Duke of Burgundy----610
La Rochefoucauld and his Fair Friends----629
La Bruyere----633
Corneille Reading to Louis XIV.----642
Racine----646
Boileau-Despreaux----650
La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine----657
Moliere----664
Death of Moliere----669
Lebrun----674
Le Poussin and Claude Lorrain----675
Lesueur----676
Mignard 677
Perrault 678
1715 to 1789
CHAPTER XLIX. LOUIS XIV. AND HIS COURT.
CHAPTER L. LOUIS XIV. AND DEATH. 1711-1715.
CHAPTER LI. LOUIS XV., THE REGENCY, AND CARDINAL DUBOIS. 1715-1723.
CHAPTER LII. LOUIS XV., THE MINISTRY OF CARDINAL FLEURY., 1723-1748.
CHAPTER LIII. LOUIS XV., FRANCE IN THE COLONIES. 1745-1763.
CHAPTER LIV. LOUIS XV., THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.
CHAPTER LV. LOUIS XV., THE PHILOSOPHERS.
CHAPTER LVI. LOUIS XVI., MINISTRY OF M. TURGOT. 1774-1776.
CHAPTER LVII. LOUIS XVI., FRANCE ABROAD.--UNITED STATES' WAR
CHAPTER LVIII. LOUIS XVI., FRANCE AT HOME.--MINISTRY OF M. NECKER.
CHAPTER LIX. LOUIS XVI., M. DE CALONNE AND THE ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES.
CHAPTER LX. LOUIS XVI., CONVOCATION OF THE STATES-GENERAL. 1787-1789.
List of Illustrations
The Grand Monarch in his State Robes----9
Madame de La Valliere----10
Madame de Montespan 12
The Iron Mask----14
Bed-chamber Etiquette----15
Madame de Maintenon and the Duchess of Burgundy.----27
Death of Madame de Maintenon.----34
The King Leaving the Death-bed of Monseigneur----36
Louis XIV. In Old Age----47
The Death-bed of Louis XIV.----50
Versailles at Night----52
The Regent Orleans----54
The Bed of Justice----57
John Law----62
La Rue Quincampoix---68
The Duke and Duchess of Maine----71
Cardinal Dubois----78
Peter the Great and Little Louis XV.----82
Belzunce Amid the Plague-Stricken----96
The Boy King and his People----104
Death of the Regent---107
Louis XV.----110
Cardinal Fleury--110
Mary Leczinska----121
Death of Plelo----130
"Moriamur Pro Rege Nostro."----142
Louis XV. and his Councillors----148
Louis XV. and the Ambassador of Holland----151
Marshal Saxe 154
Battle of Fontenoy----157
Brussels----159
The Citadel of Namur----161
Arrest of Charles Edward----166
Dupleix----168
La Bourdonnais----170
Dupleix Meeting the Soudhabar of The Deccan----174
Death of the Nabob Of The Carnatic----174
Lally at Pondicherry----184
Champlain----190
Death of General Braddock----203
Death of Wolfe----209
Madame de Pompadour----215
Attack on Fort St. Philip----218
Assassination of Louis XV. by Damiens----221
Death of Chevalier D'Assas----233
Antwerp----234
"France, Thy Parliament Will Cut off Thy Head Too!"--249
Defeat of the Corsicans at Golo----256
Montesquieu----269
Fontenelle----274
Voltaire----277
The Rescue of "La Henriade."----283
Arrest of Voltaire----298
Diderot----314
Alembert----317
Diderot and Catherine II.----321
Buffon 323
Rousseau and Madame D'Epinay----338
Louis XVI.----347
Turgot's Dismissal----367
Destruction of the Tea----378
Suffren----413
The Reading of "Paul and Virginia."----427
Necker Hospital----432
Marie Antoinette 456
"There Are My Sledges, Sirs."----458
Lavoisier----465
Cardinal Rohan's Discomfiture----470
Arrest of the Members----502
Genealogical Tables----545