CONTENTS

[ BOOK 1. ]

[ PREFACE. ]

[ SECTION I. ]

[ SECTION II.—LOUIS XIV. ]

[ SECTION III.—MADEMOISELLE DE FONTANGE. ]

[ SECTION IV.-MADAME DE LA VALLIERE. ]

[ SECTION V.—MADAME DE MONTESPAN ]

[ SECTION VI.—MADAME DE MAINTENON. ]

[ SECTION VII.—THE QUEEN—CONSORT OF LOUIS XIV. ]

[ BOOK 2. ]

[ SECTION VIII.—PHILIPPE I., DUC D’ORLEANS. ]

[ SECTION IX.—PHILIPPE II., DUC D’ ORLEANS, REGENT OF FRANCE. ]

[ SECTION X.—THE AFFAIRS OF THE REGENCY. ]

[ SECTION XI.—THE DUCHESSE D’ORLEANS, WIFE OF THE REGENT. ]

[ SECTION XII.—MARIE-ANNE CHRISTINE VICTOIRE OF BAVARIA, THE FIRST DAUPHINE. ]

[ SECTION XIII.—ADELAIDE OF SAVOY, THE SECOND DAUPHINE. ]

[ SECTION XIV.—THE FIRST DAUPHIN. ]

[ SECTION XV.—THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, THE SECOND DAUPHIN. ]

[ SECTION XVI.—PETITE MADAME. ]

[ BOOK 3. ]

[ SECTION XVII.—HENRIETTA OF ENGLAND, THE FIRST WIFE OF MONSIEUR, BROTHER OF LOUIS XIV. ]

[ SECTION XVIII.—THE DUC DE BERRI. ]

[ SECTION XIX.—THE DUCHESSE DE BERRI. ]

[ SECTION XX.—MADEMOISELLE D’ORLEANS, LOUISE-ADELAIDE DE CHARTRES. ]

[ SECTION XXI.—MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS, CHARLOTTE-AGLAE, CONSORT OF THE PRINCE OF MODENA. ]

[ SECTION XXII.—THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF THE REGENT, DUC D’ORLEANS. ]

[ SECTION XXIII.—THE CHEVALIER DE LORRAINE. ]

[ SECTION XXIV.—PHILIP V., KING OF SPAIN. ]

[ SECTION XXV.—THE DUCHESSE LOUISE-FRANCISQUE, CONSORT OF LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON. ]

[ SECTION XXVI.—THE YOUNGER DUCHESS. ]

[ SECTION XXVII.—LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON. ]

[ SECTION XXVIII.—FRANCOIS-LOUIS, PRINCE DE CONTI. ]

[ SECTION XXIX.—THE GREAT PRINCESSE DE CONTI, DAUGHTER OF LA VALLIERE. ]

[ SECTION XXX.—THE PRINCESS PALATINE, MARIE-THERESE DE BOURBON, WIFE OF FRANCOIS-LOUIS, ]

[ SECTION XXXI.—LOUISE-ELIZABETH, PRINCESSE DE CONTI, CONSORT OF LOUIE-ARMAND DE CONTI. ]

[ SECTION XXXII.—LOUIE-ARMAND, PRINCE DE CONTI. ]

[ SECTION XXXIII.—THE ABBE DUBOIS. ]

[ SECTION XXXIV.—MR. LAW. ]

[ BOOK 4. ]

[ SECTION XXXV.—VICTOR AMADEUS, KING OF SICILY. ]

[ SECTION XXXVI.—THE GRAND DUCHESS, WIFE OF COSMO II. OF FLORENCE. ]

[ SECTION XXXVII.—THE DUCHESSE DE LORRAINE, ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE PHILIPPINE D’ORLEANS, CONSORT OF LEOPOLD JOSEPH-CHARLES DE LORRAINE. ]

[ SECTION XXXVIII.—THE DUC DU MAINE, LOUIS-AUGUSTUS. ]

[ SECTION XXXIX.—THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE, LOUISE-BENOITE, DAUGHTER OF HENRI-JULES DE CONDE. ]

[ SECTION XL.—LOUVOIS ]

[ SECTION XLI.—LOUIS XV. ]

[ SECTION XLII.—ANECDOTES AND HISTORICAL PARTICULARS RELATING TO VARIOUS PERSONS. ]