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La Fayette
[FROM THE PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT MEN AND WOMEN.]

THE
LIFE OF LA FAYETTE


THE KNIGHT OF LIBERTY IN TWO WORLDS AND

TWO CENTURIES.

BY

LYDIA HOYT FARMER,

AUTHOR OF “THE BOYS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS RULERS,” “GIRLS’ BOOK

OF FAMOUS QUEENS,” “A STORY BOOK OF SCIENCE,” “THE

PRINCE OF THE FLAMING STAR,” ETC.

NEW YORK:

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.,

13 Astor Place.


Copyright,

By Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.

1888.


Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston.


DEDICATED

TO

My Husband.