On the manner of negotiating with princes / On the uses of diplomacy; the choice of ministers and envoys; and the personal qualities necessary for success in missions abroad

by Monsieur de Callières

ON THE MANNER OF
NEGOTIATING WITH
PRINCES;

on the Uses of Diplomacy; the Choice of Ministers and Envoys; and the Personal Qualities necessary for Success in Missions abroad; by

MONSIEUR DE CALLIÈRES

Councillor-in-Ordinary to the King in Council, Private Secretary to His Majesty, formerly Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His late Majesty entrusted with the Treaties of Peace concluded at Ryswick, one of the Forty of the French Academy.

Published at Paris by Michel Brunet at the Mercure Galant, 1716; under Royal Privilege and Approval.

Translated from the French by

A. F. WHYTE

Boston and New York

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.

1919

Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty