[Transcriber's notes:
blank pages have been removed
Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Corrected obvious printer errors:
page [51], "comparision" changed to "comparison." ("A comparison of the men ....")
page [270], "Tuilleries" changed to "Tuileries." ( "... the poor king was driven from the Tuileries.")
page [315], missing " added. ("... à casser les œufs.""")
page [365], missing "." added. ("Dalrymple, General, 125.")
page [366], "De Lancys" changed to "De Lanceys." ("De Lanceys, 16, 21, 45.")
page [368], "salôn" changed to "salon." ("literary life of the salon")]