CONTENTS

I.

[A COMEDY QUEEN]

II.

[THE "BONNIE PRINCE'S" BRIDE]

III.

[THE PEASANT AND THE EMPRESS]

IV.

[A CROWN THAT FAILED]

V.

[A QUEEN OF HEARTS]

VI.

[THE REGENT'S DAUGHTER]

VII.

[A PRINCESS OF MYSTERY]

VIII.

[THE KING AND THE "LITTLE DOVE"]

IX.

[THE ROMANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SWEDE]

X.

[THE SISTER OF AN EMPEROR]

XI.

[A SIREN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY]

XII.

[THE CORSICAN AND THE CREOLE]

XIII.

[THE ENSLAVER OF A KING]

XIV.

[AN EMPRESS AND HER FAVOURITES]

XV.

[A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CINDERELLA]

XVI.

[BIANCA, GRAND DUCHESS OF TUSCANY]

XVII.

[RICHELIEU, THE ROUÉ]

XVIII.

[THE INDISCRETIONS OF A PRINCESS]

XIX.

[THE INDISCRETIONS OF A PRINCESS—continued]

XX.

[THE LOVE-AFFAIRS OF A REGENT]

XXI.

[A DELILAH OF THE COURT OF FRANCE]

XXII.

[THE "SUN-KING" AND THE WIDOW]

XXIII.

[A THRONED BARBARIAN]

XXIV.

[A FRIEND OF MARIE ANTOINETTE]

XXV.

[THE RIVAL SISTERS]

XXVI.

[THE RIVAL SISTERS—continued]

XXVII.

[A MISTRESS OF INTRIGUE]

XXVIII.

[AN ILL-FATED MARRIAGE]

XXIX.

[AN ILL-FATED MARRIAGE—continued]