This volume is affectionately dedicated to the memory of my mother, who followed the work with appreciative interest in its early stages, but did not live to see its conclusion.
Amelia Gere Mason Paris, July 6, 1891
CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ DETAILED CONTENTS ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] SALONS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE HOTEL DE RAMBOUILLET
[ CHAPTER III. ] MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDERY AND THE SAMEDIS
[ CHAPTER IV. ] LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE
[ CHAPTER V. ] A LITERARY SALON AT PORT ROYAL
[ CHAPTER VI. ] MADAME DE SEVIGNE
[ CHAPTER VII. ] MADAME DE LA FAYETTE
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] SALONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
[ CHAPTER IX. ] AN ANTECHAMBER OF THE ACADEMIE FRANCAISE
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE
[ CHAPTER XI. ] MADAME DE TENCIN AND MADAME DU CHATELET
[ CHAPTER XII. ] MADAME GEOFFRIN AND THE PHILOSOPHERS
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] ULTRA-PHILOSOPHICAL SALONS—MADAME D'EPINAY
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] SALONS OF THE NOBLESSE—MADAME DU DEFFAND
[ CHAPTER XV. ] MADEMOISELLE DE LESPINASSE
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE SALON HELVETIQUE
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] SALONS OF THE REVOLUTION—MADAME ROLAND
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] MADAME DE STAEL
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] THE SALONS OF THE EMPIRE AND RESTORATION—MADAME RECAMIER