The Comedy & Tragedy of the Second Empire / Paris Society in the Sixties; Including Letters of Napoleon III., M. Pietri, and Comte de la Chapelle, and Portraits of the Period

by Edward Legge

“An extremely interesting book. Marguerite de Valois was one of the most distinguished women in France at an era when women played a more important part in social and political life than has ever been the case before or since. The book has been well done.”—Morning Post.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] This has been confirmed by M. Émile Ollivier in the “Revue des Deux Mondes” (1911).

[2] “Quarterly Review,” April, 1910.

[3] “Les Élégances du Second Empire.” Par Henri Bouchot. Paris: À la Librairie Illustrée. 1896.

[4] “La Cour des Tuileries” (Conférence prononcée à la Société des Conférences le 17 janvier, 1910). Paris: “La Revue Hebdomadaire” (Plon), 1910. “Mes Souvenirs et Impressions.” Par le Marquis de Massa. Paris: Calmann-Lévy.

[5] General Palat, author of “La Guerre de 1870-1871,” completed in October, 1910. In seventeen volumes. Paris and Nancy: Levrault et Cie.

[6] Péladan, the “Figaro,” March 19, 1910.

[7] Author of an article on French Children in “Blackwood’s Magazine,” December, 1871.