FOOTNOTES:

[1] Joseph II. und Leopold von Toscana. By the Ritter von Arneth: Vienna, 1872.

[2] Vehse’s Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria, English translation. London, 1856, vol. ii. p. 305.

[3] Memoirs of the Court Aristocracy and Diplomacy of Austria, by E. Vehse, translated by Franz Demmler. London: 1856, vol. ii. p. 334.

[4] L’Europe et la Révolution Française, by Albert Sorel, vol. ii. p. 50.

[5] A History of the French Revolution, by H. Morse Stephens. Vol. i., chapter i. gives a detailed account of the method of election.

[6] On Mirabeau’s proposed Ministries, see A History of the French Revolution, by H. Morse Stephens, vol. i., pp. 246 and 247.

[7] Sorel, L’Europe et la Révolution Française, vol. ii. p. 69.

[8] Sorel, L’Europe et la Révolution Française, vol. ii. p. 194, footnote.

[9] Coxe’s Hist. of House of Austria, ed. 1847, vol. iii. p. 552, footnote.