2245 ([return])
[ Mme. de Genlis, "Souvenirs de Félicie," 77.—Mme. Campan, III. 74.—Mme. de Genlis, "Dict. des Etiquettes," I. 348.]
2246 ([return])
[ See an anecdote concerning this species of royalty in "Adèle et Théodore, I. 69" by Mme. de Genlis.—Mme. Vigée-Lebrun, I. 156: "Women ruled then; the Revolution has dethroned them. . . This gallantry I speak of has entirely disappeared.">[
2247 ([return])
[ "Women in France to some extent dictate whatever is to be said and prescribe whatever is to be done in the fashionable world." ("A comparative view," by John Andrews, 1785.)]
2248 ([return])
[ Mme. d'Oberkirk, I. 299.—Mme. de Genlis, "Mémoires," ch. XI.]
2249 ([return])
[ De Tilly, I. 24.]