[5] See the interesting work by M. Édouard de Barthélemy, Les filles du Regent, 2 vols., Firmin Didot.
[6] La Reine Leczinska, by Madame the Countess d’Armaillé, born De Ségur, 1 vol., Dentu.
[7] Letter to M. Thiriot, October 17, 1725.
[8] Receveur des décimes—the tithe formerly paid by the clergy to the kings of France.
[9] Memoirs of Duclos.
[10] The Duke was blind in one eye.
[11] The chamber of Louis XV. and the cabinets are now used as the apartment of the President of the National Assembly.
[12] Massillon, Sermon on l’Evidence de la loi.
[13] Memoirs of the Duke de Luynes.
[14] Les Maitresses de Louis XV., par Edmond et Jules de Goncourt. 2 vols. Firmin-Didot.