Maria Antoinette, Madame Roland, and Josephine are the three most prominent heroines of the French Revolution. The history of their lives necessarily records all the most interesting events of that most fearful tragedy which man has ever enacted. Maria Antoinette beheld the morning dawn of the Revolution; its lurid mid-day sun glared upon Madame Roland; and Josephine beheld the portentous phenomenon fade away. Each of these heroines displayed traits of character worthy of all imitation. No one can read the history of their lives without being ennobled by the contemplation of the fortitude and grandeur of spirit they evinced. To the young ladies of our land we especially commend the Heroines of the French Revolution.


CONTENTS.


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I.LIFE IN MARTINIQUE[13]
II.MARRIAGE OF JOSEPHINE[31]
III.ARREST OF M. BEAUHARNAIS AND JOSEPHINE[48]
IV.SCENES IN PRISON[68]
V.THE RELEASE FROM PRISON[81]
VI.JOSEPHINE IN ITALY[105]
VII.JOSEPHINE AT MALMAISON[130]
VIII.JOSEPHINE THE WIFE OF THE FIRST CONSUL[149]
IX.DEVELOPMENTS OF CHARACTER[171]
X.THE CORONATION[198]
XI.JOSEPHINE AN EMPRESS[232]
XII.THE DIVORCE AND LAST DAYS[282]

ENGRAVINGS.


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THE SIBYL[24]
THE WARNING[58]
THE PANTOMIME[85]
ISOLA BELLA[110]
THE INTERVIEW[156]
THE CORONATION[224]