LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Portrait of La Fayette | [Frontispiece] |
| Birthplace of La Fayette | [6] |
| Baron de Kalb | [10] |
| Louis XVI. | [12] |
| Marie Antoinette | [14] |
| Washington | [24] |
| Benjamin Franklin | [26] |
| Count de Rochambeau | [74] |
| Lord Cornwallis | [82] |
| Count de Grasse | [92] |
| La Fayette’s Room at Mount Vernon | [110] |
| Frederick II. | [114] |
| Assembly of the Notables | [132] |
| “Go and tell your master” | [140] |
| The Crowd arm Themselves at the Invalides | [142] |
| View of the Bastile | [144] |
| The Crowd Shout, “To Versailles!” | [148] |
| The King comes to the Hotel de Ville | [158] |
| Key of the Bastile | [160] |
| Festival in the Champs de Mars | [164] |
| The King accepting the Constitution | [172] |
| The Mob invade the Tuileries | [180] |
| Princess Elizabeth | [182] |
| Frederick William II., King of Prussia | [186] |
| Francis I., Emperor of Austria | [186] |
| Return of the Royal Family to Paris | [194] |
| Before the Revolutionary Tribunal | [210] |
| Sentenced to the Guillotine | [220] |
| Madame de Staël | [240] |
| Execution of Louis XVI. | [250] |
| Alexander Hamilton | [262] |
| Directeur Sieyès | [266] |
| Napoleon | [268] |
| Joseph Bonaparte | [292] |
| Charles James Fox | [296] |
| General Jackson | [332] |
| Bust of La Fayette | [380] |
| Louis Philippe | [398] |
| Entrance to Château La Grange | [431] |
| Château La Grange | [433] |
| Corporal of the Prison at Olmütz | [436] |
| Vase presented by Midshipmen of the “Brandywine” | [437] |
| Cane presented by Commodore Taylor | [438] |
| Clock belonging to La Fayette | [438] |
| Seals belonging to La Fayette | [439] |
| Roman Standard presented by City of Lyons | [439] |
| Medal presented by Electors of Meaux | [440] |
| Ring given by Grandson of Washington | [440] |
| Washington’s Decoration of the Cincinnati | [441] |
| Pin presented by Franklin’s Granddaughter | [442] |
| Ring containing Hair and Portrait of Jeremy Bentham | [442] |
| Crystal Box containing Mementos of Riégo | [442] |
| Round Wooden Box | [443] |
| Sword presented by Ninth Regiment Artillery | [444] |
| Sword presented by Congress | [443] |
| Vase presented by the National Guard | [449] |
| La Fayette’s Death Chamber | [470] |
| La Fayette’s Tomb | [472] |
THE LIFE OF LA FAYETTE.
CHAPTER I.
Liberty’s Knight—L’Homme des Deux Mondes—Ancestry of La Fayette—His Birth and Early Years—Youthful Enthusiasm—College Life—Introduction to the French Court—Vast Inheritance—A Page to the Queen—Member of the Mousquetaires du Roi—Promoted a Commissioned Officer—Personal Appearance—Early Marriage—His Wife’s Family—Stationed at Metz—News of the American Revolution—Influence on La Fayette—His Resolve—Opposition—Visit to London—Return to Paris—Secret Preparations—Sovereign Displeasure—Hasty Flight—Aboard the Victory—Letters to his Wife.
“The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.”—Dryden.
“For Freedom’s battle once begun,
Bequeath’d by bleeding sire to son,