No works, it has been remarked, since those of Sir Walter Scott, have excited so much sensation as the Memoirs of his own time, by the soldier, ambassador, and Trappist, Duc de Saint-Simon.
Transcriber's Notes.
1. Rochoucault's was changed to Rochefoucault's in the [Table of Contents.]
2. Ormonde's was changed to Ormond's on [pg. xxii.]
3. Gramont was changed to Grammont on [pg. xxiii.]
4. narative was changed to narrative on [pg 2.]
5. Warmistre was changed to Warmestre on [pg. 71.]
6. Frederic was changed to Frederick on [pg. 182.]
7. The year Mary Fairfax and George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, were married is transposed from 1657 to 1675 in the original text. The day also appears to be in error (6th->15th) [pg 19.]
8. The various spellings of Shakespeare//Shakespere//Shakspeare and Dutchess//Duchess in the original text were retained.