LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Madame de Montespan]——Etching by Mercier
[Hortense Mancini]——Drawing in the Louvre
[Madame de la Valliere]——Painting by Francois
[Moliere]——Original Etching by Lalauze
[Boileau]——Etching by Lalauze
[A French Courtier]——Photogravure from a Painting
[Madame de Maintenon]——Etching by Mercier from Painting by Hule
[Charles II.]——Original Etching by Ben Damman
[Bosseut]——Etching by Lalauze
[Louis XIV. Knighting a Subject]——Photogravure from a Rare Print
[A French Actress]——Painting by Leon Comerre
[Racine]——Etching by Lalauze

[ MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV.AND OF THE REGENCY, By the Duchess D'Orleans]

[Quotes & Images]
[ BOOK 1. ] [ PREFACE. ] [ SECTION I. ] [ SECTION II.—LOUIS XIV. ] [ SECTION III.—MADEMOISELLE DE FONTANGE. ] [ SECTION IV.-MADAME DE LA VALLIERE. ] [ SECTION V.—MADAME DE MONTESPAN ] [ SECTION VI.—MADAME DE MAINTENON. ] [ SECTION VII.—THE QUEEN—CONSORT OF LOUIS XIV. ]
[ BOOK 2. ]
[ SECTION VIII.—PHILIPPE I., DUC D'ORLEANS. ] [ SECTION IX.—PHILIPPE II., DUC D' ORLEANS, REGENT OF FRANCE. ] [ SECTION X.—THE AFFAIRS OF THE REGENCY. ] [ SECTION XI.—THE DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS, WIFE OF THE REGENT. ] [ SECTION XII.—MARIE-ANNE CHRISTINE VICTOIRE OF BAVARIA, THE FIRST DAUPHINE. ] [ SECTION XIII.—ADELAIDE OF SAVOY, THE SECOND DAUPHINE. ] [ SECTION XIV.—THE FIRST DAUPHIN. ] [ SECTION XV.—THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, THE SECOND DAUPHIN. ] [ SECTION XVI.—PETITE MADAME. ]
[ BOOK 3. ]
[ SECTION XVII.—HENRIETTA OF ENGLAND, THE FIRST WIFE OF MONSIEUR, BROTHER OF LOUIS XIV. ] [ SECTION XVIII.—THE DUC DE BERRI. ] [ SECTION XIX.—THE DUCHESSE DE BERRI. ] [ SECTION XX.—MADEMOISELLE D'ORLEANS, LOUISE-ADELAIDE DE CHARTRES. ] [ SECTION XXI.—MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS, CHARLOTTE-AGLAE, CONSORT OF THE PRINCE OF MODENA. ] [ SECTION XXII.—THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF THE REGENT, DUC D'ORLEANS. ] [ SECTION XXIII.—THE CHEVALIER DE LORRAINE. ] [ SECTION XXIV.—PHILIP V., KING OF SPAIN. ] [ SECTION XXV.—THE DUCHESSE LOUISE-FRANCISQUE, CONSORT OF LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON. ] [ SECTION XXVI.—THE YOUNGER DUCHESS. ] [ SECTION XXVII.—LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON. ] [ SECTION XXVIII.—FRANCOIS-LOUIS, PRINCE DE CONTI. ] [ SECTION XXIX.—THE GREAT PRINCESSE DE CONTI, DAUGHTER OF LA VALLIERE. ] [ SECTION XXX.—THE PRINCESS PALATINE, MARIE-THERESE DE BOURBON, WIFE OF FRANCOIS-LOUIS, ] [ SECTION XXXI.—LOUISE-ELIZABETH, PRINCESSE DE CONTI, CONSORT OF LOUIE-ARMAND DE CONTI. ] [ SECTION XXXII.—LOUIE-ARMAND, PRINCE DE CONTI. ] [ SECTION XXXIII.—THE ABBE DUBOIS. ] [ SECTION XXXIV.—MR. LAW. ]
[ BOOK 4. ]
[ SECTION XXXV.—VICTOR AMADEUS, KING OF SICILY. ] [ SECTION XXXVI.—THE GRAND DUCHESS, WIFE OF COSMO II. OF FLORENCE. ] [ SECTION XXXVII.—THE DUCHESSE DE LORRAINE, ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE PHILIPPINE D'ORLEANS, CONSORT OF LEOPOLD JOSEPH-CHARLES DE LORRAINE. ] [ SECTION XXXVIII.—THE DUC DU MAINE, LOUIS-AUGUSTUS. ] [ SECTION XXXIX.—THE DUCHESSE DU MAINE, LOUISE-BENOITE, DAUGHTER OF HENRI-JULES DE CONDE. ] [ SECTION XL.—LOUVOIS ] [ SECTION XLI.—LOUIS XV. ] [ SECTION XLII.—ANECDOTES AND HISTORICAL PARTICULARS RELATING TO VARIOUS PERSONS. ]

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