[277] MacMahon had succeeded Thiers as President of the French Republic in May 1873.

[278] Souvenirs, VI. 92.

[279] Souvenirs, VI. 473.

[280] Ibid., VII. 5.

[281] Ibid., 49.

[282] Souvenirs, VII. 6-7.

[283] Ibid., VII. 78.

[284] M. de Freycinet’s two volumes of Mémoires should be read by all who are interested in this period.

[285] Souvenirs, VII. 245.

[286] Ibid., 185.