[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.