[368] See Sir Sidney Lee’s article on King Edward in the Dictionary of National Biography.

[369] Souvenirs, VII. 15, 16, 146.

[370] See Tardieu, La France et Ses Alliances, 46.

[371] Ibid., p. 99.

[372] Signed at first for five years, it was renewed in 1887 for another five years, in 1891 for six or twelve, in 1902 for another six or twelve; and, as we know, it endured for the longer term, until 1914.

[373] Souvenirs, VII. 373.

[374] Ibid., 380.

[375] Souvenirs, VII. 421.

[376] See article, The Birth of an Alliance, contributed by Mme. Adam to The Daily Chronicle, 18 May, 1916.

[377] De Goncourt, Journal, VI. 200.