Henry IV.——11
Sully——37
Henry IV. At Ivry——26
Rosny Castle——30
"Do Not Lose Sight of My White Plume."——30
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma——32
Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne——35
Lemaitre, Mayenne, and the Archbishop of Lyons——53
Henry IV.'s Abjuration——56
The Castle of Monceaux——91
The Castle of St. Germain in the Reign Of Henry IV.—107
The Castle of Fontainbleau——124
Gabrielle D'estrees—130
Henry IV. And his Ministers——138
The Arsenal in the Reign of Henry IV.——143
Marie de Medicis——147
Concini, Leonora Galigai, and Mary De' Medici——149
Louis XIII. And Albert de Luynes——154
Murder of Marshal D'Ancre——155
Richelieu——180
Double Duel——188
"Tapping With his Finger-tips on the Window-pane."——191
Henry, Duke of Montmorency, at Castelnaudary——199
The King and the Cardinal——204
Cinq-Mars and de Thou Going to Execution——215
The Parliament of Paris Reprimanded——217
The Barefoots——221
The Abbot of St. Cyran——234
Demolishing the Fortifications——244
The Harbor of La Rochelle—-248
The King and Richelieu at La Rochelle——250
John Guiton's Oath——254
The Defile of Suza Pass——278
Richelieu and Father Joseph——280
Gustavus Adolphus——282
Death of Gustavus and his Page——290
The Palais-Cardinal——305
The Tomb of Richelieu——308
Descartes at Amsterdam——316
The King's Press——323
Peter Corneille——334
The Representation of "The Cid."——335
Corneille at the Hotel Rambouillet—-342
Louis XIV.——344
The Great Conde——348
Arrest of Broussel——352
Cardinal de Retz——352
"Ah, Wretch, if Thy Father Saw Thee!"——354
President Mole——355
The Great Mademoiselle——373
Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin——394
Death of Mazarin.——399
Fouquet——404
Colbert——405
Vaux Le Vicomte——405b
Louis XIV. Dismissing Fouquet——407
Louvois——411
William III., Prince of Orange——434
The Brothers Witt——436
Death of Turenne——443
Turenne.——444
An Exploit of John Bart's——446
Duquesne Victorious over Ruyter—446a
Marshal Luxembourg—461
Heinsius——461
Battle of St. Vincent 465a
The Battle of Neerwinden——465
"Here is the King of Spain."——475
News for William III.——481
Bivouac of Louis XIV.——503
The Grand Dauphin——505
Marshal Villars and Prince Eugene——512
Marly——525
Colonnade of the Louvre 525a
Versailles—526
Vauban——534
Misery of the Peasantry——543
The Torture of the Huguenots—552
Revocation of the Edict Of Nantes——556
Death of Roland the Camisard——569
Abbey of Port-Royal——580
Reading the Decree 581
Bossuet——591
Blaise Pascal——597
Fenelon and the Duke of Burgundy——610
La Rochefoucauld and his Fair Friends——629
La Bruyere——633
Corneille Reading to Louis XIV.——642
Racine——646
Boileau-Despreaux——650
La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine——657
Moliere——664
Death of Moliere——669
Lebrun——674
Le Poussin and Claude Lorrain——675
Lesueur——676
Mignard 677
Perrault 678
The Grand Monarch in his State Robes——9
Madame de La Valliere——10
Madame de Montespan 12
The Iron Mask——14
Bed-chamber Etiquette——15
Madame de Maintenon and the Duchess of Burgundy.——27
Death of Madame de Maintenon.——34
The King Leaving the Death-bed of Monseigneur——36
Louis XIV. In Old Age——47
The Death-bed of Louis XIV.——50
Versailles at Night——52
The Regent Orleans——54
The Bed of Justice——57
John Law——62
La Rue Quincampoix—-68
The Duke and Duchess of Maine——71
Cardinal Dubois——78
Peter the Great and Little Louis XV.——82
Belzunce Amid the Plague-Stricken——96
The Boy King and his People——104
Death of the Regent—-107
Louis XV.——110
Cardinal Fleury—110
Mary Leczinska——121
Death of Plelo——130
"Moriamur Pro Rege Nostro."——142
Louis XV. and his Councillors——148
Louis XV. and the Ambassador of Holland——151
Marshal Saxe 154
Battle of Fontenoy——157
Brussels——159
The Citadel of Namur——161
Arrest of Charles Edward——166
Dupleix——168
La Bourdonnais——170
Dupleix Meeting the Soudhabar of The Deccan——174
Death of the Nabob Of The Carnatic——174
Lally at Pondicherry——184
Champlain——190
Death of General Braddock——203
Death of Wolfe——209
Madame de Pompadour——215
Attack on Fort St. Philip——218
Assassination of Louis XV. by Damiens——221
Death of Chevalier D'Assas——233
Antwerp——234
"France, Thy Parliament Will Cut off Thy Head Too!"—249
Defeat of the Corsicans at Golo——256
Montesquieu——269
Fontenelle——274
Voltaire——277
The Rescue of "La Henriade."——283
Arrest of Voltaire——298
Diderot——314
Alembert——317
Diderot and Catherine II.——321
Buffon 323
Rousseau and Madame D'Epinay——338
Louis XVI.——347
Turgot's Dismissal——367
Destruction of the Tea——378
Suffren——413
The Reading of "Paul and Virginia."——427
Necker Hospital——432
Marie Antoinette 456
"There Are My Sledges, Sirs."——458
Lavoisier——465
Cardinal Rohan's Discomfiture——470
Arrest of the Members——502
Genealogical Tables——545