Chapter 14

THE ENDPrinted byBallantyne, Hanson & Co.Edinburgh & London

FOOTNOTES:[1]See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes.”[2]See Smiles’ “Life and Labour,” p. 338.[3]W. R. Morfill, “Russia,” pp. 253-254.[4]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. p. 249.[5]Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business.”[6]“History of France,” vol. iii. pp. 191-192.[7]See the “Romance of Ludwig II. of Bavaria,” by Frances Gerard.[8]Edinburgh Review, 1869, vol. cxxix. p. 31.[9]SeeEdinburgh Review, 1867, vol. cxxv. p. 513.[10]See Jesse’s “England under the Stuarts,” 1846, vol. i. pp. 18-19.[11]Mémoires secrèts pour servir a l’histoire de la cour de Russie sous les règnes de Pierre-le-Grand et de Catherine I.[12]Edinburgh Review, vol. ci. pp. 520-521.[13]But later on we read that some dozen or two asses were kept to maintain his decaying strength. See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. p. 507.[14]See Dr. Valpy French, “Nineteen Centuries of Drink,” p. 61.[15]Jesse’s “Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts,” 1846, vol. i. pp. 60-61.[16]Reresby’s Memoirs, p. 173.[17]See his Diary under 1667.[18]SeeSpectator, 462. Jesse’s “England under the Stuarts,” 1846, vol. iii. p. 338.[19]Dalrymple’s Memoirs, vol. i. p. 132.[20]Cole’s MSS., British Museum (vol. xxxi. p. 145), quoted in Jesse’s “Court of England” (1686-1760), vol. i. pp. 288-289.[21]Parody on the “Vicar of Bray,” by Thomas Dampier, Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; Cole’s MSS., vol. i. p. 145.[22]“Memoirs of George IV.”[23]Thackeray’s “Four Georges,” p. 367.[24]“Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. p. 307.[25]“Vanderdoort, who had the charge of Charles I.’s collection, hung himself because a miniature by Gibson was missing at the moment.”—Walpole.[26]Dr. Doran’s “Table Traits,” p. 86.[27]See Vehse’s “Court of Prussia,” p. 226.[28]Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. pp. 526-529; Vehse’s “Memoirs of the Court of Prussia,” p. 83.[29]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” 1857, vol. i. p. 316.[30]“Romance of the Empress,” vol. ii. p. 181.[31]See Dr. Doran’s “Table Traits.”[32]See Wood’s “Letters of Royal Ladies,” vol. ii. p. 311.[33]See Eccleston’s “Introduction to English Antiquities,” pp. 310-311.[34]Lord Orford’s Works, vol. i. p. 149.[35]Walpole’s Letters, vol. iii. p. 217.[36]Wraxall’s “Hist. Memoirs,” vol. ii. pp. 5-9.[37]“Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay,” vol. ii. p. 373.[38]See Agnes Strickland’s “Lives of Queens of England,” vol. vi. p. 175.[39]“Court of England” (1688-1760).[40]Edinburgh Review, 1869, vol. cxxix. p. 30.[41]“Curiosities of Literature: Spanish Etiquette,” 1858, vol. i. p. 195.[42]“Curiosities of Literature: Spanish Etiquette,” 1858, vol. i. p. 195.[43]Vehse’s “History of the German Courts”;Edinburgh Review, vol. civ. p. 409.[44]See Vehse’s “History of the German Courts,” alsoEdinburgh Review, vol. civ. p. 410.[45]SeeEdinburgh Review, April 1867, p. 512.[46]See Hall’s “Chronicles”; Agnes Strickland’s “Queens of England.”[47]See “Russia,” by W. R. Morfill, 1891, p. 192.[48]“The Story of a Throne: Catherine II. of Russia,” vol. ii. p. 217.[49]Mrs. Lilly Grove, “Dancing,” p. 310.[50]See Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 354-366.[51]See “History of Dancing,” by Mrs. Lilly Grove, 1895 (Badminton Library), p. 243.[52]In 1662 a royal academy of dancing was founded in Paris, and two years afterwards Beauchamps received the title of “Directeur de l’Académie de l’Art de la Danse.”[53]Miss Pardoes, “Louis XIV. and the Court of France,” 1847, vol. ii. p. 112.[54]Histoire des Princes de Condé.[55]Marie Antoinette.Correspondance secrète entre Marie Thérèse, et le Comte de Merçy Argenteon, avec les lettres de Marie Thérèse et de Marie Antoinette.Paris, 1874. SeeEdinburgh Review, 1876, vol. cxliv.[56]“Peter the Great,” 1884, vol. i. pp. 135-137, 271.[57]“Don Sebastian,” by Martha Walker Freer, 1864, p. 300.[58]Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. pp. 526, 551-552.[59]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” 1857, vol. i. p. 321.[60]See Soulavie’s “Historical and Political Memoirs of the Reign of Louis XVI.”[61]Ibid.[62]Sir David Brewster’s “Lectures on Natural Magic.”[63]Miss Pardoe, “Louis XIV. and the Court of France,” vol. iii. pp. 4-5.[64]D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature,” vol. i. p. 242.[65]“Court of Prussia,” p. 246.[66]See Vehse’s “History of the German Courts”;Edinburgh Review, 1856, vol. civ. pp. 405-406.[67]Rowland Whyte to Sir Robert Sidney.[68]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. p. 254.[69]“Historical and Political Memoirs of the Reign of Louis XVI.”[70]Warton’s “History of English Poetry.”[71]Eccleston’s “Introduction to English Antiquities,” p. 308.[72]See Payne Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” vol. i. p. 303.[73]On her progress through England in 1603 there was an elegant reception at Althorpe, when the “Masque of the Fairies,” by Ben Jonson, was represented. See Nichol’s “Progresses.”[74]See Eccleston’s “English Antiquities,” pp. 427-429.[75]See Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. pp. 128-129.[76]Mrs. Lilly Grove, “Dancing,” p. 181.[77]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. pp. 44-45.[78]Ibid. vol. ii. p. 41.[79]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. p. 372.[80]Dr. Doran’s “Court Fools,” p. 381.[81]“Gustavus III. and the French Court.” By A. Geffroy. SeeEdinburgh Review, vol. cliv. pp. 90-91.[82]Steinmetz, “The Gaming Table,” vol. i. p. 70.[83]Quarterly Review, 148, pp. 536-537.[84]Steinmetz, “The Gaming Table,” vol. i. pp. 105-107.[85]Agnes Strickland’s “Lives of the Queens of England,” vol. ii. p. 521.[86]Ibid., vol. iv. p. 485.[87]See Jesse’s “Court of England” (1688-1760), vol. iii. pp. 57-58.[88]Jesse’s “Court of England,” vol. iii. pp. 213-214.[89]“Four Georges.”[90]See “History of Horse Racing,” 1863, pp. 20-21; Anderson’s “Origin of Commerce.”[91]Devon’s “Issues of the Exchequer,” p. 180.[92]“History of Horse Racing,” 1863, pp. 28-29.[93]“A General System of Horsemanship.” By William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.[94]See “The Turf,” by Nimrod, 1851, pp. 7-8.[95]See Nichol’s “Progresses of James I.,” vol. ii. p. 265.[96]Ibid., vol. iii. p. 279.[97]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, p. 9.[98]Cooper’s “Annals of Cambridge,” vol. iii. p. 598.[99]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, pp. 9-10.[100]“The History of Horse Racing,” p. 72.[101]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, p. 10.[102]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, pp. 71-72.[103]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, p. 73.[104]See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, p. 160.[105]“Pastimes and Players,” by Robert Macgregor, p. 109.[106]Jesse, “England under the Stuarts,” vol. iii. pp. 309-310.[107]See Sheppard’s “The Old Royal Palace of Whitehall,” 1902, pp. 69-71.[108]“Pastimes and Players,” pp. 162-172.[109]See E. J. Wood, “Giants and Dwarfs,” pp. 314-315.[110]See E. J. Wood, “Giants and Dwarfs,” p. 257.[111]Quarterly Review, vol. cix. p. 203.[112]“Memoirs of Charles I.,”Quarterly Review, vol. cix. pp. 202-203.[113]The Spectator, February 9, 1901.[114]See Burnet’s “History of his Own Time,” vol. iv. p. 406, note.[115]“Dictionary of National Biography.”[116]See Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. p. 233.[117]See D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature,” vol. i. pp. 228-29.[118]Prescott’s “History of Ferdinand and Isabella,” 1851, vol. ii. p. 521.[119]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. p. 288.[120]Jesse, “Under the Stuarts,” vol. ii. p. 211.[121]Planché, “British Costume,” 1859, p. 319.[122]“British Costume,” p. 330; Paper on Naval Uniforms, by Mr. Ellis, read at the Society of Antiquaries, March 18, 1830.[123]See “Life of Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark,” by Sir C. F. Lascelles Wraxall.[124]Mons. de Masson,Mémoires Sècrets sur la Russie.[125]“The Private Life of Marie Antoinette,” by Jeanne Louise Henriette Caupan, 1884.[126]“History of the Reformation,” 1865, vol. ii. p. 373.[127]“Ecclesiastical Memorials,” 1822, vol. ii. p. 507.[128]“History of his Own Time.”[129]“Fortunes of Nigel,” chap. vi.[130]“History of France,” vol. ii. pp. 647-648.[131]See “History of Court Fools,” to which we are indebted for many facts in this chapter.[132]“Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 170-171.[133]Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, p. 233.[134]See Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” 1879, vol. i. pp. 83-85.[135]Ibid., p. 89.[136]See Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” 1879, vol. i. p. 97.[137]See Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” vol. i. p. 187, and Harleian MS., No. 146.[138]“Annals of the Stage,” vol. i. p. 366.[139]Dr. Doran’s “Their Majesties’ Servants,” vol. ii. p. 136.[140]Dr. Doran’s “Their Majesties’ Servants,” vol. ii. p. 141.[141]Jesse’s “Memoirs of the Life and Reign of George III.,” vol. ii. p. 60.[142]“Four Georges,” p. 343.[143]Dr. Doran’s “Their Majesties’ Servants,” 1888, vol. iii. p. 36.[144]“The French Stage in the Eighteenth Century.” Frederick Hawkin’s Introduction, pp. xii.-xiii.[145]Ibid., vol. i. pp. 113-14.[146]“History of Marie Antoinette.”[147]Madame Campan, “Private Life of M. Antoinette.”[148]“Court of Austria,” vol. ii. pp. 8, 9.[149]See Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 297-298.[150]“The French Stage,” Theodore Hook, 1841.[151]“Royal and Noble Authors.”[152]See D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature” (James I.).[153]Edinburgh Review, 1823, vol. xxxix., p. 87.[154]Ency. Brit., 9th edition (Article “Portugal”).[155]Stephens’ “History of Portugal,” 1891, pp. 89, 90-91.[156]W. R. Morfill, “Russia,” pp. 245-246.[157]“Catherine II. of Russia,” from the French of R. Waliszewski, 1894, vol. ii.[158]“Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 321-322.[159]SeeEdinburgh Review, vol. xxxix. pp. 85-86.[160]Agnes Strickland, “Lives of Queens of England,” vol. iv. p. 191.[161]“Lives of Queens of England,” vol. iv. pp. 453-454.[162]SeeQuarterly Review, vol. cvi. p. 103; “Chappell’s Popular Music of the Olden Times.”[163]“Four Georges,” 1878, p. 343.[164]“The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of the late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830.” Edited by Louis J. Jennings, 1884.[165]Theodore Martin’s “Life of Prince Consort,” vol. i. pp. 85-86.[166]“Dictionary of National Biography.”[167]See the “Private Life of Mary Antoinette,” by Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan, 1884, vol. i. pp. 184-185.[168]Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. p. 553.[169]Frances Gerard, “The Romance of Ludwig II. of Bavaria,”The Standard, September 18, 1899.[170]See Buckle’s “History of Civilisation,” 1867, vol. i. pp. 376-377; and Lecky’s “History of Rationalism in Europe,” 1871, vol. i. p. 283.[171]Flammarion’s “Astronomical Myths,” p. 345.[172]Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxx. p. 210.[173]Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. pp. 251-252.[174]See “Finger Ring Lore,” William Jones, p. 166.[175]See paper on “Royal Cramp Rings” inArchæological Journal, vol. xxi. pp. 103-113.[176]“History of the Reign of Charles V.,” 1857, vol. ii. p. 540.[177]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. i. pp. 297-298.[178]“Memoirs of the Court of England” (1688-1760), vol. ii. pp. 313-314.[179]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. i. p. 363.

FOOTNOTES:

[1]See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes.”

[2]See Smiles’ “Life and Labour,” p. 338.

[3]W. R. Morfill, “Russia,” pp. 253-254.

[4]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. p. 249.

[5]Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business.”

[6]“History of France,” vol. iii. pp. 191-192.

[7]See the “Romance of Ludwig II. of Bavaria,” by Frances Gerard.

[8]Edinburgh Review, 1869, vol. cxxix. p. 31.

[9]SeeEdinburgh Review, 1867, vol. cxxv. p. 513.

[10]See Jesse’s “England under the Stuarts,” 1846, vol. i. pp. 18-19.

[11]Mémoires secrèts pour servir a l’histoire de la cour de Russie sous les règnes de Pierre-le-Grand et de Catherine I.

[12]Edinburgh Review, vol. ci. pp. 520-521.

[13]But later on we read that some dozen or two asses were kept to maintain his decaying strength. See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. p. 507.

[14]See Dr. Valpy French, “Nineteen Centuries of Drink,” p. 61.

[15]Jesse’s “Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts,” 1846, vol. i. pp. 60-61.

[16]Reresby’s Memoirs, p. 173.

[17]See his Diary under 1667.

[18]SeeSpectator, 462. Jesse’s “England under the Stuarts,” 1846, vol. iii. p. 338.

[19]Dalrymple’s Memoirs, vol. i. p. 132.

[20]Cole’s MSS., British Museum (vol. xxxi. p. 145), quoted in Jesse’s “Court of England” (1686-1760), vol. i. pp. 288-289.

[21]Parody on the “Vicar of Bray,” by Thomas Dampier, Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; Cole’s MSS., vol. i. p. 145.

[22]“Memoirs of George IV.”

[23]Thackeray’s “Four Georges,” p. 367.

[24]“Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. p. 307.

[25]“Vanderdoort, who had the charge of Charles I.’s collection, hung himself because a miniature by Gibson was missing at the moment.”—Walpole.

[26]Dr. Doran’s “Table Traits,” p. 86.

[27]See Vehse’s “Court of Prussia,” p. 226.

[28]Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. pp. 526-529; Vehse’s “Memoirs of the Court of Prussia,” p. 83.

[29]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” 1857, vol. i. p. 316.

[30]“Romance of the Empress,” vol. ii. p. 181.

[31]See Dr. Doran’s “Table Traits.”

[32]See Wood’s “Letters of Royal Ladies,” vol. ii. p. 311.

[33]See Eccleston’s “Introduction to English Antiquities,” pp. 310-311.

[34]Lord Orford’s Works, vol. i. p. 149.

[35]Walpole’s Letters, vol. iii. p. 217.

[36]Wraxall’s “Hist. Memoirs,” vol. ii. pp. 5-9.

[37]“Diary and Letters of Madame d’Arblay,” vol. ii. p. 373.

[38]See Agnes Strickland’s “Lives of Queens of England,” vol. vi. p. 175.

[39]“Court of England” (1688-1760).

[40]Edinburgh Review, 1869, vol. cxxix. p. 30.

[41]“Curiosities of Literature: Spanish Etiquette,” 1858, vol. i. p. 195.

[42]“Curiosities of Literature: Spanish Etiquette,” 1858, vol. i. p. 195.

[43]Vehse’s “History of the German Courts”;Edinburgh Review, vol. civ. p. 409.

[44]See Vehse’s “History of the German Courts,” alsoEdinburgh Review, vol. civ. p. 410.

[45]SeeEdinburgh Review, April 1867, p. 512.

[46]See Hall’s “Chronicles”; Agnes Strickland’s “Queens of England.”

[47]See “Russia,” by W. R. Morfill, 1891, p. 192.

[48]“The Story of a Throne: Catherine II. of Russia,” vol. ii. p. 217.

[49]Mrs. Lilly Grove, “Dancing,” p. 310.

[50]See Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 354-366.

[51]See “History of Dancing,” by Mrs. Lilly Grove, 1895 (Badminton Library), p. 243.

[52]In 1662 a royal academy of dancing was founded in Paris, and two years afterwards Beauchamps received the title of “Directeur de l’Académie de l’Art de la Danse.”

[53]Miss Pardoes, “Louis XIV. and the Court of France,” 1847, vol. ii. p. 112.

[54]Histoire des Princes de Condé.

[55]Marie Antoinette.Correspondance secrète entre Marie Thérèse, et le Comte de Merçy Argenteon, avec les lettres de Marie Thérèse et de Marie Antoinette.Paris, 1874. SeeEdinburgh Review, 1876, vol. cxliv.

[56]“Peter the Great,” 1884, vol. i. pp. 135-137, 271.

[57]“Don Sebastian,” by Martha Walker Freer, 1864, p. 300.

[58]Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. pp. 526, 551-552.

[59]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” 1857, vol. i. p. 321.

[60]See Soulavie’s “Historical and Political Memoirs of the Reign of Louis XVI.”

[61]Ibid.

[62]Sir David Brewster’s “Lectures on Natural Magic.”

[63]Miss Pardoe, “Louis XIV. and the Court of France,” vol. iii. pp. 4-5.

[64]D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature,” vol. i. p. 242.

[65]“Court of Prussia,” p. 246.

[66]See Vehse’s “History of the German Courts”;Edinburgh Review, 1856, vol. civ. pp. 405-406.

[67]Rowland Whyte to Sir Robert Sidney.

[68]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. p. 254.

[69]“Historical and Political Memoirs of the Reign of Louis XVI.”

[70]Warton’s “History of English Poetry.”

[71]Eccleston’s “Introduction to English Antiquities,” p. 308.

[72]See Payne Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” vol. i. p. 303.

[73]On her progress through England in 1603 there was an elegant reception at Althorpe, when the “Masque of the Fairies,” by Ben Jonson, was represented. See Nichol’s “Progresses.”

[74]See Eccleston’s “English Antiquities,” pp. 427-429.

[75]See Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. pp. 128-129.

[76]Mrs. Lilly Grove, “Dancing,” p. 181.

[77]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. pp. 44-45.

[78]Ibid. vol. ii. p. 41.

[79]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. p. 372.

[80]Dr. Doran’s “Court Fools,” p. 381.

[81]“Gustavus III. and the French Court.” By A. Geffroy. SeeEdinburgh Review, vol. cliv. pp. 90-91.

[82]Steinmetz, “The Gaming Table,” vol. i. p. 70.

[83]Quarterly Review, 148, pp. 536-537.

[84]Steinmetz, “The Gaming Table,” vol. i. pp. 105-107.

[85]Agnes Strickland’s “Lives of the Queens of England,” vol. ii. p. 521.

[86]Ibid., vol. iv. p. 485.

[87]See Jesse’s “Court of England” (1688-1760), vol. iii. pp. 57-58.

[88]Jesse’s “Court of England,” vol. iii. pp. 213-214.

[89]“Four Georges.”

[90]See “History of Horse Racing,” 1863, pp. 20-21; Anderson’s “Origin of Commerce.”

[91]Devon’s “Issues of the Exchequer,” p. 180.

[92]“History of Horse Racing,” 1863, pp. 28-29.

[93]“A General System of Horsemanship.” By William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.

[94]See “The Turf,” by Nimrod, 1851, pp. 7-8.

[95]See Nichol’s “Progresses of James I.,” vol. ii. p. 265.

[96]Ibid., vol. iii. p. 279.

[97]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, p. 9.

[98]Cooper’s “Annals of Cambridge,” vol. iii. p. 598.

[99]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, pp. 9-10.

[100]“The History of Horse Racing,” p. 72.

[101]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, p. 10.

[102]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, pp. 71-72.

[103]“The Turf,” by Nimrod, p. 73.

[104]See Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, p. 160.

[105]“Pastimes and Players,” by Robert Macgregor, p. 109.

[106]Jesse, “England under the Stuarts,” vol. iii. pp. 309-310.

[107]See Sheppard’s “The Old Royal Palace of Whitehall,” 1902, pp. 69-71.

[108]“Pastimes and Players,” pp. 162-172.

[109]See E. J. Wood, “Giants and Dwarfs,” pp. 314-315.

[110]See E. J. Wood, “Giants and Dwarfs,” p. 257.

[111]Quarterly Review, vol. cix. p. 203.

[112]“Memoirs of Charles I.,”Quarterly Review, vol. cix. pp. 202-203.

[113]The Spectator, February 9, 1901.

[114]See Burnet’s “History of his Own Time,” vol. iv. p. 406, note.

[115]“Dictionary of National Biography.”

[116]See Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. i. p. 233.

[117]See D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature,” vol. i. pp. 228-29.

[118]Prescott’s “History of Ferdinand and Isabella,” 1851, vol. ii. p. 521.

[119]Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. p. 288.

[120]Jesse, “Under the Stuarts,” vol. ii. p. 211.

[121]Planché, “British Costume,” 1859, p. 319.

[122]“British Costume,” p. 330; Paper on Naval Uniforms, by Mr. Ellis, read at the Society of Antiquaries, March 18, 1830.

[123]See “Life of Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark,” by Sir C. F. Lascelles Wraxall.

[124]Mons. de Masson,Mémoires Sècrets sur la Russie.

[125]“The Private Life of Marie Antoinette,” by Jeanne Louise Henriette Caupan, 1884.

[126]“History of the Reformation,” 1865, vol. ii. p. 373.

[127]“Ecclesiastical Memorials,” 1822, vol. ii. p. 507.

[128]“History of his Own Time.”

[129]“Fortunes of Nigel,” chap. vi.

[130]“History of France,” vol. ii. pp. 647-648.

[131]See “History of Court Fools,” to which we are indebted for many facts in this chapter.

[132]“Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 170-171.

[133]Strutt’s “Sports and Pastimes,” 1876, p. 233.

[134]See Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” 1879, vol. i. pp. 83-85.

[135]Ibid., p. 89.

[136]See Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” 1879, vol. i. p. 97.

[137]See Collier’s “Annals of the Stage,” vol. i. p. 187, and Harleian MS., No. 146.

[138]“Annals of the Stage,” vol. i. p. 366.

[139]Dr. Doran’s “Their Majesties’ Servants,” vol. ii. p. 136.

[140]Dr. Doran’s “Their Majesties’ Servants,” vol. ii. p. 141.

[141]Jesse’s “Memoirs of the Life and Reign of George III.,” vol. ii. p. 60.

[142]“Four Georges,” p. 343.

[143]Dr. Doran’s “Their Majesties’ Servants,” 1888, vol. iii. p. 36.

[144]“The French Stage in the Eighteenth Century.” Frederick Hawkin’s Introduction, pp. xii.-xiii.

[145]Ibid., vol. i. pp. 113-14.

[146]“History of Marie Antoinette.”

[147]Madame Campan, “Private Life of M. Antoinette.”

[148]“Court of Austria,” vol. ii. pp. 8, 9.

[149]See Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 297-298.

[150]“The French Stage,” Theodore Hook, 1841.

[151]“Royal and Noble Authors.”

[152]See D’Israeli’s “Curiosities of Literature” (James I.).

[153]Edinburgh Review, 1823, vol. xxxix., p. 87.

[154]Ency. Brit., 9th edition (Article “Portugal”).

[155]Stephens’ “History of Portugal,” 1891, pp. 89, 90-91.

[156]W. R. Morfill, “Russia,” pp. 245-246.

[157]“Catherine II. of Russia,” from the French of R. Waliszewski, 1894, vol. ii.

[158]“Monarchs Retired from Business,” vol. ii. pp. 321-322.

[159]SeeEdinburgh Review, vol. xxxix. pp. 85-86.

[160]Agnes Strickland, “Lives of Queens of England,” vol. iv. p. 191.

[161]“Lives of Queens of England,” vol. iv. pp. 453-454.

[162]SeeQuarterly Review, vol. cvi. p. 103; “Chappell’s Popular Music of the Olden Times.”

[163]“Four Georges,” 1878, p. 343.

[164]“The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of the late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830.” Edited by Louis J. Jennings, 1884.

[165]Theodore Martin’s “Life of Prince Consort,” vol. i. pp. 85-86.

[166]“Dictionary of National Biography.”

[167]See the “Private Life of Mary Antoinette,” by Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan, 1884, vol. i. pp. 184-185.

[168]Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. p. 553.

[169]Frances Gerard, “The Romance of Ludwig II. of Bavaria,”The Standard, September 18, 1899.

[170]See Buckle’s “History of Civilisation,” 1867, vol. i. pp. 376-377; and Lecky’s “History of Rationalism in Europe,” 1871, vol. i. p. 283.

[171]Flammarion’s “Astronomical Myths,” p. 345.

[172]Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxx. p. 210.

[173]Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. ii. pp. 251-252.

[174]See “Finger Ring Lore,” William Jones, p. 166.

[175]See paper on “Royal Cramp Rings” inArchæological Journal, vol. xxi. pp. 103-113.

[176]“History of the Reign of Charles V.,” 1857, vol. ii. p. 540.

[177]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. i. pp. 297-298.

[178]“Memoirs of the Court of England” (1688-1760), vol. ii. pp. 313-314.

[179]See Crowe’s “History of France,” vol. i. p. 363.

Back to Index Next