BEAUMARCHAIS And the War of American Independence

BY

ELIZABETH S. KITE

Diplôme d’instruction Primaire-Supérieure, Paris, 1905 Member of the Staff of the Vineland Research Laboratory

WITH A FOREWORD BY

JAMES M. BECK

Author of “The Evidence in the Case”

TWO VOLUMES VOLUME ONE ILLUSTRATED

BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER THE GORHAM PRESS

Copyright, 1918, by Richard G. Badger All Rights Reserved Made in the United States of America The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER

“We have been surprised that no descendant of Beaumarchais was invited to represent France at the unveiling of that Statue of Liberty, upon the pedestal of which his name would not be out of place by the side of that of Lafayette. Since 1870 Mr. Bigelow has invited his compatriots to ask themselves seriously if they have done their whole duty towards the memory of Beaumarchais.”

E. Lintilhac. “Beaumarchais et ses œuvres,” Paris, 1887.