ILLUSTRATIONS
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Interview between Henry III. and the Duke of Guise Frontispiece
From the painting by P. C. Comte. (With permission of Levy et Fils, Paris.)
The Old Louvre 2
From an old print.
The Palais Royal, Paris 5
Salon of Louis XIII. at Fontainebleau 20
Louise de Lafayette 26
From Monmerqué's "Tallemant des Réaux."
Marquis de Cinq-Mars 37
From a painting by Lenain.
Vicomte de Turenne 62
Prince de Condé 69
Cardinal Mazarin as an Art Collector 70
From a painting by H. J. Vetter. (By permission of Neurdein Frères, Paris.)
Vincennes 84
Cardinal de Retz 87
Anne of Austria 90
Duchesse de Chevreuse 110
Duchesse de Longueville 123
Mademoiselle de la Vallière 158
From a steel engraving
Fouquet 168
Colbert 176
Maria Theresa 181
Gallery of Henry II. at Fontainebleau 191
Versailles from the Pièce d'Eau des Suisses 193
From an engraving by Rigaud.
Madame de Montespan 211
View of the Luxembourg (later Called the Palais, d'Orléans) in the 17th Century 242
From an old print.
Louvois 258
Bedchamber of Louis XIV. at Versailles 259
Louis XIV. 266
Madame de Sévigné 270
From an old engraving.
Madame de Maintenon 286
Duc d'Orléans 310
OLD COURT LIFE IN FRANCE.