I may have taken from them.

As far as possible, I have endeavored to remedy this; but should
any other writer find a gold thread of his own in my embroidery,
I hope he will look upon it as an evidence of my appreciation of
his work, and not as an act of intentional dishonesty.

E. W. L.

SEPTEMBER, 1892.




CONTENTS.

CHAPTER
I. CHARLES X. AND THE DAYS OF JULY
II. LOUIS PHILIPPE AND HIS FAMILY
III. LOUIS NAPOLEON'S EARLY CAREER
IV. TEN YEARS OF THE REIGN OF THE CITIZEN-KING
V. SOME CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION OF 1848
VI. THE DOWNFALL OF LOUIS PHILIPPE
VII. LAMARTINE AND THE SECOND REPUBLIC
VIII. THE COUP D'ÉTAT
IX. THE EMPEROR'S MARRIAGE
X. MAXIMILIAN AND MEXICO
XI. THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS AT THE SUMMIT OF
PROSPERITY
XII. PARIS IN 1870,--AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER