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Mademoiselle de MontpensierFrontispiece
She is holding the portrait of her father, Gaston d'OrlÉans. From the painting by Pierre Bourguignon in the MusÉe de Versailles. By permission of Messrs. Hachette & Co.

Anne Marie Louise d'OrlÉans, Duchesse de Montpensier4
From the enamel by Petitot in the South Kensington Museum.

Cardinal de Retz24
Showing him in his coadjuteur days. After the painting by Deveria.

Julius Hardouin Mansart26
After the painting by Vivien.

Jean de la Fontaine54
From an engraving by Grevedon.

Louis XIV. as a Boy, Dedicating his Crown62
After the painting by Greg Huret.

Louis XIV. as a Young Man72
From a chalk drawing in the British Museum Print Room.

FranÇois de la Rochefoucauld130
From the engraving by Hopwood after the painting by Petitot.

HÉlenÈ Lambert, Madame de Motteville150
After the painting by De LargilliÈre.

Louise de la ValliÈre154
From the engraving by Flameng after the painting by Petitot.

Jean Baptiste Colbert170
After the painting by Champaign.

"Pleasures of the Island of Enchantment."
Scene on the First Day of the Play, before the King at Versailles172
From the engraving by Israel Silvestre.

"Pleasures of the Island of Enchantment." Second Day174
From the engraving by Israel Silvestre.

General View of the ChÂteau of Versailles176
From the engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1664.

The Front of the Louvre in Course of Erection178
From the engraving by S. le Clerc, 1677.

Jean Baptiste Poquelin MoliÈre180
After the painting by NoËl Coypel.

Madame Henriette d'OrlÉans194
From the painting by Mignard in the National Portrait Gallery.
(Photograph by Walker, London.)

Madame de Montespan200
From the engraving by Flameng after the painting by Mignard.

La Voisin206
From a print in the BibliothÈque Nationale.

Jean Baptiste de Lulli216
After a contemporary print by Bonnart.

Boileau220
After the painting by H. Rigaud.

Duc de Lauzun244
By permission of Messrs. Hachette & Co.

Madame de SÉvignÉ282
From the painting by Pietro Mignard in the Uffizi Gallery,
Florence. (Photograph by Alinari.)

View of the Palace and Gardens of the Tuileries330
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1673.

View of the Residence of Colbert, Showing also his Seal332
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1675.

View of the ChÂteau of Versailles, Showing The
Fountain of the Dragon334
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1676.

Duchesse de la ValliÈre and her Children336
From the painting by P. Mignard in the possession of the
Marquise d'Oilliamson.

Louise de la ValliÈre, in the Garb of the Order
of the Carmelites338
After the painting by D. Plaats.

Madame de Maintenon340
After the painting by P. Mignard in 1694.

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