| PAGE |
| INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| DISCOURSE I. Anne de Bretagne, Queen of France | 25 |
| Sainte-Beuve’s remarks upon her | 40 |
| DISCOURSE II. Catherine de’ Medici, Queen, and mother of our last kings | 44 |
| Sainte-Beuve’s remarks upon her | 85 |
| DISCOURSE III. Marie Stuart, Queen of Scotland, formerly Queen of our France | 89 |
| Sainte-Beuve’s essay on her | 121 |
| DISCOURSE IV. Élisabeth of France, Queen of Spain | 138 |
| DISCOURSE V. Marguerite, Queen of France and of Navarre, sole daughter now remaining of the Noble House of France | 152 |
| Sainte-Beuve’s essay on her | 193 |
| DISCOURSE VI. Mesdames, the Daughters of the Noble House of France: |
| Madame Yoland | 214 |
| Madame Jeanne | 215 |
| Madame Anne | 216 |
| Madame Claude | 219 |
| Madame RenÉe | 220 |
| Mesdames Charlotte, Louise, Magdelaine, Marguerite | 223 |
| Mesdames Élisabeth, Claude, and Marguerite | 229 |
| Madame Diane | 231 |
| Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre | 234 |
| Sainte-Beuve’s essay on the latter | 243 |
| DISCOURSE VII. Of Various Illustrious Ladies: |
| Isabelle d’Autriche, wife of Charles IX | 262 |
| Jeanne d’Autriche, wife of the Infante of Portugal | 270 |
| Marie d’Autriche, wife of the King of Hungary | 273 |
| Louise de Lorraine, wife of Henri III | 280 |
| Marguerite de Lorraine, wife of the Duc de Joyeuse | 282 |
| Christine of Denmark, wife of the Duc de Lorraine | 283 |
| Marie d’Autriche, wife of the Emperor Maximilian II | 291 |
| Blanche de Montferrat, Duchesse de Savoie | 293 |
| Catherine de ClÈves, wife of Henri I. de Lorraine, Duc de Guise | 297 |
| Madame de Bourdeille | 297 |
| APPENDIX | 299 |
| INDEX | 305 |
