| PAGE | The ChÂteau of Chenonceau | Frontispiece | From the painting by Debat Ponson. | (With permission of Ad. Braun et Cie.) | Portion of the Roof of the ChÂteau of Chambord | 2 | ChÂteau of Azay le Rideau | 6 | Francis I. | 10 | From the painting by Titian. | Door of the Chapel, ChÂteau of Amboise | 16 | Henry, Duke of Montmorenci, Marshal of France | 24 | From a portrait by Balthasar Moncornet. | The Chevalier Bayard | 40 | After A. de Neuville. | (By permission of Estes & Lauriat.) | Queen Elinor | 44 | ChÂteau of Amboise | 48 | Duchesse d’Étampes | 52 | ChÂteau de Chambord | 56 | Spiral Staircase, ChÂteau of Blois | 78 | (By permission of Neurdein, Paris.) | CouÇy | 86 | The Gardens of the Tuileries, Paris | 90 | A Gate of the Louvre, after St. Bartholomew’s Day | 102 | Charles IX. | 106 | From the painting by Clouet. | Henri de Guise | 122 | From a drawing in the Louvre. | (By permission of A. Giraudon, Paris.) | Notre-Dame, Paris | 126 | Admiral Gaspard de Coligny | 132 | From a drawing by FranÇois Clouet. | (By permission of A. Giraudon, Paris.) | Catherine de MÉdicis | 140 | ChÂteau de Blois | 150 |
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