Duquesne Victorious over Ruyter--446a Marshal Luxembourg--461 Heinsius----461 Battle of St. Vincent 465a The Battle of Neerwinden----465 "Here is the King of Spain."----475 News for William III.----481 Bivouac of Louis XIV.----503 The Grand Dauphin----505 Marshal Villars and Prince Eugene----512 Marly----525 Colonnade of the Louvre 525a Versailles--526 Vauban----534 Misery of the Peasantry----543 The Torture of the Huguenots--552 Revocation of the Edict Of Nantes----556 Death of Roland the Camisard----569 Abbey of Port-Royal----580 Reading the Decree 581 Bossuet----591 Blaise Pascal----597 Fenelon and the Duke of Burgundy----610 La Rochefoucauld and his Fair Friends----629 La Bruyere----633 Corneille Reading to Louis XIV.----642 Racine----646 Boileau-Despreaux----650 La Fontaine, Boileau, Moliere, and Racine----657 Moliere----664 Death of Moliere----669 Lebrun----674 Le Poussin and Claude Lorrain----675 Lesueur----676 Mignard 677 Perrault 678 1715 to 1789 CHAPTER XLIX. LOUIS XIV. AND HIS COURT. CHAPTER L. LOUIS XIV. AND DEATH. 1711-1715. CHAPTER LI. LOUIS XV., THE REGENCY, AND CARDINAL DUBOIS. 1715-1723. CHAPTER LII. LOUIS XV., THE MINISTRY OF CARDINAL FLEURY., 1723-1748. CHAPTER LIII. LOUIS XV., FRANCE IN THE COLONIES. 1745-1763. CHAPTER LIV. LOUIS XV., THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR. CHAPTER LV. LOUIS XV., THE PHILOSOPHERS. CHAPTER LVI. LOUIS XVI., MINISTRY OF M. TURGOT. 1774-1776. CHAPTER LVII. LOUIS XVI., FRANCE ABROAD.--UNITED STATES' WAR CHAPTER LVIII. LOUIS XVI., FRANCE AT HOME.--MINISTRY OF M. NECKER. CHAPTER LIX. LOUIS XVI., M. DE CALONNE AND THE ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES. CHAPTER LX. LOUIS XVI., CONVOCATION OF THE STATES-GENERAL. 1787-1789. List of Illustrations The Grand Monarch in his State Robes----9 Madame de La Valliere----10 Madame de Montespan 12 The Iron Mask----14 Bed-chamber Etiquette----15 Madame de Maintenon and the Duchess of Burgundy.----27 Death of Madame de Maintenon.----34 The King Leaving the Death-bed of Monseigneur----36 Louis XIV. In Old Age----47 The Death-bed of Louis XIV.----50 Versailles at Night----52 The Regent Orleans----54 The Bed of Justice----57 John Law----62 La Rue Quincampoix---68 The Duke and Duchess of Maine----71 Cardinal Dubois----78 Peter the Great and Little Louis XV.----82 Belzunce Amid the Plague-Stricken----96 The Boy King and his People----104 Death of the Regent---107 Louis XV.----110 Cardinal Fleury--110 Mary Leczinska----121 Death of Plelo----130 "Moriamur Pro Rege Nostro."----142 Louis XV. and his Councillors----148 Louis XV. and the Ambassador of Holland----151 Marshal Saxe 154 Battle of Fontenoy----157 Brussels----159 The Citadel of Namur----161 Arrest of Charles Edward----166 Dupleix----168 La Bourdonnais----170 Dupleix Meeting the Soudhabar of The Deccan----174 Death of the Nabob Of The Carnatic----174 Lally at Pondicherry----184 Champlain----190 Death of General Braddock----203 Death of Wolfe----209