The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Charles of France, distinguished, respectively, as “The Wise,” “The Beloved,” and “The Victorious;” Charles VIII., who, with but 9,000 soldiers, defeated an Italian army of 40,000 men; Louis XI., ever admirable for his administrative talent, a friend of the middle classes, he restrained a turbulent and oppressive nobility; Louis XII., of France, a “father of the people;” Louis XIII., distinguished for valor and martial ability; Louis XIV., better known to the world as “The Great,” and to his country as Dieu-donne--“God-given;” the amiable and picturesque Henry of Navarre, the champion of Protestantism and protector of the Huguenots; Philibert de Chalon, fertile and resolute; Bertrand du Guesclin, “king of the tournament,” the “hero of heroes;” Condé and Turenne, both profound and alert; Marshall Saxe, energetic and courageous; Napoleon Bonaparte, a titanic genius of transcendent powers, king of kings, “the astonishment and terror of the world;” Ney, bravest of the brave, the victor of Elchingen, Mannheim and Moskva; Murat, “the Gold Eagle,” a truly wise king, and the greatest cavalry leader of his time; Richelieu, greatest statesman of the 17th century; Mazarin, brilliant in ministerial policy, and the wise architect of peace at Westphalia; Mirabeau, a man of gigantic thoughts and deeds--the mental Colossus of his age--“an intellectual Hercules;” Talleyrand, unexcelled in diplomacy and eminent as a financier; Thiers, equally able in politics and literature; M. Sallo, counselor to the Parliament of Paris, and Mathieu Mole, at one time the Premier-President of that body; Molière, the inimitable; Corneille, creator of French tragedy; Rotrou, his master; and Racine; Montaigne, the essayist, extraordinary for his learning and sound reason; Paschasius Justus, an erudite and excellent physician; Rousseau, apostle of universal happiness, and unrivaled in the literature of France for the subtle eloquence of his style; Voltaire, world-famous Sage of Ferney, the “sovereign writer of his century;” René Descarte, deservedly exalted in philosophy and mathematics; the delightful poets, Voiture and Coquillart, with the renowned Cardinals D’Este and De Medicis.