Cardinal de Retz----Photogravure from an Old Painting Turenne----Photogravure from an Old Painting Richelieu----Engraving by Lubin Anne of Austria----Original Etching by Mercier Louis XIII----Painting in the Louvre Conde'----Painting in Versailles Gallery MEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Madame de Montespan----Etching by Mercier Hortense Mancini----Drawing in the Louvre Madame de la Valliere----Painting by Francois Moliere----Original Etching by Lalauze Boileau----Etching by Lalauze A French Courtier----Photogravure from a Painting Madame de Maintenon----Etching by Mercier from Painting by Hule Charles II.----Original Etching by Ben Damman Bosseut----Etching by Lalauze Louis XIV. Knighting a Subject----Photogravure from a Rare Print A French Actress----Painting by Leon Comerre Racine----Etching by Lalauze MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV.AND OF THE REGENCY, By the Duchess D'Orleans BOOK 1. PREFACE. SECTION I. SECTION II.--LOUIS XIV. SECTION III.--MADEMOISELLE DE FONTANGE. SECTION IV.-MADAME DE LA VALLIERE. SECTION V.--MADAME DE MONTESPAN SECTION VI.--MADAME DE MAINTENON. SECTION VII.--THE QUEEN--CONSORT OF LOUIS XIV. BOOK 2. SECTION VIII.--PHILIPPE I., DUC D'ORLEANS. SECTION IX.--PHILIPPE II., DUC D' ORLEANS, REGENT OF FRANCE. SECTION X.--THE AFFAIRS OF THE REGENCY. SECTION XI.--THE DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS, WIFE OF THE REGENT. SECTION XII.--MARIE-ANNE CHRISTINE VICTOIRE OF BAVARIA, THE FIRST DAUPHINE. SECTION XIII.--ADELAIDE OF SAVOY, THE SECOND DAUPHINE. SECTION XIV.--THE FIRST DAUPHIN. SECTION XV.--THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, THE SECOND DAUPHIN. SECTION XVI.--PETITE MADAME. BOOK 3. SECTION XVII.--HENRIETTA OF ENGLAND, THE FIRST WIFE OF MONSIEUR, BROTHER OF LOUIS XIV. SECTION XVIII.--THE DUC DE BERRI. SECTION XIX.--THE DUCHESSE DE BERRI. SECTION XX.--MADEMOISELLE D'ORLEANS, LOUISE-ADELAIDE DE CHARTRES. SECTION XXI.--MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS, CHARLOTTE-AGLAE, CONSORT OF THE PRINCE OF MODENA. SECTION XXII.--THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN OF THE REGENT, DUC D'ORLEANS. SECTION XXIII.--THE CHEVALIER DE LORRAINE. SECTION XXIV.--PHILIP V., KING OF SPAIN. SECTION XXV.--THE DUCHESSE LOUISE-FRANCISQUE, CONSORT OF LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON. SECTION XXVI.--THE YOUNGER DUCHESS. SECTION XXVII.--LOUIS III., DUC DE BOURBON. SECTION XXVIII.--FRANCOIS-LOUIS, PRINCE DE CONTI. SECTION XXIX.--THE GREAT PRINCESSE DE CONTI, DAUGHTER OF LA VALLIERE. SECTION XXX.--THE PRINCESS PALATINE, MARIE-THERESE DE BOURBON, WIFE OF FRANCOIS-LOUIS, SECTION XXXI.--LOUISE-ELIZABETH, PRINCESSE DE CONTI, CONSORT OF LOUIE- ARMAND DE CONTI. SECTION XXXII.--LOUIE-ARMAND, PRINCE DE CONTI. SECTION XXXIII.--THE ABBE DUBOIS. SECTION XXXIV.--MR. LAW. BOOK 4. SECTION XXXV.--VICTOR AMADEUS, KING OF SICILY. SECTION XXXVI.--THE GRAND DUCHESS, WIFE OF COSMO II. OF FLORENCE. SECTION XXXVII.--THE DUCHESSE DE LORRAINE, ELIZABETH-CHARLOTTE PHILIPPINE D'ORLEANS, CONSORT OF LEOPOLD JOSEPH-CHARLES DE LORRAINE.