There is another change. The throne of the Bourbons is overthrown. Louis Philippe finds himself, as by magic, King of the French. He exchanges his ducal coronet for a royal crown. He enters the regal mansions of the Tuileries, Versailles, Saint Cloud, and Fontainebleau the acknowledged sovereign of thirty millions of people. All the proud dynasties of Europe recognize him as belonging to the family of kings. Eighteen years pass away, crowded with the splendor, cares, toils, and perils which seem ever to environ royalty. During this period the adventures of the Duchess de Berri to regain the throne for her son, the Count de Chambord, presents an episode of extraordinary interest. There is another change. The tocsin of insurrection tolls its dismal knell in the towers of Paris. Through scenes surpassing fable, the king and his family escape to the hospitable shores of England. Here, in obscurity and exile, he reaches the end of life's journey, and passes away to the unknown of the spirit-land. Such is the wonderful story which we have endeavored to compress within the limits of these brief pages. Every event here narrated is sustained by documentary evidence beyond the possibility of a doubt. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. _Fair Haven, Conn._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF ORLEANS 13 II. THE EXILE 45 III. WANDERINGS IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW 76 IV. THE TOMB AND THE BRIDAL 109 V. THE RESTORATION 136 VI. THE DEATH OF LOUIS XVIII. AND THE REIGN OF CHARLES X 168 VII. CHARLES X. DETHRONED 204 VIII. THE STRUGGLES OF DIPLOMACY 241 IX. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S THRONE 279 X. THE ADVENTURES OF THE DUCHESS DE BERRI 306 XI. THE FINAL STRUGGLE 349 XII. THE THRONE DEMOLISHED 379 ENGRAVINGS. PAGE LOUIS PHILIPPE AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE _Frontispiece._ EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI 27 STORMING THE BASTILE 40 FLIGHT AND IMPRISONMENT OF LAFAYETTE 50 SAINT GOTHARD 71 NORTH CAPE 80 LOUIS XVII. IN PRISON 113 LOUIS XVIII. LEAVING PARIS 147 NAPOLEON ENTERING THE TUILERIES 151 MARSHAL NEY 162 ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE DE BERRI 171