FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FRENCH COURT. From the French of Imbert de Saint-Amand. _Each with Portrait, 12mo, $1.25._ _THREE VOLUMES ON MARIE ANTOINETTE._ MARIE ANTOINETTE AND THE END OF THE OLD RÉGIME. MARIE ANTOINETTE AT THE TUILERIES. MARIE ANTOINETTE AND THE DOWNFALL OF ROYALTY. _THREE VOLUMES ON THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE._ CITIZENESS BONAPARTE. THE WIFE OF THE FIRST CONSUL. THE COURT OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. _FOUR VOLUMES ON THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE._ THE HAPPY DAYS OF MARIE LOUISE. MARIE LOUISE AND THE DECADENCE OF THE EMPIRE. MARIE LOUISE AND THE INVASION OF 1814. MARIE LOUISE, THE RETURN FROM ELBA, AND THE HUNDRED DAYS. _TWO VOLUMES ON THE DUCHESS OF ANGOULÊME._ THE YOUTH OF THE DUCHESS OF ANGOULÊME. THE DUCHESS OF ANGOULÊME AND THE TWO RESTORATIONS. _THREE VOLUMES ON THE DUCHESS OF BERRY._ THE DUCHESS OF BERRY AND THE COURT OF LOUIS XVIII. THE DUCHESS OF BERRY AND THE COURT OF CHARLES X. THE DUCHESS OF BERRY AND THE REVOLUTION OF JULY, 1830. _Four New Volumes._ _WOMEN OF THE VALOIS AND VERSAILLES COURTS._ WOMEN OF THE VALOIS COURT. WOMEN OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. WOMEN OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XV. Vol. I. WOMEN OF THE COURT OF LOUIS XV. Vol. II. [Illustration: MARIE LECZINSKA.] _WOMEN OF VERSAILLES_ THE COURT OF LOUIS XV. BY IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND _TRANSLATED BY_ ELIZABETH GILBERT MARTIN _WITH PORTRAITS_ NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1893 COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 FIRST PART [1715–1744] CHAPTER I. THE INFANTA MARIE ANNE VICTOIRE, BETROTHED OF LOUIS XV 13 II. THE MARRIAGE OF MARIE LECZINSKA 23 III. THE DISGRACE OF THE MARQUISE DE PRIE 31 IV. THE KING FAITHFUL TO THE QUEEN 39 V. THE FAVOR OF THE COUNTESS DE MAILLY 46 VI. THE COUNTESS DE VINTIMILLE 53 VII. THE DISGRACE OF THE COUNTESS DE MAILLY 59 VIII. THE REIGN OF THE DUCHESS DE CHÂTEAUROUX 68 IX. THE JOURNEY TO METZ 75