"... 'France under Richelieu and Mazarin' will introduce its author into the ranks of the first living historians of our land. He is never dry, he never lags, he is never prolix: but from the first to the last, his narrative is recorded _currente calamo_, as of a man who has a firm grasp upon his materials."—_N. Y. Christian Union._ "A brilliant and fascinating period that has been skipped, slighted, or abused by the ignorance, favoritism, or prejudice of other writers is here subjected to the closest scrutiny of an apparently judicial and candid student...."—_Boston Literary World._ A FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT THE COURT OF CHARLES II.; LE COMTE DE COMINGES. From his unpublished correspondence. Edited by J. J. JUSSERAND. With 10 illustrations, 5 being photogravures. 8° $3 50 "M. Jusserand has chosen a topic peculiarly fitted to his genius, and treated it with all the advantage to be derived, on the one hand, from his wide knowledge of English literature and English social life, and on the other, from his diplomatic experience and his freedom of access to the archives of the French Foreign Office.... We get a new and vivid picture of his (Cominges') life at the Court of Charles II.... There is not a dull page in the book."—_London Times._ UNDERCURRENTS OF THE SECOND EMPIRE. By ALBERT D. VANDAM, author of "An Englishman in Paris," etc. 8° $2 00 "Mr. Vandam is an Englishman, long resident in Paris, and thereby thoroughly Gallicized in his intellectual atmosphere and style of thought ... his style is flowing and pleasing, and the work is a valuable contribution to the history of that time."—_The Churchman._ ---------- G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber's Notes: ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was corrected. ○ Unbalanced quotation marks were left as the author intended. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Names were corrected according to historial records. ▪ Bérenger should be Béranger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Jean_de_Béranger ▪ Bertandière should be Bertaudière http://www.emersonkent.com/history_dictionary/bastille.htm ○ Spelling was made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise it was not changed. End of Project Gutenberg's The Dungeons of Old Paris, by Tighe Hopkins