THE LAST DAYS OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY [Illustration: COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY MANZI-JOYANT FRONTISPIECE. THE YOUNG ROYALIST] ERRATA. The author very much regrets to say that since the first edition of this book was printed off and bound, he discovered its title was identical with one on the same subject, written by Miss Maclehose some years ago, and he trusts that this errata slip will correct any confusion between the two works. THE LAST DAYS OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY BY HILAIRE BELLOC AUTHOR OF “ROBESPIERRE,” “MARIE ANTOINETTE,” ETC. WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PAINTINGS AND PRINTS LONDON CHAPMAN & HALL LTD. 1916 TO JAMES MURRAY ALLISON TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I PAGE THE ROYAL SEANCE 15 PART II INTRODUCTION 49 THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES 53 PART III INTRODUCTION 87 THE STORMING OF THE TUILERIES 91 PART IV INTRODUCTION 117 THE ROLE OF LAFAYETTE 119 PART V INTRODUCTION 169 UNDER THE MILL OF VALMY 171 PART VI INTRODUCTION 197 THE DEATH OF LOUIS XVI 199 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Young Royalist _frontispiece_ _To face_ PAGE Louis XVI 15 Louis-Stanislas-Xavier de Bourbon, Comte de Provence, afterward Louis XVIII 18 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand 22 Jean-Sylvain Bailly, President of the Commons in 1789 27 The Commons taking the oath in the Tennis-Court at Versailles 31 Jacques Necker, Rector-General of Finances 34 The meeting of the National Assembly at Versailles, June, 1789 39