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.

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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

PALACE OF ST. CLOUD 222

CHARLES X. AT VALOGNES 234

THE PALAIS ROYAL 275

THE BARRICADE 312

ST. HELENA 353

LOUIS PHILIPPE LEAVING FRANCE 391

LOUIS PHILIPPE.

CHAPTER I.

ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF ORLEANS.

1669-1793

Louis and Philippe.--The regent.--Louis de Valois.--Louis le
Gros.--Pride of royalty.--Birth of Egalite.--Fortune of the Duke
of Orleans.--Democracy of the Duke of Orleans.--Wealth of the
Duke of Orleans.--Banishment of the duke.--Popularity of the
Duke of Orleans.--Assembling of the States-General.--Commotion
in Paris.--Flight of the nobles.--Petition of the Duke of
Orleans.--Domestic discord.--Flight of General Dumouriez.--Arrest
of the Duke of Orleans.--Execution of Egalite.--Birth of Louis
Philippe.--His daily journal.--Educational influences.--Mental and
physical training.--Testimony of Madame de Genlis.--Demolition of
the Bastile.--The Duke of Chartres joins the Jacobin Club.--H