Chapter I: Preface: i

OF WORKS OF THE MIND 7

OF PERSONAL MERIT 39

OF WOMEN 58

OF THE AFFECTIONS 86

OF SOCIETY AND OF CONVERSATION 100

OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE 132

OF THE TOWN 164

OF THE COURT 183

OF THE GREAT 221

OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE 245

OF MANKIND 271

OF OPINIONS 328

OF FASHION 377

OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS 403

OF THE PULPIT 442

OF FREETHINKERS 459

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

Etchings—Portraits.

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JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE _Frontispiece_

MONTAIGNE 23

DESCARTES 151

LE BRUN 236

LOUIS XIV. 270

WILLIAM III. 374

BOSSUET 453

Etchings—Vignettes.

THE AUTHOR i

STUDY 7

TIRED OUT 39

THE TOILETTE 58

AFFECTION 86

SOCIETY 100

RUSTIC COURTSHIP 132

THE TUILERIES 164

THE COURT 183

THE GREAT 221

THE PRICE OF GLORY 245

THE CONSULTATION 271

DIFFERENT OPINIONS 328

THE BIRD-FANCIER 377

NOBLE AND CITIZEN 403

MONK PREACHING 442

BELIEF 459