The Storm and its Portents. Scenes from the reign of Louis XVI

Introduction

....... 1 I. THE CRUSH AFTER THE MARRIAGE . . 4 II A STORY OP THE PERIOD .... 8 III. THE ROBBERY AT LUCIENNES . . .14 IV. A PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT . . .19 V. THE ANTIQUARIANS AT FAULT . . .24 VI. A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY ON ASH WEDNESDAY, 1780 32 VII. PREJUDICE PUNISHED . . . .35 VIII. THE PASTRY-COOK POET . . . .39 IX. CAGLIOSTRO AND THE COUNTESS DU BARRI 47 X. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE . . .56 XL A MUSICAL SCENE ON THE BOULEVARDS . 66 XII. MARIE ANTOINETTE AS AN ACTRESS . . 75 XIII. MADEMOISELLE CLAIRON AND HER LOVERS . 82 XIV. THEATRICAL SCENES . . . .99 XV. NECKER ...... 104 XVI. A PRIEST OF THE PERIOD . . . .119 XVII. THE WOMAN WITHOUT A NAME . . . 128 XVIII. CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS . . . 140 XIX. THE BARREL OF GOLD .... 154 XX. " MADAME LA RESSOURCE "... CONTENTS. vi Page XXI. THE ASSIGN ATS . . . . .175 XXII.

ASSASSINATION OF GUSTAVUS III. . . 186 XXTII. THE BRIGANDS OF ORGERES . . . 198 XXIV. LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH .... 207 XXV. A BANKER IN THE REVOLUTION . . 226 XXVI. DEATH OF THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE . 241 XXVII. LIEUTENANT GOSNAY .... 262 XXVIII. THE MEMOIRS OF MADAME ROLAND . . 271 XXIX. THE MAN WHO NEVER LOST HIS TEMPER . 286 XXX. THE ITALIAN OPERA .... 295 XXXI. THE LAST DAYS OF CONDORCET . . 304 XXXII. BIBLIOGRAPHY .....