"Women ruled then； the Revolution has dethroned them. . . This gallantry I speak of has entirely disappeared."[47]. "Women in France to some extent dictate whatever is to be said and prescribe whatever is to be done in the fashionable world."("A comparative view，" by John Andrews， 1785.)[48]. Mme. d'Oberkirk， I. 299. - Mme. de Genlis， "Mémoires，" ch.
XI.
[49]. De Tilly， I. 24.
[50]. Necker， "Oeuvres complètes，" XV， 259.
[51]. Narrated by M. de Bezenval， a witness of the duel.
[52]. See especially： Saint-Aubin， "Le bal paré，" "Le Concert；" -Moreau， "Les Elégants，" "La Vie d'un Seigneur à la mode，" the vignettes of "La nouvelle Héloise；" Beaudouin， "La Toilette，" "Le Coucher de la Mariée；" Lawreince， "Qu'en dit l'abbé？ " - Watteau， the first in date and in talent， transposes these customs and depicts them the better by ****** them more poetic. - Of the rest， reread "Marianne，" by Marivaux； "La Vérité dans le vin，" by Collé； "Le coin du feu，" "La nuit et le moment，" by Crébillon fils； and two letters in the "Correspondance inédite" of Mme. du Deffant， one by the AbbéBarthélemy and the other by the Chevalier de Boufflers， (I. 258， 341.).
[53]. "Correspondence inédite de Mme. du Deffant，" published by M.
de Saint-Aulaire， I. 235， 258， 296， 302， 363.
[54]. Mme. de Genlis， "Dict. des Etiquettes，" II. 38. "Adèle et Théodore， I， 312， II， 350， - George Sand， "Histoire de ma vie，" I.
228. - De Goncourt， p. 111.
[55]. George Sand， I. 59.
[56]. "A comparative view，" etc.， by John Andrews.
[57]. Mme. Vigée-Lebrun， I. 15， 154.
[58]. Chateaubriand， I. 34. - "Mémoires de Mirabeau，" passim. -George Sand， I. 59， 76.
[59]. Comptes rendus de la société de Berry (1863-1864).
[60]. "Histoire de Troyes pendant la Révolution，" by Albert Babeau， I. 46.
[61]. Foissets， "Le Président des Brosses，" 65， 69， 70， 346. -"Lettres du Président des Brosses，" (ed. Coulomb)， passim. - Piron being uneasy concerning his "Ode à Priape，" President Bouhier， a man of great and fine erudition， and the least starched of learned ones， sent for the young man and said to him， "You are a foolish fellow. If any one presses you to know the author of the offence tell him that Iam." (Sainte-Beuve， "Nouveaux Lundis，" VII. 414.)[62]. Foisset， ibid.. 185. Six audiences a week and often two a day besides his labors as antiquarian， historian， linguist， geographer， editor and academician.
[63]. "Souvenirs"， by PASQUIER (Etienne-Dennis， duc)， chancelier de France. in VI volumes， Librarie Plon， Paris 1893.
[64]. De Valfons， "Souvenirs，" 60.
[65]. Montgaillard (an eye-witness). "Histoire de France，" II. 246.
[66]. M. de Conzié is surprised at four o'clock in the morning by his rival， an officer in the guards. "Make no noise，" he said to him， "a dress like yours will be brought to me and I will have a cock made then we shall be on the same level." A valet brings him his weapons.
He descends into the garden of the mansion， fights with the officer and disarms him. ("Correspondance，" by Métra， XIV. May 20， 1783.) -"Le Comte de Clermont，" by Jules Cousin， passim. - "Journal de Collé，" III. 232 (July， 1769).
[67]. De Loménie， "Beaumarchais et son temps， II. 304.
[68]. De Luynes， XVL 161 (September， 1757). The village festival given to King Stanislas， by Mme. de Mauconseil at Bagatelle. -Bachaumont， III. 247 (September 7， 1767). Festival given by the Prince de Condé.
[69]. "Correspondance，" by Métra， XIII. 97 (June 15， 1782)， and V.
232 (June 24 and 25， 1777). - Mme. de Genlis "Mémoires，" chap. XIV.
[70]. Bachaumont， November 17， 1770. - "Journal de Collé，" III.
136 (April 29， 1767). - De Montlosier， "Mémoires，" I. 43. "At the residence of the Commandant (at Clermont) they would have been glad to enlist me in private theatricals."[71]. "Correspondance." by Métra， II. 245 (Nov. 18. 1775).
[72]. Julien. "Histoire du Théatre de Madame de Pompadour." These representations last seven years and cost during the winter alone of 1749， 300，000 livres. - De Luynes， X. 45. - Mme. de Hausset， 230.
[73]. Mme. Campan， I. 130. - Cf. with caution， the Mémoires， are suspect， as they have been greatly modified and arranged by Fleury. -De Goncourt， 114.
74. Jules Cousin， " Le Comte de Clermont，" p.21. - Mme. de Genlis， "Mémoires，" chap. 3 and 11. - De Goncourt， 114.
[75]. Bachaumont， III. 343 (February 23， 1768) and IV. 174， III.
232. - "Journal d Collé，" passim. - Collé， Laujon and Poisinet are the principal purveyors for these displays； the only one of merit is "La Verité dans le Vin." In this piece instead of "Mylord." there was at first the "bishop of Avranches，" and the piece was thus performed at Villers-Cotterets in the house of the Duc d'Orléans.
[76]. Mme. d'Oberkirk， II. 82. - On the tone of the best society see "Correspondance" by Métra， I. 50， III. 68， and Bezenval (Ed.
Barrière) 387 to 394.
[77]. Mme. de Genlis， "Adèle et Théodore，" II. 362.
[78]. George Sand， I. 85. "At my grandmother's I have found boxes full of couplets， madrigals and biting satires.... I burned some of them so obscene that I would not dare read them through， and these written by abbés I had known to my infancy and by a marquis of the best blood." Among other examples， toned down， the songs on the Bird and the Shepherdess， may be read in "Correspondance，" by Métra.