y livrait: devoted herself to, indnlged in

17. Kondon. There, in 1695, the Dauphin, son of Louis XIY., built a palace whieh was bumed by the Prussians in

18. BamboniUot, about 17 miles south^west of Versailles, had at that time a royal palace. — TontaiBoli^oaa is beautifnlly situated in the midst of an extensive forest, 85 utiles southeast of Paris ; its château, fonnded in the tonth eentury, has since been rebuilt several times. In the seventeenth century it was the résidence of Christine of Norway after her abdication.

46.— 9. Colbort (1619-1688), minister of finance to Ixmi» XIV. So complète was the change whieh he effected in twenty jears that the aanual revenue had risen from 84 million livres to 116 million. In varions ways he developed the industrial activity of the nation by state support. H« was the patron of commerce, arts, science and literatare.