Roi de Hollande: William II

Page 32. — 1. 7. M. de Montlosier: a literary man and familiar figure in the salon of Madame Récamier. (i 755-1838.)

1. 8. Le Cid: G>meille's tragedy. The quotation is taken from the last speech of Don Diègue in the last scene of the third act of the play : —

** Dans ce malheur public, mon bonheur a permis Que j'ai trouvé chez moi, cinq cents de mes amis."

1. 20. Mme. de Staël was the daughter of Necker, the banker who was given charge of the finances by Louis XVI. from 1 776-1 781. Her books, Corinne^ Delphine^ and De P Allemagne, are well known. Napoleon disliked her freedom of thought and speech, and she did not find it agreeable to live in Paris under the Empire. ( 1 766-181 7.)

1. 20. Mme. Moreau : wife of General Moreau, who, after serving with honor in the French army, was exiled for complicity in the plot against the life of the Consul in 1804. He was killed in 181 3 while fighting with the Russians against the French. Naturally Mme. Moreau was opposed to the Empire.

1. 22. Empire: founded by Napoleon in 1804, destroyed in 181 5.

1. 23. Fouché: Minister of Police under the Empire. ( 1 763-1820.)

1. 34. Cambacérds: When the Consulate was established in 1799 the executive power was to be vested in three consuls, elected for ten years. The first consul alone, however, possessed the prerogatives of power, the others having only a consulting voice. Napoleon was first consul, Cambacérès and Lebrun the other two.

Page 33. —1. 10. Théâtre Français: the famous theatre founded by the order of Louis XIV. in 1680, and in which the classic repertoire is given.