The Story of Versailles

BY

FRANCIS LORING PAYNE

NEW YORK

MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY

1919

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY

MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY.

Press of

J.J. Little & Ives Co.

New York

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter

I.	THE BEGINNING OF VERSAILLES
II.	THE MAKING OF VERSAILLES.THE LUXURIOUS CHATEAU AND PARKLAND OF LOUIS XIV
III.	THE LUXURY OF VERSAILLES
IV.	THE GARDENS, THE FOUNTAINS AND THE GRAND TRIANON
V.	A DAY WITH THE SUN KING
VI.	GOLDEN DAYS AND RED LETTER NIGHTS
VII.	THE WOMEN OF VERSAILLES
VIII.	THE VERSAILLES OF LOUIS XV
IX.	THE TWILIGHT OF THE BOURBON KINGS
X.	THE SHRINE OF ROYAL MEMORIES,THE SCENE OF WORLD ADJUSTMENTS

FOREWORD

THE HALL OF MIRRORS

I

If you could speak what tales your tongues could tell,
   You voiceless mirrors of the storied past!
Do you remember when the curtain fell
   O

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