OF

THE BARONESS D'OBERKIRCH,

COUNTESS DE MONTBRISON.

WRITTEN BY HERSELF,

AND

EDITED BY HER GRANDSON,

THE COUNT DE MONTBRISON.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

COLBURN AND CO., PUBLISHERS,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1852.

The Count de Montbrison hereby notifies that he reserves the right of
Translating this Work in France.

210.6.78.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY SCHULZE AND CO., 13 POLAND STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHAPTER I.

Disputes at the Luxembourg-M. d'Aubenton-The

queen's ball-Remark of the count du Nord-I

speak German to the queen-Supper at the princess

de Lamballes' - The queen dances there - The

French guards-Marshal Biron-Collation for the

countess du Nord-Note from the countess du

Nord-Visit to Chantilly - The princes of the

house of Condé and of the house of Orleans--Sur-

prises-M. Laujeon-Illuminations-Isle d'amour

-The prince of Condé--Mdlle. de Condé-Hunt-

The celebrated stables-Hunt by torchlight-The

duke d'Enghien — The duke of Bourbon-Stag-

hunt-Verses-Friendship of two princes

CHAPTER II.

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Conversation at the countess du Nord's-On the

royal family-About some persons at court-M. de

Maurepas-The marshal de Luxembourg's wife--

Dinner and supper guests-Visit to the duchess

de Polignac- Her connexion with the queen -

Visits to celebrated houses, M. Beaujon-Strange

life of a financier- Les Berceuses'-M. de la

Reynière Le Sieur Clérisseau-His impertinence

to the count du Nord-Tact of the prince-The

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marchioness de la Rivière--A new Lycurgus-The

duke d'Aumont - The marchioness de la Ferté

Jubault-M. de Barigny - Madame Geoffrin

Castor and Pollux-Company at the duchess de

Chartres Madame de Mackan Madame de

Beckendorf falls ill-I take her place-The queen

and the countess du Nord at Marly-Sèvres, mag-

nificent presents - The countess du Nord at the

'Bal d'opéra'-The Parliament-M. de Demesson

-The princess de Marsan-Verses on the princess

de Piedmont Adieux - Departure Verses

Triple nonsense-Success of the august travellers

-Remark of the count du Nord

CHAPTER III.

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Choisy-Reception by the royal family-What the

queen said to me-The magic table-Orleans-

The princes at Lyons-Ménard-M. de Marigny-

The Blois accent Anecdote of Sir William

Hamilton - The count de Marnier Javotte

Generosity A dame damée-Nantes-Marquis de

la Suze-M. de Cöeslosquet-M. de la Harpe-

Strange-The Port de l'Orient-M. de Pirch and

M. de Wirtersheim-The Powerful' sets sail-

Our dress-Brest-Count Hector--M. de la Motte

Piquet-Departure of seventy ships-Sham battle

-M. Groignard-One of the queen's femmes de

chambre-Lower Brittany-Belle Isle - Madame

Montesson-The count of Artois and Mdlle. du

Thé-The duchy of Mayence-The marquis de

Broglia-Brood hens-Broglia château-MM. de

Beauvron-The duke d'Harcourt-Marshal d'Har-

court

CHAPTER IV.

Baron de Bock-M. de Conrobert-Amiens; arrival

of Prince Baratinsky-The count d'Equevilly-The

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princess de Robecque-The Montmorency family

-Le chien de Nivelle-Dunkirk-Ostend-The

Archduchess Christina, governess of the Low

Countries-The prince of Starenberg-High offices

-Anecdote of the count of Starenberg and the

duke de Choiseul-Prince de Rauwitz-Prince de

Ligne-Anecdote-The nun-Dreikscheid-The

old cities of Flanders-Curious story of the count

du Nord - Strange vision - The Béguinages ---

Dinner at the archduchess's-The sick pearl -

Medallion-Court ball-Simon the saddler-Prince

Galitzin M. de Markoff-The convent of St.

Michael

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CHAPTER V.

Entrance into Holland-We travel in three divisions

-Friendship of the count du Nord for Prince

Kourakim-M. de Krusse-M. de la Fermière-

We cross an arm of the sea-Prince Galitzin-The

prince and princess of Orange-Tulip mania-The

wooden house-Tastes of the stadtholder-Fête-

Mdlle. de Merverkerke-The duke de Vangugon--

Dispute about precedence-The Hollanders--Cele-

brated garden-Reliance of the count du Nord-

M. Reindeck-Saardam-Souvenir of Peter the

Great M. Forth Lowen The Hollanders and

Voltaire-The Count Goloffkin--The lost supper

--The drunken postilions-The count of Roman-

zoff-The prince-bishop of Liège-The duke and

duchess of Gloucester-Spa-Princess Antoinette

of Hesse-Aix-la-Chapelle-- The little angel-

Beneficence of the count du Nord-Landgrave of

Hesse Cassel-Arrival of the princes Louis and

Eugene of Wurtemberg-The resident nobility-

Number of princes-I meet my husband and

daughter-Return to Alsace--The storks

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