New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-24

that, which it is impossible 20 compute with ac-
curacy. was never deliberately mischievous and was
| generally thrown on the side OF prudence.
Permitting himself fewer details than in MS
sketch of Nine de Maintenon. it has yet been
within VI. de Saint-Amands power 70 prepare
animated and interesting portraits of the other
conspicuous women at the court of Louis NV
during the later period to which the present.
volume Is confined To the exquisite Maiqulse
de Caylus, Nine de Main,enon's niece to the
pathetic Danphinrss from Bavaria to the Duchess
OF Burgundy, who married the Kings grandson
10 the daughters Of Louis XIV, and to the aters
,istor-naw, the masculine Duchess Of Orleans
he gives vcritable existence in his book. lh're
ere some especially refreshing gimpSes Of the
Princess P.atine, as the wife Ct the King
brother is often called. She brought with her
front Germany the sturdy honesty of her race
She loved horses and dogs, and was one illus
tration Of the saying that pcryon with such d
rassion will love men less, for Sill, seems to have
had few if any illusions to thos, about her
Whether authentic or not. the story which SAINT
Simon tolls aprOpos of her sons alliance with
orc of Nine. de Montcspan's daughters is very
characteristic NJ de Saint-Amand quotes it as
follows: She thc Duchess of Orleans strobe
ND and down. handkerchief in hand, and weeping
nnrcsraincdly, talking rather loud gcsticuntlng,
and reminding one Of Ceres after the abduction
of Pro-erpinc . People generally going to
await the breaking up OF the council and the King 5
Mass in the gallery H. O., tn" great gallery or
mirrors, Madame went there: her approached
her. az he did every day, TO kiss her hand. AZ
that moment Madame gave him so resembling
q slap that it could be- heard several PAGES OH
and which, Ia presence of the whole court COW
i'm fu,io
the very numerous spectators. Of whom was
one, with predictions astonshlnent'
The cpisode is plainly lacking in urbanty, hut
il none the less expressive of a vrilc instinct ana
il comes like "A breath Of bracing air from inc
north. through the cncrvating atmosphere OF the
French Court. Whatever rcinemen's Of character
tie Princess Palatinc may have lacked dellcacy
Of perception was not one of them She knew
an insult; even when it enanated from behind the
tnon" She has written of tn" King that "wheh
he acted on his initiative he was always good
and generous but her clear German eye plcrc'h
through III" luminous mist surrounding hlnl' an"
10 her, at last, something OF his actual ciipre
wa, revealed For her tho uphol-tcrer was no
rontin" Sic saw through the kindly trippiigs
II is nnrdly likely that SIC w"uhi have lndor""
any such Judgment IA that which VI. Il" SAINT
hnand quotes from Nine. de Cayius on page -"
he King, says the latter. was religious AT not
to'a.7 There is something almost humorous IN
this verde, on Louis XIV. Thoneh NJ. de Naiv
Anand has similar tenderness for the King, the
reader oan arrive at AN equitable conclusion from
r,rI,al Of this book which states facts enough
for a balance to I've struck between the bias OF the
author and H." testimony of history In his sur
ycy Of the data available VI. de Saint-Amind en-
Traces considerable sphre and presents the results
raishtforwardly and in compact form. his,
k" his other volumes, gives plausible and IN
trssting view OF the matters with which II j. con-
cnrnod II j. TO b. followed by two volumes on
the women of tie court of Louis Nv. such as
Nine de Pompadour and Nine. du Barry