The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-04

ferred to pursue his studies In tran
ouillity at Basic and the King Of France
Jared no better than the other SOW
ereigns who e~ndeavored { % lure him
from his retirement. Marguerite was
a writer of very graceful verse herself
and was as much a %patroness OF the
poets as she was of the Salon Gle
mcnt Marot was one OF the poets
whom she kept at her court. He was
said to combine all that was piquant
in his generat!rH.--:hc valor of the sol.
der. the manners of the courtier. bril-
liza 1T ga%llantries. literary feuds. quar-
rels OF the SCR s>~,ie and visits to tho
prison of Chatrlet. Several Of his
charming sonncts to Marguerite are
included in the present volume. The
period OF Maryuerite's life until the
year 1925 was pretty well filled with
the squabbles Of the Sorbonne and the
College de France. with the reformers
and the orthodox. After the death OF
! her first husband she married Henri
d'Albret. In 1925 Marguerite of Ma
varre was sent on the most ~extraordi-
nary mission ever entrusted TO a
! woman The King Francois was then
the prisoner of Charles V. in Madrid,
and Marguerite was chosen as ambas-
sldress with full powers to negotiate
HE release from Charles V. IL was
a real duel of wits between Marguerite
and the great Emperor and burgundy
was the stumbling block. Charles was
as determined to have IL as h was
e, compass her brothers release with
cat giving il ~.
In the latter part Of her life she was
forced to withdraw her patronage very
largely from the Reformers and her
! entire time was practically given over
! IL the service of her frivolous brother.
! She superintendcd the care and educa-
ion OF his sons and an interesting pic
tire Is given OF her at this time or her
l!fe.
At tn. court Of France. the most mag
nihcent in Europe. Marguerit" dressed WIN
all the sumptuousross that was h"tur"lF
expected Of the Kings sister. ann @he
shared in all rs costly pleasures. But IN
Be,rn, the revenues OF which did not admit
a, , luxurious mode Of NE. she adopted
great simplicity IN her habits and attire.
Her dress was 81 plain black Nelvet: from
! the skirt. half hidden by the long CLOAK. "
| the "ornette. or square hood. coming 10"
down ON tho forehead. she wore no jewels
-, ,,,,cr.d hv plns in
VIZ" ~. x,,v n, France
'ne run -, state
~ ~ ,a,,y co,sidercI
ndispenssble was out % all proportion 10
ibe sig. of her husbands little kingdom.
Sb. had ten mal'res d'ho:el. twenty 'ai'is
10 chanbrc. seventeen secretaries. foIr doe
tors. two chamberlain. . chanrelI"r ana
'""n's 81, ~ 49, s,l vo,,c,
'"'"''' ,c,r ,,r
W "' --N -. n,...r wo-c >, ~.
-" 80 ,..,n - she once
~. ., 80 ,lo,h.. 20
eNp."'".H' "" nu 80, sh, urs, o., So.
NAV" nv" ,'N 81. .s,
'''ht'' Pr.P' a''' ,-,,tl.
k'pt up we prn.'. n",,' ,,,r-,
lns ~ 80. ,,,d..,
'"' "'''"' .,r, %,
"nes' rs"' -" -" ,,, ~.
"'"vh S".""' .h,,a
""''' 'n" 'I,''' :" ". -a"L San.
W u m"' Nv - r,o
Fe',' wv ,.t,. ,b.
'h'es "''N Ar'' e..
'!u'"h u'n'' "'""' W
ne s"'"hu "'S W. irn.
sH' "'' '''''''" W. Ia.
ne 'h' d ,,.I :,
q "nht'"r ""'"
snow a V''''r " P'" ..,-
Won sAe 'eh' MIN s'"e "'" -"
'anr
.NHHlrs "' ''"''' N'N"F' '''''t"'
re- s''n, N-''''' "a,
|. iple' =. w. g., -,c,rd 90 ~ nj.
,i,r, ,o- IN. r.,f,r. 81 his peon,s, and
during hi. ,reou.n, absences tho entire al
minis;ration remained in her hands. cor
tain hour. Of 'a'h day were set "p,r' Tor