of France, and the events which followed his assassination.

If you have not got the work, I will forward it to you from hence, or give you the edition which I must have at Claremont.
As my paper draws to a close, I shall finish also by giving you my best blessings, and remain ever, my dearest Love, your faithfully attached Friend and Uncle, LEOPOLD R.
[Footnote 12: Maximilien, Duc de Sully, was Henry's Minister of Finance.

A curious feature of the Memoirs is the fact that they are written in the second person: the historian recounts the hero's adventures to him.] [Pageheading: THE PRINCESS'S READING] _The Princess Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ TUNBRIDGE WELLS, _22nd October 1834._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--You cannot conceive how happy you have made me, by your very kind letter, which, instead of tiring, delights me beyond everything.

I must likewise say how very grateful I feel for the kind and excellent advice you gave me in it.
For the autographs I beg to return my best thanks.

They are most valuable and interesting, and will be great additions to my collections.