deserves to be
written," 305;
its lesson--the fruitlessness of the devotion of a most gifted
woman's life to the pursuit of politics, 306.

VENDOME, Caesar, Duke de, blockades Bordeaux, 14;
is made High Admiral and State Minister by Mazarin, 21;
pursues the Spanish fleet and threatens the relics of the Fronde at
Bordeaux, 21.

VENDOME, Louis Joseph, Duke de (son of Caesar), his victory at
Villaviciosa, 262;
it definitely seats the Bourbons on the throne of Spain, 262.

VINEUIL, M. de, proves a dangerous emissary in Conde's courtship of
"the Queen of Hearts," Madame de Chatillon, 5;
Madame de Montbazon, Madame de Mouy, and the Princess of Wurtemberg,
successively experience the effects of his seduction, 5.

WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, the more immediate circumstances that
brought it about, 128;
Charles II. consults Innocent XI., and secretly bequeaths his crown
to the Duke d'Anjou, 142.

WHIGS, the, Queen Anne's feeling towards that party purely
official, 206;
they labour to secure the adhesion of Lady Churchill, 207;
they triumph in the first struggle, 218;
they eject Mansel, Harley, and Bolingbroke, 218;
they reckon amongst their ranks Marlborough, Godolphin, Walpole, the
army, public opinion, and parliament, 218;
the fall of the Ministry through disunion in itself, 233;
Dr. Sacheverel's affair contributes to ruin the Whigs in the Queen's
favour, 234;
the disgrace of the Duchess involves the fall of the Whigs, 242.

THE END.

BRADBURY AGNEW & CO., PRINTERS, WHITFERIARS.

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