to clearer relief before the French people the
unquestionable personal superiority of the Monarchist over the
Republican leaders and representatives. It is undeniable that an
overwhelming majority of the ablest and most influential men in France,
of all classes and conditions, are to-day in open opposition either to
the policy or to the constitution of the existing Republic, or to both.
Many--I think most of them--are agreed that the Monarchy must be
restored if France is to be saved from anarchy and dismemberment. The
rest of them are agreed that the Republic must be so remodelled as to
become in fact, if not in name, a monarchy. In this condition of the
country, the avowed Monarchists must inevitably draw to themselves the
support of all who differ from them, not as to the end, but as to the
means only. For the logic of events is steadily strengthening the
verdict uttered by the Duc de Broglie three years ago on the Republican
experiments, in a speech made by him before the Monarchist Union at
Paris on May 29, 1887. 'All these political ghosts must go flitting by,
but France will endure and remain, forced to pay the price of their
follies in the form of interest on their loans!'

There is no war now between the Chateau de Broglie and the cottages of
the Eure; certainly no war between the chateau and the town of Broglie.
The town is bright, pretty and prosperous. The park gates open into it
as the park gates of Arundel Castle open into Arundel, but without even
the semblance of a fortification.

The park is very extensive and nobly planned, with a certain stateliness
rather Italian than English. The ground undulates beautifully, and from
its great elevation above the river and the town commands in all
directions the most charming views. The roads and walks are admirably
laid out, the trees well grown and lofty. The chateau itself dates back,
as to its earlier portions, to the Hundred Years' War. It was more than
once besieged by the English, and some of the ivy-grown walls and towers
which overlook the town take you back to Edward III. and the Black
Prince. But the long facade and the main buildings are of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, during which the De Broglies made
so much French history. Within, the spacious saloons, the grand
vestibule and hall, and the delightful library are in perfect keeping
with the traditions of a family which for generations has given soldiers
and statesmen to the service of a