‘ Gouy ngsn m u m" ABBREVIATIONS" t r S i n ed Le te g . Docu m ent Sign e d L Autograph etter . o o Aut graph d cument . Portrait . Illustration . — — ORD BEACONSFIELD gm pin g for comparis ons declared that . there were only t wo events in history : T h e Siege of Troy and the F r ench Revolution . Th e pre s ent exhibitio n of autographs is an attem pt t o teach the F r o outlines of history, and particularly of the ench Rev lution, by m it ld i . an m eans of holographic illustrat o n The writing of a , is he , i m d h m . S is the most per fect r el ic he l eav es behin o ething physical , a an d o has s well as intellectual moral, belonging to his pers nality, gone into the materi al substance carrying hi s writing . A limited space makes the selection of characters a difficult matter . All students are not likely to agree in regard t o the em inence and importance of some individuals wh o had part in t he great ev ent her e e illustrated . And so, likewise, all will not r cognize the great con t r ibu t o ry causes or disc over the same harvest from the Revolutionary . o f t i seed . The relative importance men and ac ions has depended n h e this instance on the judgment of t exhibitor , but it is believed that the principal actors in the Revolutionary drama will be found represented . o im To find the seeds of the French Rev lution, some go back to the t e o f the Jansenists an d the religious cont roversies . We have preferred r t h e v t to begin with those characters, living neare e ent , whose in el o f fo r lectual processes taught the people France to think themselves , and thus we find the subject arranging itself somewhat in the follow ing order . s I The Philosophical writer , like Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau . E m i The cono c writers, like Quesnay and Mably . ’ s e d A l e m be r t . The Encyclopedist , lik Diderot, _ and t wh o o f The Financiers , like Turgo , first all French states e men thought to reason with the people, and Calonne, of whom Madame de Stael said H e did m or e t hem a/n/y o t h e r m an t o r e t t h r e n e l t i c a e e F c h R v o u on . The Statesmen, like Choiseul and Maurepas . e The Poets , like B aumarchais , who ridiculed the Court, L e t o and Brun , who incited the people vandalism . t he The Editors, and those who moved mighty lever of the Mo m o r o press , like , the first printer of Liberty, and m Prudhom e , whose weekly illustrated paper h ad a c irc u lation of o f The Court at Versailles at the opening the Revolution . Th e Qu een at the Little Trianon . ' The afiair of the Necklace . 4 s o f t he a. Les Etat Généraux, or Assembly States Gener l r : A . The Cle gy B . The Nobility . C . The Third Estate . ' The oath in the Salle du Jeu de Paume . ' ' 12 1 78 9 The bust of Necker and the Cocarde ( July , ) The Bastille . ' fr m P ar The march of the W omen o is to Versailles . The Federation o f the Champs de Mars. F avr as Conspiracy . ‘ T he Flight to Varennes . o r . La Louisette, the Guillotine The Marse illaise . The Attack on the Tu ileries . The Fate o f t he King . T h e Shadow of the King; The Assignats . The Royal Fami ly i n the Temple . n The Revolutio ary Tribunal . T he D u m o u r ie'z Conspiracy Marat, the Friend of the People . T h e a “ Republican C lendar . The Fate of the Queen . ” P osterity Judges Men . The Girondins . H erbe r t i s t s . The Dantonists . The Frontier . The Vendee . The Vengeur . - t h o n Roll call of e C ndem e d . s r The Fe tival of the Sup eme Being. The Triumvirate . 9t h The Thermidor . Last of the Mou ntain . The Corps Legislatif . f A Co uncil o F ive Hu n dred. C f . B . ouncil o Ancients r Di ectory . “ . The Cry for . Bread a The Massacre at R stadt . ’ The Coup d E t at . The Consulate . n n Bo aparte Co sul fo r Life . The Emperor of the French . 10 - o u r u i l o i o v . 1 . D ivp r t D te r t e , g l t n e d N 2 8 , 7 9 3 e MONTESQUI E U ( Charles S e c o n dat de ) Baron de la B réd . Philoso pher and author of L e t t r e s P e rs wn n e s and E s pri t des L i s . o lt air Man kin d had l s t t he i r ri ht s and V e declared, o g o j t i o ai Mon e s qu eu f u n d t he m ag n . S . 19 1740. A . L , Bordeaux, March , - VOLTAIRE ( Francois Marie Arouet de ) . L e t t r e s s wr le s A n la/is t e e Philosopher, whose g taught h Fr nch 2 17 64 he people t o unders tand liberty . Under date April , , o f . predicted, in so many words, the coming the Revolution 1 42. S . 27 7 A . L . , Dec , P . I . A ROUET ( Francois ) . t o s s . Father of Voltaire, and unfriendly his literary tudie a 1 18 o f Volt ire assumed, in 7 , the name Voltaire from a sort of anagram of Arouet l . j . ( Le Jeune ) . S . 4 1 705 . D , Paris, Dec , - VI LLETTE ( Charles Michel ) Marquis de . a o f l a B e ll e t Married the dopted daughter Voltaire, called e B n n e . a 27 o It w s in his house ( at present Quai Voltaire, Paris ) that t he heart of Voltaire was prese rved and where the procession 1 1 1 7 9 wa t o . halted July , 1, on its y the Pantheon The house wh er e i a i r t h e o : H is m in d is ev er h s he r t s he e . bore inscripti n y ; \ . 28 1 784 s A L S Paris , April , , concerning the mechanic brought t o Ferney by Voltaire . I . ’ dc L E n c l o . LANCLOS ( Ninon ) , sometimes written s Famous woman whose charms attracted three generations . She bequeathed livres to Voltaire with which t o buy books . A . L. S . P - d CHATELET ( Gabriele Emilie de Breteuil ) Marquise u . Brilliant woman o f science and intimate friend of Voltaire . Translate d Newt on into French . Voltaire lived many years in i her house in Paris and in her chateau in C ve y . When she ” 1740 : died in he exclaimed I have lost half of my life . S . A . L . , speaks of Voltaire P ‘ DENIS ( Rosalie - Louise- Mignot ) i . Writer and niece of Voltaire, w th whom he spent his last days S . 1 6 . A . L . , Paris, July ROUSSEAU Jean-Jac qu e s ’ L i/n é ali t a/rm l e a Philosopher, whose g e p i s H m m e s taught men their rights . The opening phrase in the second part of this an o f essay, more than y other expression the human intellect, induced the Revolution . ’ . L . S . L H e rm it a e . 25 17 5 6 . A , g , Sept , P . I . 6 ’ EPINAY ( Louise - Florence P ét ro n e l l e Tardieu d E s c l av e l l e s ) ’ Madame d . The patro ness of Rousseau, to Whom she loaned her country ho use, the Hermitage . f . S o o A L , t Catherine II Russia P . I . HOUDETOT ( Sophie de l a Live de B ellegarde ) Comtesse — ’ Sister - in l aw of Madame d E pin ay and intimate friend o f R ous seau . S . 28 1 807 A . L . , Paris, March , P . I . - BUFFON ( George Louis Le Clerc ) Com te de . Famous naturalist whose theories and writings changed the method of tho ught o f the French peo ple and prepared the French mind to receive the work o f the . philosophers an d economists . 7 . S . 1 1 80 L . , Jan , Montbard P . QUESNAY ( Francois ) . Chief o f the E c o n o m is t e s : physician to Madame de Pompadour called the Confucius of Europe . His articles in the E n c y c lo pedic on F e rm ier s and Gr ain s co ntributed largely to Revolutionary o o f t o ideas . He attributed the p verty the agriculturists feudal t h e r s t o . Opp ession, driving person from fields the town S . o f A . L . , written from the Palace Versailles , where he had apartments directly under those o f Madame Pompadour .