Chapter I
Importance of Marie Antoinette in the Revolution.—Value of her Correspondence as a Means of estimating her Character.—Her Birth, November 2d, 1755.—Epigram of Metastasio.—Habits of the Imperial Family.—Schönbrunn.—Death of the Emperor.—Projects for the Marriage of the Archduchess.—Her Education.—The Abbé de Vermond.—Metastasio.— Gluck.