The Comte de St. Germain, by Isabel Cooper-Oakley, [1912]
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Mystic and Philosopher | 1 |
| The theories of his birth--High connections--The friend of kings and princes--Various titles--Supposed Prince Ragoczy--Historic traces--At the Court at Anspach--Friend of the Orloffs--Moral character given by Prince Charles of Hesse. | |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| His Travels and Knowledge | 25 |
| The Comte de St. Germain at Venice in 1710 and the Countess de Georgy--Letter to the British Museum in 1733 from the Hague--From 1737 to 1742 in Persia--In England in 1745--In Vienna in 1746--In 1755 in India--In 1757 comes to Paris--In 1760 at The Hague--In St. Petersburg in 1762--In Brussels in 1763--Starting new experiments in manufactories--In 1760 in Venice--News from an Italian Newspaper for 1770--M. de St. Germain at Leghorn--In Paris again in 1774--At Triesdorf in 1776--At Leipzig in 1777--Testimony of high character by contemporary writers. | |
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| CHAPTER III. | |
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| The Coming Danger | 53 |
| Madame d’Adhémar and the Comte de St. Germain--His sudden appearance in Paris--Interview with the Countess--Warnings of approaching danger to the Royal Family--Desires to see the King and the Queen--Important note by the Countess d’Adhémar relative to the various times she saw the Comte de St. Germain after his supposed death--Last date 1822. | |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Tragical Prophecies | 74 |
| Continuation of the Memoirs of Madame d’Adhémar--Marie Antoinette receives M. de St. Germain--He predicts the downfall of Royalty--Louis XVI. desires to see M. de St. Germain--M. de Maurepas arrives--The Comte de St. Germain also--Disappears. | |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Political Work | 94 |
| The political work of the Comte de St. Germain--Remarks by Voltaire--Baron de Gleichen states that the Marshal de Belle Isle drew up the Instructions--Louis XV delivered them himself with a cipher to M. de St. Germain--Anger of the Duc de Choiseul--Attempts to capture M. de St. Germain--Leaves Holland for England. | |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| In the "Mitchell Papers" | 111 |
| Diplomatic correspondence between Lord Holdernesse and General Yorke--From the British Museum--Secret mission of the Comte de St. Germain--Not permitted to remain in England--George III thinks it not unlikely that M. de St. Germain is "an authorised Agent." | |
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| CHAPTER VII. | |
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| Masonic Tradition | 128 |
| Poem said to be written by M. de St. Germain--Freemasonry and Mystic Societies--Charges against M. de St. Germain--Refuted by Mounier--Documents relative to his death in 1784--Church Records met by the Comte de Châlons in Venice in 1788--Attending Masonic Meetings in 1783--Seen by the Countess d’Adhémar in 1804 and 1822. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Masonic Work and Austrian Traditions | 138 |
| M. de St. Germain in Vienna--Meeting with Mesmer--Meeting at Fedalhofe--Predicts his retirement from Europe--Recent articles on M. de St. Germain in Vienna--Correspondence with Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig under name of Comte Welldone. | |
| APPENDIX I. | |
| Documents from the Archives de l’État, Paris, concerning the appartment, in the Castle of Chambord, offered to the Comte de St. Germain by Louis XV. in 1758 | 163 |
| APPENDIX II. | |
| Correspondence between the Duc de Choiseul and the Comte d’Affry, with regard to the Comte de St. Germain, from the Archives in Paris | 167 |
| APPENDIX III. | |
| From the papers of Sieur Bentinck van Rhoon, in the Archives of the Palace of H.M. the Queen of Holland; translated from the Dutch | 200 |
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| APPENDIX IV. | |
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| Extracts from the "Memoirs of Hardenbrock" (edition of the Historisch Genootschap of Utrecht), vol. I, p. 220; translated from the Dutch original | 214 |
| APPENDIX V. | |
| Masonic Documents from the Lodge of the Grand Orient de France | 217 |
| APPENDIX VI. | |
| Additional Mitchell Papers | 219 |
| APPENDIX VII. | |
| Miscellaneous Papers from English Record Office | 230 |
| Bibliography | 243 |