MARIE LOUISE AND THE DECADENCE OF THE EMPIRE BY IMBERT DE SAINTAMAND CONTENTS INCLUDE: I MARIE LOUISE AT SAINT CLOUD II. MOSCOW III. MALETS CONSPIRACY IV. THE RETREAT FROM RUSSIA V. THE EMPERORS RETURN VI ADULATION VII. THE END OF 1812 VIII. THE CONCORDAT OF FONTAINEBLKAU IX. THE COUNT OF SAINT MARSAN X. COUNT OTTO XI. THE COUNT OF NARBONNE XII THE REGENCY XIII. LUTZEN AND BAUTZEN XIV. THE ARMISTICE XV. MAYENCE XVI THE LAST FESTIVITIES XVII THE RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES XVIII THE END OF 1813 XIX. THE BEGINNING OF 1814 XX, MARIE LOUISES FAREWELL "MARIE LOUISE AT SAINT CLOUD. MARIE LOUISE, after her triumphal progress to Prague, reached the Palace of Saint Cloud on her return July 18,1812, and her arrival was announced by the cannon of the Invalided This paragraph appeared in the Monitew of the 21st: u Paris, July 21st. A vast crowd took advantage of the beautiful weather yesterday to visit Saint Cloud and the neighboring country. At six in the afternoon the Empress drove through the park in a barouche. When Her Majesty and the King of Rome appeared, warm cheers broke out on all sides, and accompanied Her Majesty all the way. Sunday, July 25, the Empress received, after mass at the palace, in the Apollo Gallery, the great bodies of state and persons who had been presented at court then going into the ballroom, she gave audience, with her accustomed grace, to the princes who held high positions, the ministers, the high officers of the Empire, the Grand Eagles of the Legion of Honor, and the Diplomatic Body."