Excerpt from Twenty-Five Years of My Life and Memoirs of My Mother, Vol. 2 of 2 Since the purchase of this manuscript by the editors, who publish it to-day, its appear ance has been retarded by the events which have filled all France with desolation and woe. Now that the return of peace and order enable us once more to turn our minds to the enjoyment of literary pursuits, it seems a favourable moment to bring Lamartine again before the public. After such trials and such bitter humiliations, France needs to turn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.