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the prevalent mania for rehabilitating, and have tried to whitewash Jeanne du Barry, I may state in advance that I have not been so foolish as to attempt anything of the kind. I have simply tried to show that she was not as black as she was painted, and that the portraits of her which have been given by three generations of historians have been overcharged with shadows. ORDER FORM To Mr... (bookseller)... 189 Sir, Please forward me cop of "THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MADAME DU BARRY," by Mr. Robert B. Douglas, at Sixteen Shillings per copy net, as published by Mr. Leonard Smithers, of 1, Arundel Street, Strand, London. Name... Address...