INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z

Abdul Hamid, Sultan, 151, 152 Absinthe, sale of, prohibited in France, 248 Albert, King of the Belgians, 183 Alcazar, the palace of the, 35 description of, 36 life at, 37 et seq. Alcohol, the War and, 248 Alexander II., Tsar, assassination of, 176 Alexandra, Queen, 129, 131, 175, 194, 205, 209 Alexis, Grand Duke, 172 Alfonso XII., King, 2, 28 a family reunion, 27 a love match, 74 a visit to the French hospital, 60 and the Spanish aristocracy, 93 at the Escurial, 27-28 buried in the Escurial, 97 death of, 96, 97 grief at death of his wife, 90 et seq. his activities, 93 et seq. his children, 96 his education, 46 his popularity, 52 his second marriage, 95 ill-health of, 91 marries Mercedes, daughter of the Duc de Montpensier, 80 proclaimed King, 20, 48, 49, 58 the Infanta and, 5, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 34-5, 44-6, 64, 66, 68, 81, 89, 90 et seq. Alfonso XIII., King, birth of, 96, 104 Amadeo of Savoy, Prince, 49 Amber, a Royal search for, 211 America, a democratic crowd in, 235-6 the author in, 222 et seq. the Press of, 232, 235 the railways in, 233 Antoine of Orléans, Archduke, 68 et seq., 74, 99 marries the Infanta Eulalia, 100 separated from his wife, 238-239 Aosta, the Dowager Duchess of, 218 et seq. Aosta, the Duke and Duchess of, 217, 221 Aranjuez, the palace of, 100 Arbitration, democracy and, 247 Argyll, Duchess of, 130 Armada, dispatch of the, 28 Atoche, the church of, 104 Austria before the War, 181 Belgians, Albert King of the, 183 Belgium, King Leopold of, 183 Berlin, Court life in, 134 et seq. “Blood Royal,” prerogatives of, 3-4, 11, 31, 32 et seq., 62, 63, 84 Boer War, the, 113, 136 Bologna, 215 Bonaparte, Princess Lætitia (See Aosta, Dowager Duchess) “Bossism” in America and Spain, 55-6 Bourbon, Princess Caroline of, 175 British rule in India, the, 111 Bulgaria, King Ferdinand of, 184-5 Caciques in Spain, 56 et seq. Calomarde, Señor, 50 Campos, General Martinez, 48 Canovas, Señor, 85 Cara de Dios, la, 98 Carlo, Don, and the Spanish succession, 49-51 Caroline of Bourbon, Princess, 178 Charles III., 43 Charles IV., 224 Chicago: the World’s Fair, 222 Christian, King of Denmark, 205, 207 Christiania, author at, 190 et seq. Cleveland, President, 237 Coburg, Duchess of, 130 Connaught, Princess Margaret of, 204 Princess Patricia of, 130 the Duchess of, 130 the Duke of, 129 Constantinople, the Kaiser’s visit to, 151 Court diplomats, 87-9 life, anomalies of, 105 et seq. life in England, 110-12, 129 Cuba, 222, 225 et seq. Spanish corruption in, 229-30 Democracy and arbitration, 247 and monarchy, 244 education and, 180 in Denmark, 205, 208 in England, 123, 132 in Norway, 190 et seq. in Russia, 160 Denmark, democracy in, 205, 208 the King of, 205, 207 Disarmament, the question of, 246, 248-9 Dmitri, Grand Duke, 175 Echegaray, José de, 73 Edinburgh, the Duchess of (now Duchess of Coburg), 131 Education and democracy, 180 Edward VII., King, 112 and the entente cordinale, 127 and the Kaiser, 114, 134, 137, 138 entertains the Author, 129 his American and Jewish friends, 132 his punctuality, 129 Elizabeth, Grand Duchess, 174 England and Germany, industrial and commercial rivalry between, 114 and Socialism, 253 and the English, 106 et seq. author’s visits to, 108 and the question of disarmament, 248 changing customs in, 120 country life in, 116 et seq. democracy in, 123, 132 her international affairs, 127 love of extravagance in, 115-16, 132, 247 strikes and internal disorders in, 113, 248 taxing the wealthy in, 251 the aristocracy of, 110, 115, 132 the charm of home and country, 117 the landlord system in, 122 the veneration of Royalty in, 131 English, author’s views of the, 114 Court, the, a canon of Court etiquette, 131 character of the, 114, 125 diplomats, 89 Royal Family, the, 111 the, their superiority in diplomacy, 126 Entente cordiale, the, 127 Escurial, palace of the, 26 et seq. Alfonso XII. buried in, 97 arrival of Royal Family at, 28 interment of Queen Mercedes in, 90 Royal tombs in, 28 Eulalia, the Infanta, a guest at Sandringham, 129 a separation from her husband, 238-9 Alfonso XII. and, 7, 18, 21, 27, 35, 44-5, 64, 66, 68, 74, 81, 90 et seq. and Court etiquette, 31-2 and democracy, 179, 244 and Izzet Pasha, 151 and Edward VII., 128 et seq. Eulalia and the death of Alfonso XII., 96 et seq. and the English Royal circle, 130 et seq. and the language of eyes, 65 asserts herself, 8, 26, 30, 40 at Rome, 182 at the convent of the Sacré Cœur, 9 et seq., 108 at the Norwegian Court, 193 et seq. at the Ordensfest in Berlin, 138, 139, 140 at the palace of the Alcazar, 36 et seq. at Richmond, 119-120 death of her mother, 239 her engagement, 69, 74, 99 her father, 17, 189 her First Communion, 14 her growing desire for solitude, 238 her irksome duties as a Princess, 22 et seq., 142 et seq. her love of books, 46 et seq. her “mortal sin” and confession thereof, 70 her mother, 2, 4, 14, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 35, 38, 45, 75 her sisters, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 25, 40, 41, 44, 52, 60, 61, 68, 81 her sons, ix, 189, 238 in America, 232 et seq. in Russia, 160 et seq. marriage of, 100 Prince Napoleon a playmate of, 4 the Kaiser and, 134 et seq., 140-41 the King of Spain and, 240 visits Queen Victoria at Windsor, 108-9 “Face of God, the,” 98 Ferdinand, King of Bulgaria, 183-4 Ferdinand VII. of Spain, 15, 50 Ferrari, Philippo, 215 France and the Great War, 242-3 and the question of disarmament, 248 country life in, 119 Louis Philippe, King of, 72 Royalty in, 107 Francisco, Infante, father of Infanta Eulalia, 17, 189 Frederick, Empress, 130 Frederick the Great, the library of, 153 French, the, diplomacy of, 127 Galliera, the Duke of, 213, 215 Genoa, the Duke and Duchess of, 217, 219 George V., King, the simplicity of his life, 132 George, Mr. Lloyd, 253 German Emperor, the (see William II.) Royal Family, the, 136 Germany and the Great War, 246, 255 growth of Socialism in, 137 her greed for power and wealth, 251 industrial and commercial rivalry with England, 114 military party in, 155, 242 Great Britain and the Great War, 243 Great War, the, 115, 125, 132, 133, 179, 184 author’s reflections on, 242 good results of, 252 et seq. the Allies’ individual unity, 255 Tsar Nicholas II. and, 176 Gustav, King of Sweden, 204 Haakon, King of Norway, 180, 192, 193 et seq. Havana, author visits, 224 convicts as servants in, 227 the author’s curious predicament in, 228 Houlgate, an adventure at, 7 Humbert, King of Italy, 216, 217 India, British rule in, 111 Infection, immunity of Spanish to, 84 (cf. Viaticum) Isabel the Infanta, 44, 53, 95, 151 marriage of, 69 Isabelle II. (mother of the Infanta Eulalia), 2, 4, 14, 17, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 38, 42, 45, 239 an anecdote of, 102 attempted assassination of, 46 dethronement of, 49 intrigues against marriage of Alfonso XII., 42, 71 returns to Spain, 20, 22 succeeds to the throne, 50 Isle of Wight, 130, 162, 174 Italian Court, the, and the Vatican, a quarrel between, 95 Italy before and after the unification, 216 dialect in, 219 King Humbert of, 216, 217 King Victor Emmanuel of, 49, 182 miniature Courts in, 218 Queen Margherita of, 216, 217 the Courts of, 213 et seq. Izzet Pasha, 151 Kaiser, the, and his Court, 134 et seq. (see also William II., Emperor) La Granja, the summer palace of, 86 Las Palmas, the author at, 224 Leopold, King of Belgium, 183 London, the author in, 109 Louis XVI. and the Court of Versailles, 144 Louis Philippe, King, 72, 184 Louise, Princess (see Argyll, Duchess of) Luisa Carlota, the Infanta, 50 marriage of, 69 Madrid, a popular feast in, 98 an audience—and a kitten, 60-1 an embarrassing street decoration, 43 the Royal palace of, 43 Margaret, Princess of Connaught, 204 Margherita, Queen of Italy, 216 Maria Cristina (wife of Alfonso XII.), 95, 118, 151 Maria Cristina, Queen (wife of Ferdinand VII.), 15, 51 character of, 17 romantic marriage of, 16 Maria Padilla, the bath of, 38 Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess, 175 Marie, Empress, 175, 206, 209 Mary, Queen of England, 120 her simple life, 132 Maud, Queen of Norway, 180, 190, 193 et seq. Mercedes, Queen, 80 death of, 90 Mohammedanism, Spain and, 57 Montagnini, Monsignor, 221 Montpensier, the Duc de, 71, 214 a unique marriage, 75 and his orange crop, 93 and Isabella II., 71 and Queen Victoria, 109 appearance of, 77 death of, 238 head of the Orleans party, 72-3 his religious ideas, 76 marriage of, 72 Monza, the Castle of, 216 Moors, the, 57 Morro Castle, 224 Napoleon III. and Isabella II., 4 Netherlands, the, war in, 28 Nicholas II., Tsar, and his people, 157 et seq. as host, 169 courage of, 158, 176, 245 happy married life of, 166-167 his autocratic power, 164 his children, 166 his great tenderness, 177 his love of simplicity, 168, 176 his personality, 158 his strenuous days, 170 Normandy, the Spanish Court removes to, 5 Norway, democracy in, 180, 190 education in, 199 free unions in, 198 Queen Maud of, 190, 193 the King of, 180, 192, 193 Norway and Sweden, union of, repealed, 192, 200, 205 Olaf, Prince of Norway, 193, 196, 197 Ordensfest, the, 138, 139, 140 Orléans, Antoine d’, 68 et seq., 74, 99 Orleans family in France, 104 party, the, 73 the House of, 183, 184 Oscar, King of Sweden, 204-5 Palais de Castile, the Infanta’s life in, 4 et seq. Paris, flight from: the Infanta’s recollections of, 5 the author in, 107 Paris, Comte de, exiled from France, 105 the Comte and Comtesse de, at Tunbridge Wells, 105, 116 Patricia of Connaught, Princess, 130 Paul, Grand Duke, 175 Paz, the Infanta, 44, 53 Pedro the Cruel, 39 Peter the Great, 175 Petersburg. (See Petrograd) Petrograd, 160, 166 the Twelfth Day ceremony at, 161, 163-4 Philip II. and the Escurial, 28 Pilar, the Infanta, 44, 53 death of, 91 Poland, the tragedy of, 179 Polish question, the, 178 Quirinal, the, 216 Recruiting in England and Germany, 136 Richmond, author’s visit to, 119 Romanoff, the House of, and democracy, 171 Rome, the Infanta Eulalia at, 14, 182 the Pope of, 182 Russia and the Great War, 243 and the Orthodox Church, 164 creation of the Imperial Duma, 160, 165 Empress of, her beauty, 162 her devotion to her children, 167 her natural timidity, 246 her religious instincts, 164 the Blessing of the Waters in, 161, 164-5 the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses of, 171 et seq. the peasantry of, 178 Tsar Nicholas II., 157 Russian Court, the, a charming custom at, 169 the mazurka a favourite dance at the, 168 Sacre Cœur, convent of, 9, 108 Sagasta, Premier, 85 St. Lorenzo martyrdom, of, 28 Salic law in Spain, the, 50 San Jean de Luz, 22 Sandringham, a curious practice at, 129 Sans-Souci, the palace of, 153 Santander, 86 the Cathedral of, 25, 223 Savoy, Prince Amadeo of, 49 Scandinavia, Socialism in, 251 the simple life of, 252 Scandinavian democracies, the, 190 et seq. diplomats, 89 Serge, Grand Duke, assassination of, 174 Seville, 36 et seq. Shakespeare, the Infanta Eulalia and, 47 Social reform versus Socialism, 253 Socialism in Belgium, 183 in England, 253 in Germany, 136 in Italy, 182 in Sweden, 202 the ethics of, 250 et seq. Spain, “anti-clerical” revolts in, 57, 58 becomes a republic, 1 caciques in, 56 et seq. corruption in, 55, 94 influence of the Duc de Montpensier in, 72 intricacies of Government in, 55 et seq. king-making in, 48 et seq. medical science in, 90-92 priests and their rule, 56 religion and politics in, 57 Republicanism in, 58 taxation in, 56 the aristocracy of, 93 the Catholicism of, 98 the church and courtship, 66-7 the claque in, 52-3 the Clerical party in, 73 the question of succession, 42 the Salic law in, 50 the Viaticum in, 81 et seq. tricks of deception in, 54 Spanish Court, the, life at, 85 the diplomats, 87 et seq. Strikes and Socialism, 113, 249 Sweden, King Gustav of, 204 King Oscar of, 204-5 Socialism in, 203 the aristocracy of, 201 the Court of, 204 the Crown Prince of, 203 the Crown Princess of, 130, 204 the Parliament of, 202 the Queen of, 204 Sweden and Norway, union of, repealed, 192, 200, 205 Switzerland, true Socialism in, 251 Teck, the Duchess of, 120 Tunbridge Wells, the Comte and Comtesse de Paris at, 105, 116 Turin, the Courts of, 217 United States, “bossism” in the, 55, 56 Universal peace, the ideal way of obtaining, 251 Vatican, the, and the Infanta Eulalia, 182 and the Italian Court: a quarrel, 95 Venice, 220 et seq. Versailles, 32 of Spain, the. (See La Granja) Viaticum, the author’s experiences of, 81 et seq. Victor Emmanuel, King, 49 Victoria, Queen, and a problem of Court etiquette, 131 description of, 109 jubilee of, 112, 174 Vienna, the Court of, 95 Vodka, prohibition of, in Russia, 248 Voltaire, 153 Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, at the wedding of Alfonso XII., 129 Prince (Edward) of, his birth, 120 Princess of (now Queen Mary), birth of her first son, 120 Whisky, the evil of England, 248 Wight, Isle of, 130, 162, 174 William II., German Emperor and Edward VII., 114, 134, 137, 138 and the divinity of kingship, 135-6, 140, 154, 165, 243 and the Great War, 242-3 as host, 146-7 at the Ordensfest, 138-140 his children, 145 his flattery of the author, 141 his literary tastes, 153 his love of Berlin, 147-8 his personality, 134, 137 his punctuality, 144 his religious instincts, 135-6, 242 the household of, 134-5 the Infanta Eulalia’s visit to, 134 Windsor Castle, the author at, 109 Woman, the equality of, in Norway, 197 et seq. World’s Fair, the, 222 Zamoyski family, the, 178