INDEX

A Abdul Kerim, Queen Victoria’s Munshi, 194-195, 213 Abingdon, Earl of, 35 Abu Simbal, 360, 361 Adderley, Sir Charles, and Hon. Lady, née Leigh, 21 Adderley Cousins at Hams Hall, 21, 64 Adyar, Theosophist Headquarters, 167, 168 Aga Khan, H.H., the, 152-154 Akbar, his Tomb, 193; why he built Futtehpore-Sekree, 194 Albert Edward, H.R.H. Prince of Wales (Edward VII), gives cigar to Mr. Dibbs, 251, 252 Alcester, Admiral Lord, 115 Alexandra, H.R.H., Princess of Wales (afterwards Queen), gown woven for, 23; fête given for her marriage at Mentone, 25, 26; Prince William at her wedding, 26; at Marlborough House, 36, 366 Alexandra, Princess, of Greece, 209-210 Ali Beg, 159 Ampthill, Dowager Lady, 111 Ancram, Earl of, A.D.C., accidentally killed, 285 Andrew, Prince, of Greece, 130 Antwerp, 60 Apia, capital of Samoa, 291 Arcadia, s.s., 145, 247 Ardagh, Col. Sir John, 182 Ardgowan, 16 Argyll, 8th Duke of, 80, 81 Armand Béhic, Messageries s.s., 277 Arnold, Sir Edwin, 88, 89 Arran, Isle of, 35, 36 Ashley, Hon. Lionel, 125, 126, 127 Assiout and its Mudir, 216-217 Assouan, 214, 358, 359, 363 Athens, 127 Auckland, 275 Augusta, Empress, 100-101 Australia, voyage to, 247, 248 Avon, River, at Stoneleigh, 17 Avon, River, at Christchurch, N.Z., 273 B Baker, Sir Samuel and Lady, 148, 149 Baker, Shirley, Wesleyan Missionary, 287, 288 Bakméteff, Russian diplomat, 132, 135, 137, 138, 140 Bathurst, William, 5th Earl, 78, 79 Bazaine, Marshal, his escape from Ste. Marguerite, 96 Beaconsfield, Lord, 71, 79 Beckford, William, of Fonthill Abbey, 58, 59 Bedford, Hastings, Duke of, 109 Benadadda, Scotch giant, 48, 49 Benson, Mr. E. F. and Miss, Excavations in Egypt, 358 Beresford, Lord William, 182 Berlin, visit to, 100-110 Bernhardt, Sarah, 95 Bernstorff, Madame, her ghost story, 122, 123 Bhownuggar, Maharajah of, his aims and difficulties, 198, 199 Biarritz, 95 Bilgrami, Syed Hossain, C.S.I., 158 Bismarck, Prince, 105-110 Bismarck, Princess, 105 Bismarck, Count Herbert, 105 Blyth, Dr., Anglican Bishop at Jerusalem, 220 Bombay, 150 Bourke, Rev. Cecil, 76 Brahmo-Somaj, 182-184 Brandling, Mr. Charles, 69 Brisbane, 324 Brough (Irish Guide), 41-42 Brougham, 1st Lord, Lord Chancellor, 24 Broughton Castle, 76 Browne, Thomas (Rolf Boldrewood), 252 Browning, Robert, 76 Buckingham, Duchess of, 254 Buller, Mr. Charles, 145 Buller, F.M. Sir Redvers, 374 Burley-on-the-Hill, 79 Bute, Dowager Marchioness of, née Howard, 57 C Cairns, 1st Earl, Lord Chancellor, his ghost story, 122 Cairo, 357 Calcutta, 182-184 Campbell, Lady Agnes: see Frank Campbell, Sir Archibald, 27 Campbell, Sir Colin, 188, 189 Canadian Pacific Railway, 347-348 Cannes, 24, 68, 372 Canton, Viceroy of, 333, 334 Carnegie, Ladies Helena and Dora, 276 Carpenter, Miss, philanthropist, 186, 187 Caulcot Infant School, 66, 67 Caversfield, The Angelic Choir, 75 Cazenove, Canon, 231 Cecil, Lady Gwendolen, 114 Cecil, Lord Robert, 142 Cedercrantz, Swedish Chief Justice in Samoa, 292 Cephalonia and its brigands, 139, 140 Ceylon, 247 Chamberlain, Miss Beatrice, 144 Chamberlain, Mrs., née Endicott, 144, 372 Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, first acquaintance with, 140; his political creed, 143, 372; at Osterley, 143, 144, 371; in Egypt, 214, 215; letter concerning Victoria League, 352, 383 Chandar Ras Behadur Khanha, 165 Chicago, 348-354 Cholmondeley, Captain Harry, A.D.C., 242, 249 Cholmondeley, Rev. Lionel, 345 Cholmondeley, Hon. Mrs., née Leigh, 21 Christchurch, N.Z., 272 Christian, H.R.H., Princess, 39 Christmas at Stoneleigh Abbey, 20, 21 Chunder Sen Babu, 183 Clarence, H.R.H., Duke of, 242; death of, 268 Clarke, Mr. Frederick, 216, 217 Clarke, Mr. Rochfort and pictures, 73, 74 Cleveland, Caroline, Duchess of, 82 Clinton, Lord Edward, 212 Colombo, 247 Columbus, Christopher, how he discovered America, 348, 349 Connaught, T.R.H. Duke and Duchess, 151, 152 Connemara, Lord, 145, 162, 166, 167, 180 Consort, H.R.H. Prince, 11, 12, 13 Constantine, Duke of Sparta (“Tino”), 209 Constantine, Grand Duke (Romanoff), 6 Constantinople, 232, 233 Cook, Sir Edward, 382 Cook, Sir Francis, collection at Richmond, 238 Crawford, Emily, Countess of, 238 Crimean War, 4 Cromer, Earl and Countess of, 357 Crystal Palace, 2, 3 Curzon, Hon. George, afterwards Marquis, 127 Cusack-Smith, Mr. (afterwards Sir Thomas) and Mrs., 296 Custarde, Miss, Governess, 6-8 D Damascus, 226-230 Darley, Sir Frederick, Chief Justice, N.S.W., and Lady, 251-253 Dartrey, Countess of, 64 Dashwood, Sir George, 72 Dashwood, Sir Henry and Lady, 72 Davis, Jefferson, ex-President, 36 de Bunsen, Sir Maurice, 336 Deichmann, Baron and Baroness, 107, 108 De La Warr, Earl and Countess of, 117-119 Derby, Edward, 15th Earl of, at the Spithead Naval Review, 115, 117-119; letters from, 245-247, 257-264; poem composed in sleep, 264-265; death of, 264 Derby, Mary, Countess of, 119, 120 de Ros, Lord, 80 Des Vœux, Sir William, 118-119 Devereux, General and Hon. Mrs., 72 Devonshire, Duchess of, 182 Dewar, Mr. and Mrs., 77 Dibbs, Sir George, First Australian-born Premier, 251, 252 Dickson, Mr., Consul, at Damascus, 227, 228 Dieppe, 5 Dragoumis, Greek Foreign Minister, 132, 133 Draper, Rev. W. H. and Mrs., 76, 77 Drayton, Miss, O.B.E., 381 Duff, Sir Robert, 324 Dufferin, Marquis of, Viceroy, 171 Dunedin, N.Z., 268, 269 Dunlop-Smith, Sir James, 382 Dynevor, Lord (Hon. W. Rice), 374 E East, Sir James, 35 Eaton Hall, 33 Edgcumbe, Col. Hon. Charles, 127 Edgehill, “The Sunrising,”, 56 Edinburgh, H.R.H. Duke of, 289; at Melbourne, 247 Edward, Prince of Wales, his first public appearance, 372, 373 Elephanta, Caves of, 150 Ellenborough, Lady, her romantic life, 227, 228 Endicott, Miss: see Chamberlain Epidaurus Amphitheatre, 133 Esterhazy, Prince Louis, 143 Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas, 78 Eugénie, Empress, 245 Eulalia, Infanta, 350-354 Eulenberg, Count, 101 F Faudel-Phillips, Sir George, Lord Mayor at Temple Bar, 373 Fawcett, Mr., Judge at Tanjore, 170 Fearn, Clarice, 208 Fearn, Mr., American diplomat, 208 Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 236 Ferris, Captain, British Agent at Bhownuggar, 199 Fiji, High Commissioner, 288 Fin, McCoul (Fingal), Irish Giant, 48 Fonthill Abbey, 57, 58, 64 Frank, Dr., 28 Frank, Lady Agnes, 27, 28, 70 Frederick, Crown Prince, afterwards Emperor, 102, 103, 110 Frederick, Crown Princess, afterwards Empress, 102, 103, 104 Free Kirk Settlers in New Zealand, 269 Freeman, family butler, 141, 142 Frere, Miss Georgina, 381 Froude, J. A., 81; epigram on him and Kingsley, 82 Futtehpore-Sekree, 193 G Gailey, Mrs., nurse at Stoneleigh, 9, 10 Galloway, Mary, Countess of, first acquaintance with, 79, 82; letter from, 87; with her in Italy, 99; in Berlin, 100-109; at the Naval Review, 115-119; in Greece, 127-140; meeting at Cairo and return to Greece, 207; journey with her through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Constantinople and Vienna, 214-237; nurses Lady Jersey in Upper Grosvenor Street, 244; visits Australia and New Zealand, 266-276 Garibaldi Hymn, 25; prison, 28 Genoa, 27 George V, H.M. King, as an infant, 36; on the Bacchante, 243 George, King of Greece, 129, 208 George, King of Tonga, 287-290 Gerard, Sir Robert, 68 Ghent, 60 Giant’s Causeway, its legend, 48, 49 Gladstone, Mr., his theory of immortality, 87 Glendalough and its legends, 41, 42 Glengariff, 43 Goschen, Hon. George, afterwards Viscount, Private Secretary, 279, 280, 286 Grandison, Viscount, Irish title of Jersey family, 65, 126 Grant Duff, Sir Mount Stuart, offers a cloth to the Ranee, 169; views on Madras Harbour, 180 Greenwich Hospital, 29 Grenfell, Sir Francis Sirdar, afterwards Lord Grenfell, 215, 216 Grenfell, Mr. W. H., afterwards Lord Desborough, 97, 98 Grey, Sir George, of New Zealand, 250 Griffith, Sir Samuel, Australian statesman, 250 Grigg, Mr., Madras Minister of Education, and Mrs., 178 Grigg, Sir Edward as a boy at Madras, 178 Grosvenor House, 3, 4, 61 Gubbins, Sahib, Financial Commissioner at Lucknow, 189 Guest, Lady Theodore, 32, 210 Gwalior, 377 H Hadji Petros, Greek Lord Chamberlain, 137 Hadji Petros, brigand, a husband of Lady Ellenborough, 228 Haggard, Bazett Michael, 291, 293, 294 Haggard, William, chargé d’affaires in Athens, 128; and Mrs., 129-210 Hakone, Lake, 343 Halsbury, 1st Earl of, Lord Chancellor, and the ghost, 123 Hamilton, Lady, wife of Governor of Tasmania, 268 Hamilton, Lord and Lady George, 376 Hanna, Colonel Commanding at Delhi, 190; his stories of the siege, 191 Hare, Augustus, his account of Osterley, 237, 238 Havelock, Sir Henry, and the Relief of Lucknow, 188 Hay, Dr. and Mrs., 256 Hayashi, Viscount, on Japanese religion, 340 Heather-Bigg, Miss Ada, foundress Children’s Happy Evenings, 369 Helouan, 363 Hendley, Doctor, 197 Hext, Captain, Director of Indian Marine, 146, 151, 229, 230 Higginson, Sir George, Story of Crimea, 4 Hinemoa, Maori heroine, 274 Hinemoa, New Zealand Government yacht, 269 Hobart, 268 Holmwood, Mr., British Consul at Smyrna, 230 Hong-Kong, 329, 330, 331 Hood, Lady Maria, née Fox-Strangways, 57 Hopetoun, Lord, afterwards Marquis of Linlithgow, 248 Hornby, Sir Ed. and Lady, apparition to at Shanghai, 124, 125 Houghton, Lord, 80, 81 Hughes, Thomas, gives Lowell’s works to Lady Jersey, 85; writes story for her son, 89-91; founds “New Rugby,” 91 Hunter, Colonel, afterwards General Sir Archibald, 361 Hyderabad, 155-161, and 376, 377 I Inchmery, 117-119 India, visits to, 145-204; poem inspired by, 205 Innes, Sir George and Lady, 249 Inouye, Marquis and Marchioness, 345 Invercargill, 269 Ireland and its legends, 41-50 J Jackson, Major, afterwards Sir Herbert, at Assouan, 358, 359 Jains, the, and the Dilwarra Temples, 197-198 James, Henry, 92 Japan, Emperor of, 337-340 Japan, Empress of, 337-339 Jeacock, Job, Parish Clerk at Stoneleigh, 20; made Sir H. Parkes’s first breeches, 249 Jenkins, W. H. 69 and 70 Jenkins, Lady Caroline, née Villiers, 63, 69-71 Jenolan Caves, N.S.W., 253, 254 Jersey, 7th Earl of, as a boy, 56; engagement and marriage, 61-64; Lord-in-Waiting, 79; Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, 125; at Windsor, 212-213; Travels in France, 68, 95, 96; in Italy, 94, 96, 97; in Switzerland, 94; in India, 145-205; in Egypt, 206-7, 356-364; in Greece, 208-11; Paymaster-General, 240; appointed Governor of New South Wales, 242; at Balmoral, 242, 243; life in Australia, 249-257, 267, 268; visits New Caledonia, 276-284; in China, 329-335; in Japan, 335-345, 376-379; through Canada, 347-348; in United States, 343-345; at Child’s Bank, 373 Jersey, Frances, Countess of, née Twysden, 68, 78 Jersey, Julia, Countess of, née Peel, 62, 69 Jersey, Margaret Elizabeth, Countess of, née Leigh, birth, 1; journey with parents to France, 4-5; to Scotland, 14, 15; to France and Italy, 23-29, 36; to Ireland, 40-50; with Rev. J. and Mrs. Leigh to Holland and Belgium, 60; marriage, 61-64; country neighbours, 72-77; other friends, 81-93; after marriage, travels in France, 68, 95, 96; in Italy, 94, 96, 97, 356, 375; in Switzerland, 94; in Germany, 100-109; at the Naval Review, 116-119; travels in India, 146-205, 376-379; at Windsor, 212, 213; travels in Greece, 127-140, 208-211; in Egypt, 206-7, 214-218, 356-364; Palestine, 219-225; Syria, 225-230; Constantinople, 232-235; in Australia, 249-257, 267, 268; visits New Zealand, 268-276, 319-323; New Caledonia, 276-284; Tonga, 287-291; Samoa, 291-318; President Victoria League, 381 Jersey, Sarah, Countess of, née Fane, 65-67, 78 Jeypore, City of Victory, 196 Johnston, Mr. and Mrs., and the Heart of Montrose, 172-175 Jung, Sir Salar, and his sisters, 159-161 Jusserand, Monsieur, 366-367 K Karnak, 358 Katoomba, 253 Kemble, Mrs. Fanny, 53, 62 Killarney Lakes, 43-45 Kingsley, Charles: see Froude, J. A. Kintore, Earl, 248 Kipling, Rudyard, “rising celebrity,” 262; quoted, 19, 276, 347; his “Recessional,” 356 Kitchener, Earl, in Egypt, 207, 214, 358; visits to Osterley, 214, 365-367, 368; letters from, 362, 363, 364-365, 366; at Delhi, 367-368 Knowles, Sir James and Nineteenth Century, 124, 125 Kobe, 335 Kotab Minar, the, 191 Kowloon, 330 Krishna, Brahmin worship of, his birthplace, 195 Kuch Behar, Maharajah of, 183, 184 L Lachman Das, Seth, 195-196 Laffon, Monsieur, Governor of New Caledonia, 279, 281 Lahore, 378, 379 Lansdowne, Marquis and Marchioness of, 182 Lathom, Earl and Countess of, 113, 144 Laurium Mines, 135, 136 Lecky, Mr. and Mrs., 119 Leigh, Hon. Agnes, 4, 12, 13, 14, 34, 40 Leigh, Hon. Augusta, 17 Leigh, Caroline, Lady, née Grosvenor, 2; devotion of children, 8, 9; advice on daughter’s marriage, 64; letters of daughter to, 209, 210, 133-134, 336-339; poems by, 15, 16, 98, 99, 111-113; at Child’s Bank, 373 Leigh, Chandos, 1st Lord, 2 Leigh, Hon. Sir Chandos, K.C., 22, 52, 53 Leigh, Hon. Lady Chandos, née Rigby, 52, 53 Leigh, Hon. Mary Cordelia, 30, 40, 62, 127 Leigh, Hon. Dudley, afterwards 3rd Lord Leigh, 12, 13, 14, 40, 63, 145, 244 Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Dudley, née Beckwith, 244, 245 Leigh, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard, 146, 147 Leigh, Hon. Gilbert, M.P., 4, 12, 13, 14, 54; death of, 97-99 Leigh, Hon. Mrs. James, née Butler, 53, 54, 60, 62; letter from, 64 Leigh, Margarette, Lady, née Willes, 16, 78 Leigh, Hon. Rowland, 40, 375 Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Rowland, née Gordon, 349, 375 Leigh, Major Hon. Rupert, 12, 40; A.D.C., 242; accompanies Lady Jersey on s.s. Lübeck, 287; in Tonga, 288, 289; in Samoa, 298; writes in An Object of Pity, 315; joins Staff of Sir Robert Duff, 324; marriage, 383 Leigh, Hon. Mrs. Rupert, née Dudley Smith, 383 Leigh, Hon. and Rev. J. W. (Dean of Hereford), 20, 21, 53 Leigh, William Henry, 2nd Lord, entertains North Warwickshire Hunt, 1; marriage, 2; travels with his children, 4, 5, 14, 15, 23-29, 36; receives Queen Victoria at Stoneleigh, 11-13; takes moors in Scotland, 14, 15; talks with Nelson’s servant, 29; visits Ireland, 41-50; at Child’s Bank, 373 Leveson-Gower, Hon. Mrs., née Leigh, 22 Littledale, Mrs., School for Indian ladies, 158 Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs., 31, 32 Loch, 1st Lord, 334 Longford, Colonel, Earl of, 374, 375 Lowe, Robert, afterwards Lord Sherbrooke, and Mrs., 119 Lowell, Mr. J. R., letters from, 83, 86; poems by, 84, 86 Lucknow, 188 Lugard, Sir Frederick and Lady, 323, 324 Lyons Silk Manufactory, 23 Lyttelton, Hon. Mrs. Alfred, 381 Lyttelton, Lord, and the Canterbury Association, 282 Lytton, Countess of, and Lady Betty, 127 M Macclesfield, Mary, Countess of, née Grosvenor, her story of ex-Kaiser, 26, 27; mentioned, 31, 36 McDonnell, Sir Schomberg, 370 MacMahon, Marshal, 96 Macmillan, Mrs. Maurice, 381 Madras, 162 et seq.; Harbour, 180 Madura,172-177 Mahableshwar, 151 Malet, Sir Edward, 100, 101, 109 Malet, Lady Ermyntrude, 100, 101, 105, 109 Malietoa Laupepa, King of Samoa, 292; dinner with, 296-297 Marathon and its brigands, 31, 32; visited, 129 Marie, Princess, of Greece, 130 Margaret, Queen of Italy, 356 Marsham, Charles, 74 Mary, H.M. Queen, interest in “Children’s Happy Evenings Association,” 369 Mason, Miss (Lady Allen), 247 Mataafa, rival King of Samoa, 292, 297-304 Max Müller, Professor, 147, 340 Maxwell, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 237 May, Colonel, at Lucknow, 189 Mehdi Ali, Mrs., 159 Mentone, 5; marriage celebrations at for Prince of Wales, 25, 26 Meshaka, Mr., Vice-Consul at Damascus, 226-229 Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. John, 96, 97 Middleton Park, 65, 66, 71, 72 Milford Sound, 270 Miyanoshita, hot baths, 345 Molyneux, Hon. Mrs. Caryl, née Lawley, 56 Morrison, Mr. Alfred, 58, 59 Mount Abu, Jain temples on, 197, 198 Mount Stephen, Lord, 374 “Mrs. Malaprop,” a modern, 210, 211 Muncaster, Lady, née Grosvenor, 31; marries Hon. H. Lindsay, 32 Muncaster, Lord and Lady, 31, 32, 120 N Nabeshima, Marquis, 345 Napier of Merchiston, Lord, 172 Nauplia, 132, 133 Nazli, Princess, 217, 218 Nekualofa in Tonga, 287 Newdegate, Sir Frank, 17 Newdigate, Hon. Mrs., née Leigh, 16, 17 New Caledonia, voyage to, 276, 277 Newcastle in Australia, 319 Newman, Cardinal, 92, 93 New York, 354, 355 New Zealand, 268-276 Niagara, 354 Nikko, 336 Nile, the, 215, 216, 356-364 Nizam, H.H. the late, 155-157, 376, 377 Nizam, His Exalted Highness the present, 377 Norfolk, Duchess of, née Lyons, 9 Norfolk, Henry, Duke of, as Lord Maltravers, 9; at Norfolk House, 92 Norfolk Island, 217 North, Lord, 75 Northcote, Lady, 244, 355, 356, 370, 374, 375, 379 Northcote, Sir Stafford (afterwards Lord), 355, 356, 370, 375, 379 Northumberland, Eleanor, Duchess of, née Grosvenor, 30, 31 Noumea, 277, 278 Nubar Pasha on the English, 357 O O’Donoghue, the, 44-46 Olcott, Colonel, Theosophist, 146-148; at Adyar, 167-169 Olga, Queen of Greece, 127-128, 209 Olympia, 139 “One People, One Destiny,” 250 Onslow, Countess, 269, 275, 276 Onslow, Earl, 269, 271, 272, 275, 276 Onslow, Hon. Huia. Maori Chieftain, after years of, 275 Onslow, Mrs. MacArthur, 256 Orient Express, 235 Osborne, Mr. and Mrs., 256 Osbourne, Lloyd, 298, 315 Osterley Park, 82, 83, 86, 143, 144, 237, 238, 355 P Parker, Hon. Edmund, 272 Parker, Mr., of Tonga, 290 Parkes, Sir Henry, Premier of New South Wales, 249-251 Paley, Major and Mrs., 192 Peel, Hon. George, 366 Pender, Sir John, 115-117 Perponcher, Gräfin, 100 Phelps, Mr., American Minister, 142 Pigmies, African, 218, 219 Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 212 Port Darwin, 325-327 Popo, Samoan native, 300 Prendergast, Sir Harry, 166; and Lady, 200 Protap, Chunder Mozoondar, 182, 183 Pundua, s.s., 180, 181, 182 Pyrgos, 137, 139 R Raglan, Lord, 57 Ramsay, Lady Patricia, as a child, 152 Raratonga Island and its Queens, 272 Reay, Lord and Lady, 151, 152, 201 Rees, Sir John, 162, 163, 178, 180 Robbery under Arms, 253 Roberts, F.M. Earl, at Lucknow, 188-190; at Child’s Bank, 374 Rome, 140, 356 Rotorua, 273; Lake of, 274, 275 Rowton, Lord, 127, 140; his anecdote of a picture, 239 Ruge’s Buildings, 27 Russell, Sir William, 115 S St. Helier, Lady, 140 St. Kevin at Glendalough, 41, 42 Salisbury, Marquis of, Prime Minister, Bismarck’s esteem for, 105, 106, 108, 109 Samoa, 291 et seq. Sanderson, Lord, 128, 333 Sannomiya, Baroness, 337, 339 Savaii, Samoan Island, 292 Schwarzenberg, Prince, 215, 216 Scott, Lord and Lady Charles, 285 Seierstorpff, Count, 114 Serfojee, Rajah of Tanjore, 170, 171 Sivajee, Princess at Tanjore, 171 Shaftesbury, Earl of, dictum on his generation, 369 Shaw-Stewart, Sir Hugh, 57 Shaw-Stewart, Sir Michael and Lady Octavia, née Grosvenor, 16, 38, 57 Shintoism, 339, 340 Shiva Prashad, Rajah, 185-187 Simele, Henry, Samoan Chief, 298, 302 Slatin Pasha, his escape from Omdurman, 359 Smyrna, 230, 231 Somerton School, 67 Southampton, Lady, Lady-in-Waiting, 213 Speke and Grant, their meeting with Sir S. Baker, 148 Spezia, 28, 29 Spring Rice, Sir Cecil, 336 Stalbridge, Lord, 34 Stanley, Sir Henry, Explorer, 218 Stephen, Sir Alfred, Lieutenant-Governor, N.S.W., 255 Stevenson, R. L., 25, 294, 295; visit to rebel camp with, 297-303; chief author of An Object of Pity, 313-316 Stevenson, Mrs. R. L., 294, 315, 316 Stewart, F.M. Sir Donald, 374 Strathnairn, F.M. Lord, 77 Strong, Mrs., 298, 300, 302, 315 Suleem Sheikh and his infant son, 193, 194 Sutherland, discoverer of Sutherland Falls, N.Z., 270 Suttor, Sir Frank, 255 Switzerland, expedition to, with children, 94 Sydney, arrival at, 248 Syon House, 61 T Talbot, Dame Meriel, O.B.E., 381 Tamasese, Samoan Chief, 292, 304-306 Tanjore, 170 Theotoki, Greek Minister, 131-133 Timor, island of, 327-329 Toowoomba, Queensland, 324 Tricoupi, Greek Prime Minister, 130, 131 Tricoupi, Miss, 130, 131, 133, 134 Trafalgar seamen, 29 Travancore, Maharajah and Ranees of, 169, 170 Tonga, islands of, 287-291 Tubb, Mr. and Mrs., 74 Tughlakabad and its rulers, 191, 192 Tumut, N.S.W., reception at, 268 Turner, Mr., Collector of Madura, 172 Tutuila, Samoan Island, 291, 292 Tweedmouth, Fanny, Lady, 381 Tyler, Sir John, of Agra, 192, 194 U Ulwar, 196 Upton House, 56 Upolu, chief Samoan island, 292 V Vailima, R. L. Stevenson’s home, 315 Valentia, Viscount and Viscountess, 72, 73 Vancouver, arrival at, 346, 347 Vetyk Ahmed Pasha, his reminiscences, 234 Victoria, H.M. Queen, at Stoneleigh Abbey, 12, 13; anecdote of her childhood, 13, 14; in Ireland, 50; devotion to Prince Consort’s memory, 39; first Jubilee, 110-113, 120, 121; reverence for in India, 179, 201-203; receives Lord and Lady Jersey at Windsor, 212, 213; Diamond Jubilee, 372-374; her death, 379, 380 Victoria League founded, 380-382 Villiers, Hon. Arthur, birth, 82 Villiers, Lady Beatrice, 82; in Italy, 373; in India, 376, 377; marries Lord Dunsany, 383 Villiers, Lady Clementina, 67, 68, 79 Villiers, Lady Margaret, 77, 98; in Switzerland and Italy, 94, 95; in Tonga and in Samoa, 287, 291, 298, 299; leaves Australia with parents, 324; at Hong-Kong, 330; at Canton, 333; in Japan, 337, 338, 343; in London, 355; in Egypt, 356; marries Hon. Walter Rice, 374 Villiers, Lady Mary, 82, 97, 356; marries Earl of Longford, 374 Villiers, Hon. Reginald, 127 Villiers, Viscount (now 8th Earl of Jersey), birth, 68, 69; at Castlemount School, Dover, 82; story written for by Tom Hughes, 89-91; in Switzerland, at Biarritz and in Italy, 94, 95; in India and Greece, 184-209; wins Junior Oppidan Scholarship at Eton, 214; remains in England when Lady Jersey at Apia, his experience with American reporter, 316; marriage with Lady Cynthia Needham, 383 Vincent, Sir Edgar, afterwards Lord d’Abernon, at Constantinople, 232; on the Orient Express, 235-237 Viti, Samoan lady, her dress, 304-305 W Wady Haifa, 361, 362 Wakatipu Lake, 272 Wallace, Mrs., housekeeper, 10, 11 Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie, 182 Watters, Mr., Acting Consul at Canton, 332, 333 Whakarewarewa hot springs, 273 Wenlock, Elizabeth, Lady, née Grosvenor, 31, 56 Wellington, Arthur, Duke of, 3 Wellington in New Zealand, 273 Westfahlen, Count, 216 Westminster, Constance, Duchess of, 92 Westminster, 1st Duke of, 33 Westminster, Marchioness of, 19, 33 Westminster, Marquis of, 5, 32, 33 White, Miss, lady doctor at Hyderabad, 161 White, Sir William and Lady, 233, 234 William I, Emperor, 101, 102; his picture in Tonga, 288 William, Prince, afterwards William II, 26, 27, 104 Willes, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, their New Year’s Party, 54-56 Wister, Owen, American author, 53 Wolmer, Lord and Lady, afterwards Earl and Countess of Selborne, 114 Wolseley, F.M. Viscount, 115, 118 Wombwell, George, death of, 172 Wombwell, Lady Julia, 63 X Xavier, St. Francis, in Japan, 341 Y Yandall, Samoan interpreter, 313 Yarrangobilly Caves, 266-268 Yokohama, 346 Z Zante, island of, 139, 140

Footnotes:

[1] I learn that since our time a hut has been erected between Sutherland Falls and Milford Sound called Sandfly Hut. The guide-book says with consoling candour that it “is well named, but this pest is no less noticeable at any of the other stopping-places.”

[2] Haggard, who had described to us the loud voices of himself and his brothers.

[3] Margaret Villiers.

[4] Captain Rupert Leigh.