INDEX

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

A Abdul-Aziz, 387 Aguado, Mme., 63, 153 Albany, Duchess of, 83 Albe, Duc d’, 4, 47 Duchesse d’, 57, 62, 107, 153 Mlles. d’, 293 Albuféra, Maréchale d’, 47 Duchesse d’, 353 Alcanises, Marquis d’, 60 Aldama, Mme. de, 153 Alexander II., Emperor, 297 Alexandra, Queen, 388, 389 Allsop, Mr. (Orsini), 83 Alten, Count von, 206 Alvensleben, General von, 208 Ambès, Baron d’, 24, 270 André, M., 269, 270 Angely, Marshal Regnault de Saint-Jean d’, 78 Aoste, Dowager Duchesse d’, 349, 351, 354, 358 (late), Duc d’, 380 Duc d’, 382 Duchesse d’, 382 Arcos, Mme. de, 73, 153, 386, 389 Argyll, Duchess of, 388 Arnaud, Mme. St., 37 Auber, M., 79 Augusta, Queen of Prussia, 291 Aumale, Duc d’, 201 Austin, Alfred (Poet-Laureate), 400 Austria, Empress of, 148 Emperor of, 168, 356, 371 Autemarre, General d’, 192, 193 Auvergne, Prince de La Tour d’, 194 Azeglio, Marquis d’, 230 B Bacciochi, Comte, 100, 269 Baden, Grand Duchess of, 31 Bapst, M. Germain, 168, 184, 186, 190 Baroche, M., 271 Barron, Mrs., 155 Barrot, M., 271 Bartholini, Mme., 133, 134 Bassano, Duc de, 300 Mlle. de, 352 Bassano, Duchesse de, 40 Battenberg, Princess Henry of, 377, 388, 392 Prince Henry of, 377 Bazaine, Marshal, 181, 183, 192, 193, 196, 199, 201, 202, 203, 210, 294, 304, 305 Beaumont, Comtesse de, 149 Beckwith, Miss, 155 Bedmar, Marquis de, 45 Belgiojoso, Princesse, 154 Marquise de, 60 Benedetti, Comte, 282, 291 Beneyton, Monsieur H., 352 Bernhardt, Mme. Sarah, 385 Berryer, M., 26 Bertrand, M., 306 Beust, Count, 166, 298 M. and Mme. Maurice, 385 Bigelow, Mr. John, 108 Billault, M., 271 Bischoffsheim, Mme. Ferdinand, 155 Bismarck, Count von, 69, 75, 125, 208, 218, 220, 221, 275, 278, 291, 292, 332, 333 Blanchet, M., 379 Blessington, Lady, 19, 22, 28 Bojano, Duchesse de, 154 Bonaparte, Louis, King of Holland, 8, 9, 28, 29 Prince Pierre, 21, 336 Prince Roland, 385 Princesse Jeanne, 385 Princesse Marie (Princess George of Greece), 385 Princesse Lætitia, 385 Prince Lucien, 385 Princess Lucien, 385 Boulanger, General, 370 Bourbaki, General, 291 Bourgoing, Baron de, 75, 133 Brown, Mr. John, 392 Bruat, Admiral, 328 Mlles., 328 Brunswick, Duke of, 80 Buguet, M., 393 Burdett-Coutts, Miss, 31 Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John, 231, 233, 234, 235 Lady, 231, 233 C Cabanel, M., 135 Cabrol, Dom, Lord Abbot of St. Michael’s, Farnborough, 377 Calderon, M., 153 Calmette, M. Gaston, 278 Canisy, Mme. de, 149, 155 Canrobert, Marshal, 74, 78, 182, 192, 193, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200 Mme., 169 Carette, Mme., 57 Carey, Lieutenant, 306 Carrère, M. Jean, 357 Carroll, Mrs., 155 Cassagnac, MM. de, 345 Paul de, 217, 303 Castelbajac, Comte de, 153 Castellane, Marquis de, 274 Castelnau, General, 213 Castiglione, Comtesse de, 137, 141, 154 Cavour, Count, 229, 230 Chaband-Latour, General, 178 Chambord, Comte de, 370 Chambrier, M. James de, 88 Changarnier, General, 271 Chapelle, Comte de La, 301, 320 Vicomte de La, 301, 308 Chaplin, Mr., 72 Charette, General Baron de, 155 Chasseloup-Laubat, Marquise de, 155, 328 Chazal, General, 190, 222 Chigi, Mgr., 143 Chimay, Prince de, 363 Christian, Princess, 392 Circourt, Comtesse de, 229 Clarendon, Lord, 97, 111 Claretie, M. Jules, 393 Clary, Comte, 316, 317 Conegliano, Duc de, 236 Conneau, Dr., 23, 24, 103, 105, 228, 301 Mme., 72 M., jun., 133 Constantine, Grand Duke, 120 Contades, Marquise de, 42 Conti, M., 276 Cornu, Mme., 27, 275 Corvisart, Baron, 211 Courson, General de, 213 Courtval, Mme. de, 163, 164 Coventry, Lord, 72 Cowley, Lord, 100 Lady, 101 D Daru, Comte, 284 David, M. Jérôme, 184, 185, 190, 286 Davilliers, Comte, 211 Delafosse, M. Jules, 343, 344 Delessert, Mme., 2 M. Edouard, 100 Demidoff, Prince Anatole, 32, 41, 384 Denmark, King of, 386 Diego, M., 153 Dino, Duchesse de, 45, 47 Dion, Marquis de, 356 Dosse, M., 390, 391 Douay, General, 169 Ducrot, General, 211 Dumas, Alexandre, 163 Dumont, General, 192 Dumoulin, M. Maurice, 227 Duperré, Charles, 180, 185, 192, 193, 194, 195 Durangel, M., 185 Duruy, M., 383 Duvernois, M. Clément, 286 E Edinburgh, Duke of, 387 Edward VII., King, 387, 388, 389 Edwards, H. Sutherland, 206 Ellrichshausen, Colonel von, 220 Espinasse, M., 271 Eugénie, the Empress: sees her future Consort for the first time, 1; her Paris education, her friends, departure from Paris for Spain, 2; the school at Clifton, in her teens, at the bull-fights, the “élégants,” 3; “Ugenia” and the Spanish Dukes, the Comtesse de Montijo’s salon and her “pollos,” 4; a variegated life, travels, Eugénie at Buckingham Palace, 5; at the Palmerstons (London), in the Pyrenees, 6; Eugénie at Compiègne, the courting, the Fortoul incident, 33; the Emperor’s offer of marriage, 34; the Court divided on the question, 35; the gipsy fortune-teller, 36; the lovelorn Dukes, snubbing the fiancée, the hasty Empress, 37; “a delicate question,” 38; the Emperor’s real opinion of Eugénie, “only my husband shall kiss me,” 39; discomfited Ministers, 40; M. Thiers’ sarcasm, Princesse Mathilde’s appeal to the Emperor, 41; Eugénie at Princesse Mathilde’s ball, she is “the actual rising sun,” at the Opera, 42; she makes splendid “copy” for the papers, some unflattering people, 43; the Comtesse de Montijo’s parsimony, enthusiasm of the Madrid Press, 44; the Duchesse de Dino’s amusing letters, jokes made about the Empress, 45, 46, 47; the Heralds’ College, Paris, explains the genealogy of the Montijo-Guzmans, 48; portrait-in-words of the Empress, 49-69; at Biarritz, 70, 71; the Empress and the Grand Prix, 72; quality of the Tuileries’ wine criticized, “not so good as Pinard’s,” a military review, 73; Eugénie “in all the radiance of her beauty,” 74; the “Bal des Souverains,” 75; other fêtes to the Foreign Sovereigns and Princes, the Empress’s success as hostess, 76; the Empress and Isabelle, the flower-girl, 79; some distinguished people, 80; the Orsini “attempt,” the Empress’s courage, 83-87; as the result of “scenes,” the Empress goes to Scotland, 89; the Empress Eugénie and the Empress of Mexico, a scene at St. Cloud, the weeping Eugénie, 93; the Empress at Windsor Castle, the “Garter” conferred upon the Emperor in the Empress’s presence, 94, 95; the Empress with Queen Victoria at Osborne, 97; her happy days in the Isle of Wight, 98; the Empress’s “great” and “little” balls, 99; the Empress seldom dances, 100; she tells a story at one of the “Mondays,” 101, 102; the Duchess of Sutherland and the Empress, 105, 106; Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower describes the Empress at the Tuileries and at Windsor, 106, 107; visit of the Empress to Stafford House, 107; an American diplomatist describes the Empress “without a country,” 108; the Empress’s letter on cricket, 111, 112; the Empress at Fontainebleau, the Imperial Hunt, 115; Eugénie’s apartments at Fontainebleau formerly occupied by Marie Antoinette, the boudoir, “she would have liked to milk a cow and to make butter,” the procession to the imperial bedrooms, 117; the Empress improvises open-air dinners, her “turlututus,” she is a “romantic,” 119; Pierrefonds, the château which gave the Empress a travelling-name, she admires the eighteenth century, at Fontainebleau she is happiest, 120; the splendours of Fontainebleau, the ladies’ stories, 121; “talk to the Empress about her crinolines” (De Morny), 122; the Empress speaks loudly, her drives, luncheons, and excursions, 123; she enjoys herself when wet through, and pays a fine for being late at dinner, 124; a dramatic incident at Fontainebleau, the Empress in tears at a Ministerial Council, 126; the first of “the Compiègnes,” attended by Eugénie and her mother, both ardent sportswomen, 129; family gathering on the Empress’s fête-day, life at Compiègne, the Empress acts in a piece by Feuillet, 132; Her Majesty in high spirits, rejoicing at the coming struggle in Mexico, 135, 136; the Empress blamed for countenancing the “Exotics,” 137; she is thrown among cosmopolitan society, 138; the Empress, Princesse de Metternich, and the Comtesse de Castiglione, enthusiasm of the Austrian Ambassador for the Empress, 141; influence of the Princesse over Eugénie, 143; what she said about Her Majesty, 148; the beautiful Duchesse d’Albe, the Empress’s sister, 153; the Empress welcomes the Spanish ladies, 154; a great favourite of the Empress, 160; the Comtesse E. de Pourtalès and the Empress, 161; the Empress’s war telegrams to the Emperor, her courage and hopefulness, indefatigable exertions, and ability as Regent, 165-201; new versions of the Empress’s flight from the Tuileries and escape from Paris, 223-228; story of Chevalier Nigra and the Empress, 230-231; Sir John Burgoyne’s narrative of the Empress and the voyage from Deauville to Ryde, 231-234; what the Empress told Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower at Chislehurst, the bust of Marie Antoinette swept off the table, 235, 236; the exact hour of the Empress’s departure from the Tuileries, September 4, 1870, 237; “the Empress’s crown of thorns,” her heroic conduct after Sedan, 237, 238; plot to defraud the Empress described by M. Pietri, 238, 239; list of objects left at the Tuileries in 1870 by the Empress, the Emperor, and the Prince Imperial, 240-244; the Empress’s complaints to Queen Victoria of English newspaper attacks upon the Emperor, Bismarck a favourite of the Empress, 275; M. Émile Ollivier and the Empress, 277; the “Case” for the Empress, published in the volume, “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910,” her own statement, 278; what the Empress said upon reading that the Hohenzollern candidature was withdrawn, 291; “Do your duty, Louis!” 293; M. Émile Ollivier’s courageous defence of the Empress, and confirmation of her statements in the “Case,” 295; the Author’s remarks on the “Case,” 296; the critics, Comte de La Chapelle, and the Empress, 301; Marshal Bazaine and the Empress, 304; the Vicomte de La Chapelle confirms statements published in “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910,” 305; the Empress and the Comte de La Chapelle, 316, 317; the Empress and Colonel Stoffel, 323; the Empress’s presents to Prince and Princess Napoleon on their marriage, 353, 354; a portrait of the Empress chez Prince Napoleon, 365; Prince Napoleon and Princesse Clémentine visit the Empress at Farnborough Hill, 373; King Leopold, Princesse Clémentine, and Princesse Stéphanie visit the Empress at Cap Martin, ibid.; the Empress at her Hampshire home, 374, 375; the Empress at eighty-five, her letters of condolence to Queen Alexandra, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, on the death of King Edward, and her Imperial Majesty’s beautiful souvenir of the King, 388, 389; the Empress’s last visit to King Edward and Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace, her long cruise in 1910, her visit to the Sultan, she witnesses the launch of the Orion and lunches with King George and Queen Mary at Marlborough House, a cruise in the Erin as the guest of Sir Thomas Lipton, she is present at the King’s Coronation Review of the Fleet, 389; M. Paoli narrates an adventure at Nice concerning the Empress, 390, 391; the Empress hears Mass at the Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cowes, 391; she visits and is visited by English Princesses, and walks on the Parade at Cowes, 392; death of one of her pensioners, ibid.; a new French play, “Napoleon III.,” with the Empress and the Emperor as characters, other Napoleonic plays, 392-394; a garden festival in the park and grounds of the imperial residence, Farnborough Hill, 395; the Empress’s tomb at St. Michael’s Abbey Church, 396; Cardinal Manning’s eulogy of the Empress and the Prince Imperial, 398, 399; the words of the Empress, 399 Evans, Mr. T. W., 223, 226, 227, 231, 232 F Falize, MM., 353 Farnborough Hill, idyll of, 373 Farquhar, Mr., 25 Fave, General, 75 Favre, Jules, 26, 288 Flandre, Comtesse de, 351, 352, 354, 371 Comte de, 387 Fleury, Comte, 21, 60, 68, 78, 271, 276 Comtesse, 78 Flowers, Miss, 3 Forest, Baron de, 158 Fortoul, M. and Mme., 33, 37, 128 M., 271 Fould, M. Achille, 35, 47, 48, 61, 149, 271 Frederick Charles, Prince, 219 Frias, Duchesse de, 153 Frossard, General, 171, 172, 173, 180, 181, 182, 293, 334 G Galliera, Duchesse de, 142 Galliffet, Marquise de, 73, 106, 133, 155, 159, 160, 161 Marquis de, 79, 160, 161 Mlle. Diane de, 159 Gamble, Mr., 217 Gautier, Théophile, 79, 363 Geneva, Bishop of, 360 Gerlach, General von, 273 German Emperor and Empress, 372, 373 Glenesk, Lord (Mr. A. Borthwick), 110, 300 Goddard, Monsignor, 393 Goltz, Baron, 71 Major-General Count von, 75 Gordon, Mrs. (née Bruault), 20 Gounod, M., 135 Goze, General, 212 Grammont-Caderousse, Duc de, 79, 151, 152, 160 Gramont, Duc de, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298 Greece, King of, 386 H.R.H. Prince George of, 385 Gricourt, Marquis de, 21, 281, 282 Guadalcazar, Marquis de, 153 Guadalmina, Marquise de, 153 “Gyp,” 37 H Halévy, M., 154 Hamilton, Duchess of, 73 Harry, M. Gérard, 349, 368 Hastings, Marquis of, 72, 73 Hatzfeldt, Count, 155 Haussmann, Baron, 75, 177, 178, 194 Hériot and Chauchart, MM., 150 Hérisson, Comte d’, 231, 259 Hertford, Marquis of, 152 Hilliers, Marshal Baraguay d’, 176, 186, 189, 190, 191 Hirsch, Baron, 158, 159 Hohenzollern, Princess Adelaide of, 31 Prince of, 285 Prince Leopold of, 31 Holland, King of, 80, 81, 82, 387 Prince of, 387 Hope, Mr., 156 Hortense, Queen, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 28, 32 Houssaye, Arsène, 79 Hugo, Victor, 370 I Isabelle, 79, 153 Ismaïl Pasha, 387 Italy, King of, 168, 348, 349, 353, 355 Queens of, 354 J Jablonowski, M. Maurice, 385 James, Sir Henry (Lord James of Hereford), 221 Jersey, Lord and Lady, 31 Joséphine, Empress, 19 Juarez, President, 136 K Kératry, M. de, 286 L Laborde, Comtesse de, 2, 38 Lafitte, M. Charles, 79 Lagrange, Comte de, 79 Lambert, Baron, 133, 162 Lano, Pierre de, 137, 140, 141, 143, 259 Lansdowne, Marquis and Marchioness of, 377 Lebœuf, Marshal, 75, 107, 170, 177, 181, 187, 188, 189, 192, 193, 195, 199, 201, 204 Lebreton-Bourbaki, Mme., 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 Lebrun, General, 183, 189, 199, 201, 212, 213, 214 Legge, Edward, 206, 222 Legouvé, M., 132 Lejeune, Mme., 328 Leopold II., 345, 370, 371 Lhuys, Drouyn, de, 35, 36, 37, 111, 271 Mme., 128 Lieven, Princesse de, 153 Ligne, Princesse E. de, 353 Lipton, Sir Thomas, 389 Lomas, Mr., 392 Lonyay, Comtesse (Princesse Stéphanie), 373, 377 Lorde, M. André de, 392 Louise (of Belgium), Princesse, 378 Louis XVIII., King, 234, 235 Lyons, Lord, 71, 73 M Mackau, Baron de, 279, 280, 295 MacMahon, Marshal, 169, 170, 174, 176, 182, 195, 210, 211, 214, 215 Magnan, Marshal, 115, 271 Magne, M., 197, 271 Maillard, M. J., 236, 237 Malbert, M., 362 Malmesbury, Lord, 6, 31 Manchester, Duke and Duchess of, 206 Manning, Cardinal, 398, 399 Manoel, King of Portugal, 362, 380 Manzoni, Signor, 230 Marcello, Comtesse, 154 Maria Pia (the late), Queen, 371, 387 Marie Henriette Anne (the late), Queen of the Belgians, 345 Marrast, M., 268 Marx, Adrien, 73, 76, 77 Masera, Monsignor, 352 Massa, Marquis de, 79, 119, 132, 145, 162 Masson, M. Frédéric, 236, 369 Mathilde, Princesse, 32, 36, 41, 42, 62, 72, 128, 174, 218, 361, 383, 384 Mattachich, Count, 378 Mauget, M. Irénée, 43, 44, 61 Maupas, M., 270, 271 Maurey, M. Max, 393 Meilhac, M., 154 Meissonier, 135 Mentschikoff, Prince, 152 Mercy-Argenteau, Comtesse de, 245-258 Mérimée, Prosper, 1, 3, 61, 66, 230 Mermillod, Cardinal, 360 Metternich, Princesse de, 73, 106, 133, 134, 137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 149, 155, 173, 227, 297, 386 Metternich, Prince de, 79, 133, 141, 142, 173, 175, 197, 227, 228, 229, 297, 298 Mexico, Empress Charlotte of, 90-94, 371 Mitchell, M. Robert, 218 Mocquard, M., 103 Moltke, General von, 208, 387 Montmorency, Duc and Duchesse, 173 Monts, General Count von, 281, 282 Monaco, the late Prince of, 387 Moncalieri, the Mayor of, 350 Montijo, Comtesse de, 1, 4, 32, 42, 43, 48, 61, 129 Morny, Duc de, 35, 36, 79, 122, 153, 271, 276 Duchesse de, 72 Mouchy, Duc de, 80 Duchesse de, 376 Moulton, Mrs., 73, 155 Murat, Prince, 386 Murat, Princes Achille and Lucien, 21 Prince Joachim, 31 Musard, Mme., 81 Musset, Paul de, 135 N Napoleon III., the Emperor: arrives in Paris under arrest, and is seen for the first time by Mlle. Eugénie de Montijo, 1; boyhood and youth, 7; his father and mother, 9; travels in Italy, the prophecy of a negress, Louis Napoleon imbued with his mother’s superstitious ideas, “What would you do to obtain a livelihood?” 10, 11; at the age of seven, he implores Napoleon I. “not to leave for the war,” a curious conversation with the Emperor, 12, 13; the boy’s character, “a type of German dreaminess,” 14; the “doux entêté,” a prediction of the “Grand Albert,” the boy’s one quality, 15; George Sand’s remark, the Prince’s education vitiated, his docility, effects of changes of scene, drawbacks to study, some of his writings, 16, 17; Louis Napoleon’s life in London, 18; his drawing-rooms full of souvenirs and relics, his rides and drives, he makes numerous friends, Lady Blessington, he publishes his “Idées Napoléoniennes,” 19; De Persigny and the Prince, Louis Napoleon’s failure at Strasburg, Mrs. Gordon, 20; Fleury, De Persigny, and the Marquis de Gricourt, the Prince deported to America, he meets the Murats and Prince Pierre Bonaparte, returns to London, goes to Arenenberg, and is present at his mother’s death, his proclamations posted at Boulogne, 21; how Boulogne took the announcements, 22; the expedition to France, a fiasco, the conspirators fly, the Prince and others jump into the sea, some are drowned, arrest of the Prince and most of his adherents, 24; letter from Thélin, the Prince’s valet, dated from a Paris prison, 25, 26; the Prince and others are tried at the Luxembourg, 26; the sentences—the Prince to be perpetually imprisoned in a fortress, his six years at Ham, he is assisted by Mme. Cornu, his foster-sister, 27; escape of the Prince from Ham, his arrival in London, death of his father, the Prince becomes comparatively rich, and buys a house for Miss Howard, 28; Louis Napoleon’s letter to his father on the subject of marriage, 29, 30; he denies that he is a pretender to the hand of Queen Doña Maria, 30; the Prince’s matrimonial advances, 31; Mlle. Eugénie de Montijo and her mother, 32; the Montijos at Compiègne, card-playing, Eugénie has “a very good hand,” the courtship, Eugénie is insulted, 33, 34; the sympathetic Emperor, he offers marriage, and announces his intention in a speech from the throne, 34; objections to the marriage, 35; M. Drouyn de Lhuys and Mlle. de Montijo, De Morny’s saying, 36; ladies oppose the marriage, Eugénie is persecuted at Compiègne, 37; analysis of her temperament, 38; Mlle. de Montijo will not allow anyone to kiss her but her husband, 39; criticism of the Emperor’s fiancée, Princesse Mathilde begs the Emperor to abandon his intention, 41; Lamartine supports the Emperor, “everybody courts Mlle. de Montijo,” 42; the Comtesse de Montijo and the generous Emperor, 44; “what a responsibility to have a young wife, beautiful, and southern!” a story of the Emperor and Eugénie, 46; after the marriage, “the Empress submits everything to the Emperor,” 47; the Empress and her diamonds, 48; the Emperor deplores his Consort’s waywardness, “scenes,” some “distraction for the poor Emperor,” who is to be “shown some pretty women,” the Emperor cautions the Empress against “people who are no better than spies,” 54; a letter from the wife to the husband, 55; the Emperor and Empress much discussed in Paris and London, sidelights upon their lives, 57; the Emperor induces the Empress to travel in Scotland, 58; the Emperor provides an unknown poet with a wife, 58-60; the Emperor insists upon strict etiquette, 60; the Emperor and his wife’s letters, “scenes” between the Imperial couple, 61; the Emperor orders the Empress’s mother to leave Paris, the Empress’s playfulness with the Emperor in the garden, the Emperor refuses to allow the Comtesse de Montijo to return to Paris, 62; the Emperor “is suspicious and severe to excess,” he gives Mme. Aguado her congé, the Empress “chaffs” her Consort, 63; a charming letter from the Empress to Napoleon III., her Majesty’s letters to the Emperor before their marriage, 66; the Empress “knows how to deliver the Emperor from General Fleury and M. Émile Ollivier,” 68; the Emperor’s mispronunciation of some French words, Bismarck’s sarcasm, Napoleon “only looked a real Emperor when he was mounted,” 69; the Emperor and Biarritz, 70; the wife of His Majesty’s doctor, 72; the Emperor honours Alexander II., the Tsarevitch, the King of Prussia, and the Crown Prince, 74, 75; the Emperor shows his Royal guests his stables and his twelve saddle-horses, 76, 77; the story of “Mr. Allsop” (Orsini) and the attempted assassination of Napoleon III. and his wife, 83-87; the Emperor as the “Sire de Framboisy,” 87, 88; the Emperor’s “political successes and military glories,” 88; reconciliation of the French Sovereigns, 89; the Empress of Mexico at St. Cloud, a dramatic episode, Napoleon “bewildered,” “tears were in all eyes, even the Emperor’s,” the official account of the Empress Charlotte’s visit, 92-94; Queen Victoria invests Napoleon with the Order of the Garter, “Enfin, je suis gentilhomme,” 95-97; the Emperor and Empress visit Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort at Cowes, the Emperor’s mot, 97, 98; at a ball at the Tuileries, before the marriage, the Emperor dances with Lady Cowley and with Mlle. de Montijo, 101; the Emperor’s toilet, an amusing scene, 102-105; Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower describes the Emperor at a Tuileries ball, 106, 107; an American Minister’s opinion of Napoleon III., 108; Lord Glenesk’s comical story of the Emperor who “did not want to be snubbed again,” 110, 111; the Emperor’s liking for Fontainebleau, his curious Louis XV. hunting-dress, English friends welcomed, 113, 114; torchlight “curées” and gay “shoots,” 116; Napoleon III. sleeps in the room of Napoleon I., the forest the great attraction at Fontainebleau, 118; the Emperor and Empress are “romantics,” 119; when their Majesties arrive—“how different to the Tuileries!” 121; the Théâtre Impérial, Fontainebleau, Albéric Second’s amusing “saynète” and De Morny’s witty impromptu, 121, 122; the Emperor’s unconventional garb, 122; music at dinner, “the Emperor had no ear,” his favourite tunes, 123; at Fontainebleau the Emperor smokes and talks with Bismarck, they have a “political walk” through the grounds, 125; an incident at a Council at Fontainebleau, “the Empress burst into tears, and left the Council Chamber,” 126; the Emperor at Compiègne, the Imperial “buttons,” a “final act of diplomacy,” 129; Christmas theatricals, a big “meet” on Christmas Day, guests at the “séries,” a miscellaneous company, 130; good dinners and excellent music, 131; various games, amateur play-acting, the Emperor “plays” a piano-organ, the Marquis de Massa’s “skit” on the Emperor’s “Commentaires de César,” 132; enemies and intrigues, the Emperor “using himself up,” 143; the Emperor promises the Princesse de Metternich that “Tannhäuser” shall be produced, 145, 146; the Emperor gives Liszt the Cross of the Légion d’Honneur, 147; the Emperor and the Marquise de Galliffet, 160; the Comtesse Edmond de Pourtalès, a warm friend of the Emperor and Empress, warns them of Prussia’s intentions, 161; the Emperor’s war telegrams to the Empress, 166-196; Napoleon III. at Metz “seemed to be dreaming,” “he had become an embarrassment,” 199; the Emperor, Canrobert, Lebœuf, and Bazaine together at the Préfecture, Metz, Napoleon hands over the command to Bazaine, 201; the Emperor’s Aide-de-Camp, General Pajol, describes the battle of Sedan and the splendid courage of His Majesty, 210-216; was the Emperor rouged at Sedan?, 216-218; interviews of Napoleon with Bismarck, the King of Prussia, and the Crown Prince, 218-221; the Emperor en route to Wilhelmshöhe, he writes a full explanation of the causes which led to his defeat, 221-222; a list of the property left at the Tuileries in 1870 by the Emperor, the Empress, and their son, 240-244; the Emperor’s letters to the Comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau, 248-258; the Emperor’s other correspondence, 259-267; Napoleon as Citizen, President, and Emperor, his extraordinary letter concerning Miss Howard, 269, 270; the history of the coup d’état, 270-272; his four years’ Presidency of the Republic, 273; tributes of M. Émile Ollivier and Baron de Mackau to Napoleon III., 276-281; the Emperor, at Wilhelmshöhe, writes a detailed statement of his policy as regards Germany, 281-291; what the King of Prussia was asked to write to Napoleon III., 291-292; the people who forced the Emperor to declare war, 292; last words of Napoleon to M. Ollivier, 293; Napoleon III. is left without allies and goes to war single-handed, 298, 299; the Emperor and his collaborator, the Comte de La Chapelle, 301-304; how the Emperor and “the Cause” were financed, the Comte de La Chapelle’s letters to the Emperor, 308-318; letter of Napoleon III. to M. Rouher, 319, 320; in letters to Colonel Stoffel M. Franceschini Pietri speaks for the Emperor, 321-337 Napoleon, General Prince Louis, 379 Prince (the late), 41, 72, 128, 294, 297, 298, 326, 345, 358, 383, 384 Princesse (the late Clotilde), 100, 345, 347, 350, 352, 354, 358, 359-361, 381, 382, 384 Prince (the Pretender), 339-384 Princesse (Clémentine), 345, 348, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 369-378 Emperor (I.), 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 347 Naeyer, Comtesse de Smet de, 353 Ney, Edgar, 35, 115 Niel, Marshal, 181, 200, 279, 280, 323, 333 Nieuwerkerque, Comte de, 41, 79 Nigra, Chevalier, 124, 227, 228, 229, 230, 298 Noir, Victor, 336 O Offenbach, Jacques, 79, 151 O’Hanlon, Rev. John, 391 Ollivier, M. Émile, 68, 168, 178, 180, 276, 277, 281, 282, 283, 284, 287, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 301, 303, 324, 369 Orléans, Duc d’, 344 Princesse Hélène (Duchesse d’Aoste), 382 Ossuna, Duc d’, 4, 36, 45 Owl, The, and some of its writers, 110 P Padoue, Mlle. de, 29 Padwick, Mr., 72 Pajol, General, 209, 211, 213, 215, 216 Palikao, General, 89, 186, 187, 188, 190, 192, 194, 201, 296 Mlles., 328 Pallez, M. Lucien, 372 Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess, 6 Viscount, 97 Panizzi, Dr., 1 Paoli, M. Xavier, 389, 390, 391 Parieu, M. de, 271 Pasquier, M., 26 Duc d’Audiffet, 344 Patti, Adelina, 72 Paule, Don François de, 31 Payne, Mrs., 155 Pearl, Cora, 152 Pellé, General, 214 Pemberton, Colonel, 392 Pepa, 197 Perrin, M., 133 Persigny, Duc de, 20, 21, 24, 27, 35, 63, 276, 281 Duchesse de, 128, 151 Pestel, Captain von, 208 Philippe, King Louis, 18, 348 Pietri, M. Franceschini, 170, 183, 228, 238, 239, 276, 300, 321, 325-338, 376, 386, 389, 391 Pilié, Mrs., 155 Pinard, M., 73 Pius IX., Pope, 371 Plon, M., 331 Podbielski, Count von, 205, 207, 208 Poet Laureate (sonnet, “The Prince Imperial”), 400 Polk, Miss, 155 Poïlly, Mme. de, 133 Poniatowski, Prince, 174, 175 Pope, the, 355 Portugal, Queen (Doña Maria) of, 30 King of, and Infant Don Fernando, 135 Post, Mrs. and the Misses, 155 Pourtalès, Comtesse Edmond de, 73, 133, 134, 149, 155, 161, 162, 386 Prim, Marshal, 31 Prince Imperial, 71, 74, 78, 293, 294, 298, 304, 306, 307, 315-317, 379, 383, 393, 394, 398, 400 Priollet, MM. Julien and Marcel, 393 Proudhon, M., 394 Prussia, Crown Prince of, 77 Prussia, Frederick William, King of, 273 Crown Princess of, 107 Crown Prince of, 170, 218 R Régnier, Archduke, 369 Réjane, Mme., 393 Riario-Storza, Duchesse, 154 Richard, M. Maurice, 187 Richter, Captain von, 208 Ridgway, Miss, 154 Ripon, Lord, 25 Rivas, Duchesse de, 153 Rochefort, M. Henri, 80, 284, 336, 345 Romieu, M., 271 Ronalds, Mrs., 155, 386 Rooney, the Abbé, 392 Rose, J. H., 277 Rostopchine, Comte, 152 Rothschild, Baron and Baronne Alphonse de, 162 Rouher, M., 271, 311-314, 320 Rowles, Miss, 31 Royer, M. de, 271 Rudolph, Archduke, 378 Russell, Lord John, 88 S Sagan, Princesse de, 73, 149, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 164 Prince de, 158, 159, 160 Saint-Amand, Baron Imbert de, 101, 237 Saint-Arnaud, Marshal, 270, 271 Saint-Genest, M., 303 Salemi, Comte de, 350 Sandeau, Jules, 135 Sardou, M. Victorien, 80 “Savelli, La,” 393 Saxe-Coburg, Prince Philip of, 350, 379 Saxony, King (Albert) of, 208 Crown Prince of, 219 Schneider, Hortense, 151 Schneider, M., 193, 271 Schöler, General von, 210 Scholl, Aurélien, 144, 145 Schouvaloff, Count, 75 Seckendorff, Count von, 220 Seillière, Baron, 156 M. Frank, 159 Sesto, Duc de, 4, 37, 60 Seymour, Lord H., 152 Sheridan, General, 206 Silberer, Victor, 206 Sinçay, M. Saint-Pol de, 363 Sophia, Queen of Holland, 387 “Sornette,” 160, 161 Soubeyran, M., 149, 150 Soumain, General, 186 Spain, Queen of, 392 Stiegler, M. Gaston, 102-105 Stoffel, Colonel, 162, 279, 321-338 Sutherland, Duchess of, 105-107 Sutherland-Gower, Lord Ronald, 105-107, 235, 236 Sweden, King of, 387 Swetchine, Mme., 153 T Taisey-Chatenoy, Marquise de, 43 Talhouët, M., 281 Thélin, Charles, 24, 25, 26, 102 Thérèsa, 142, 149 Thiers, M., 22, 41, 181, 286 Thompson, Sir H., 300, 301 Thouvenel, M., 125, 126 Toledo, M. de, 153 Torre, Duchesse de la, 153 Toulongeon, Colonel de, 33, 35 Trécesson, General de, 213 Trochu, General, 176, 177, 179, 193, 194, 224, 326 Tuileries, list of objects found at the, 240-244 Turkey, the Sultan of, 389 U Uhlmann, M., 392 V Vaillant, Marshal, 126 Valençay, Duc de, 156 Vambéry, Arminius, 275 Vassoigne, General, 211 Vaughan, Baroness, 378 Vaughan, Mrs., 73, 386, 389 Miss, 386, 391 Véron, M., 271 Victor Emmanuel II., 296, 359 Victor Emmanuel III., 348, 371 Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, 392 Victoria, Queen, 5, 6, 94-98, 125, 127, 273, 275, 375, 376, 377, 389, 390 Vieil-Castel, M., 41 Villeneuve, Marquis de, 385 Villiers, Lady Clementina, 31 Vimercati, Count, 168, 298 Visconti-Venosta, Marquis, 166 Vitzthum, Count, 297 W Wagner, Richard, 145, 146, 147 Wagram, Prince de (and daughter), 31, 45 Waldteuffel, M., 335 Wales, Prince and Princess, 128, 377 Prince of, 163, 164 Wedding of Prince Napoleon and Princesse Clémentine, 345-357 Welschinger, M. H., 291, 292 Westphalia, ex-King of, 33, 35, 272, 281 Whitehurst, Felix, 70, 71, 72, 73 William, King (of Prussia), 74, 76, 126, 204, 205, 206, 208, 215, 218, 219, 220, 281, 291, 296, 327 Wimpffen, General de, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215 Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond, 221 Worth, M., 144 Würtemburg, King of, 359 Wyse, Mr. Napoleon Gerald Bonaparte, 385 Mr. C. W. Bonaparte, 385 Z Zola, Émile, 216, 217, 218, 318

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