INDEX
Reading edition
Abö University, 190
Abruzzi, Duke of the, 18
Adams, Davenport (dramatic critic), 163, 188
Adams, Doctor (of Essex), 225–229
Adcock, St. John, 93
Adelphi Terrace, 288
Adler, Dr. (Chief Rabbi), 189
Admiralty, the, 237, 259
Adrianople, 116
Aerodrome, Croydon, 103
Afzelius, Professor, 190
Agabeg, Colonel F. J. (of the Chota Nagpore Regiment), 306
Ahmed, Prince (brother of the Crown Prince of Johore), 119
Albacete, Léon (the most daring and expert jewel thief in Europe), 213
Albania, 10, 32, 44;
the unchanging, 56;
brigands of, 45;
laws of hospitality, 60;
mountains of, 116
Albion, 64
Aldershot, 160
Alexandra, Her Majesty Queen, 30
Alexandrovsk, 269
Algeria, 10
Alhambra Theatre, 101, 292
America, 18, 189
Amers, Captain (musical conductor), 202
Andrade. See Albacete, Léon, 212
Angier, Sir Theodore V. S., 248
Anglia, East, 245
Anthony, Doctor, 230
Argentina, Jews in, 27
Argonauts Club, 294
Argyll, His Grace the late Duke of, 201, 248
Argyll Hotel, 201
Armenia, 113
Armstrong, Herbert Rowse, (poisoner) 234
Armstrong, Sir George (Proprietor of the Globe), 164, 176
Aruwimi, 100, 168. See Harding, George
Ashburton, 149
Askew, Charles (the American millionaire), 223;
an ornithologist, 224;
his gift of rare Greek gem to Le Queux, 225
Asquith, H. H. (Home Secretary), 191
Astrakhan, Arcadia Garden, 97
Aswân, 148
Atlay, Sir Wilfred, 296
Austin, Stanley (of the Daily Mirror), 278
Australia, 248
Austria, Francis Joseph, Emperor of, 35
Austria, Karl Franz Joseph, Emperor of, 35;
succeeded to the throne during the war, 39;
a boon companion of the German Ex-Crown Prince in many disgraceful escapades, 39
Austria, Maria Josephs, Archduchess of, 39
Austria, Otto, Archduke of, 39
Avory, Mr. Justice, 180
Baccelli, Enrico, 126
Baccelli, Signora, 125
Bachelors’ Club, 133
Baden, 35
Baily, Mr. F. E. (Editor Royal Magazine), 278
Balfour, Lord, 90, 170
Balfour, General Sir A., 296
Balfour, Mr. A. J., 16
Balkans, 34, 222
Balliol, 119
Baring, Sir Godfrey, 296
Barmouth, North Wales, 183
Barratt, Thomas J., 301
Barrington, Rutland, 290
Barry, M.P., Sir Francis Tress, 248
Bath Club, 202
Battenberg, Prince Louis of, 236, 242
Bazaine, Marshal (traitor, surrendered Metz to Germans in 1870), 210
Beaconsfield, Lord, 132
Beefsteak Club, 183
Beerbohm, Max, 301, 302
Beggars’ Club, 286
Belgium, Albert, King of, 103
Belgium, Elizabeth, Queen of, 103
Belgium, Leopold, King of, 100;
audience with King Albert, 104;
presented to King Leopold by H. M. Stanley, 100
Belgrade, 67
Belgravia, the, 188
Bell, Mr. Graham (inventor of telephones), 16
Bengesco, Madame Zoe, 92
Bennett, Sir H. Curtis, 296
Benzie, Mr. G. W. G. (of Peterculter, Aberdeen), 159
Beresford, Lord Charles, 90, 236, 251, 260
Berlin, 115, 242
Bernhardt, Madame Sarah, 205, 219
Besant, Walter, 94
Beutner, Dr. (Steinhauer the spy and the Kaiser’s bosom friend), 269
Bexhill, 274
“Biffy.” See Ismail, Crown Prince, 118
Binns (American wireless hero), 161
Birkenhead, Lord, 170, 273, 299, 304
Black Mountains, Land of the, 33
Bleriot (aviator), 151
Blood-feud. See Marashut, Mrika Kol, 59
Blücher, Field-Marshal von, 242
Blyth, Lord, 275
B——, Monsieur, Baron de Hirsch’s confidential Secretary, 26;
his admiration of the great financier’s generous treatment of himself and others, 27;
beautiful house at Enghien, 27
Bodkin, Sir Archibald, 180
Bolshevism, 16
Bond Street, 104, 140
Boodles Club, 246
Bosphorus, 113
Bottomley, Horatio, 164, 267
Bouchier, Mr. James (of The Times), 88
Boul’ Mich’, 220, 286
Boyd, Rev. Halbert (author of Men and Marvels), 280
Boyle, D.S.O., Colonel Joseph Wentworth, (“The King of the Klondike”), 282, 283
Brabazon, General Sir John, 275
Brandenbourg, Georges (of the Figaro), 287
Brassey, Lord, 248, 249
Bray, Mr. Justice, 170
Brazil, Dom Pedro of, 35
Brex, Twells, his pathetic story of a spider, 100;
death, 100
Bridge House Hotel, Staines, 181
Brieux, Eugène (dramatic author), 221
Brigands, the Skreli, 44
Brighton, 54, 198
Brighton Pier, 202
Britain’s Deadly Peril, 262
Broström, a Swede, 189
Brown, Mr. E. P. (land telephone expert), 157
Brown’s Hotel, 67
Brudenell-Bruce, young, 132
Brussels, 152
Brussi, Enrico, 23, 24
Buchanan, Sir George (British Minister to Bulgaria), 84
Buchanan, Lady Georgina (wife of Sir George), 84
Bucharest, 84, 96
Buckingham Palace, 236
Budapest, 96
Buenos Ayres, 123
Bulgaria, 37;
intrigues of, 34
Bulgaria, Ferdinand King of, 13, 85;
at heart an Anglophile, 89;
estranged from England by blunders made at Whitehall, 89, 116
“Bundle” (Countess of Cardigan’s dog), 135
Burbridge of Harrod’s, 155
Burbury, Mr. H. H. T. (of Wakefield), 159
Burgin, Mr. G. B., 294, 295
Burleigh, Bennett, 183
Burnham, Mr. W. W. (of Blackheath), 159
Butcher, Sir George, 90
Butt, Mr. Justice, 303
Buxton, lecture at, 257
“Bwab.” See Brabazon, General Sir John
Café Vachette, 286
Cairo, 148
Calabria, 216;
earthquake, 20
Calea Victoriei, 98
California, 149
Campbell-Bannerman Government, 246
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir. H., 246
Canada, 248
Cann, Dr. (the eccentric physician), 277
Cannes, 26, 298
Cantacuzen, George, 98
Capsa’s Restaurant, 97
Carava, Signor M., 215
Cardigan, Countess of (widow of Lord Cardigan of Balaclava fame), 131;
her appearance, 132;
her “risky” stories, 132;
Eveleigh Nash regrets publication of them, 134
Carisbrooke, Marquis of, 122
Carisbrooke, Marchioness of, 122
Carlton Hotel, 151
“Carmen Sylva,” Queen of Roumania, 84;
her private life, 92;
interest in British novelists, 93;
intended to construct model village at Bucharest, 95
Carmichael, Mr. Montgomery (British Consul and author of In Tuscany), 37
Carnarvon, Lord, 147, 149, 150
Carrier pigeons, 256
Casino, at Corfu, 147
Caspar, William (an American), 91, 97, 98;
brought aviation to England, 151;
a dead shot, 156;
characteristics, 153;
dress, 154;
fond of practical joking, 155;
an hustler, 152;
did things on a lavish scale, 153
Cattaro, 31, 44
Cecil Hotel, 151, 189
Cettigné, capital of Montenegro, 31;
the people by law are compelled to wear the national dress, 31;
the women forbidden to wear European hats, 31;
every man armed, 32;
King Nicholas fines a man in the street for being unarmed, and pockets the money, 65
Chapple, Dr. W. A. (Liberal M.P. for Stirlingshire), 276
Châteauroux, 10
Chatsworth, 170
Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, 139
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 252
Cimiez, 30
Clanricarde, Lord, 300;
his appearance, 300;
his frugality, 301;
his great fortune, 301
Clarendon, Lord, 90, 261
Claridge’s Hotel, 28, 97, 122
Clémentine, Princess of Cobourg, 36;
appearance of, 36;
ungracious manners, 37
Clichy, Boulevard de, 287
Clifford’s Inn, 201
CLUBS:
Argonauts, 294
Bachelors, 133
Bath, 202
Beefsteak, 183
Beggars, 286
British Ski Association, 11
Crichton, 290
Crimes, 197
Devonshire, 11
Diplomats (Bulgaria), 86
Florence (Florence), 30
Garrick, 183
Guards, 303
Ham-Bone, 297
International Sporting at Monte Carlo, 300
Jockey, 183
Junior-Garrick, 288
Lyric, 291
Magic Circle, 299
Military (Belgrade), 84
Monte Carlo, 300
Motor, 291
Mürren Ski, 11
New Vagabonds, 294
Old Vagabonds, 294
Our Society, 295
Prince of Wales’s, 291
Reform, 246
Savage, 246
St. James, 97
Swiss Alpine, 11
Tatlers, 11
Travellers (Paris), 96
Turf (London), 183
Turf (Cairo), 300
Cody (the pioneer of aviation), 151, 155
Colchester, oyster feast at, 273
Collen, Major-General Sir Edwin, 248
Collins, Professor Churton, 295
Collins, Wilkie, 94
Colwyn Bay, 185
Colwyn, Lord, 268
Constance, Lady de la Warr, 274
Constant, Baron de, 221
Constantinople, 47, 105, 116
Cooper, Sir William (of Castle Carey, Guernsey), dedication, 5
Cooper, Lady Earnshaw, dedication to, 5
Cooper, Miss Gladys, 122
Cornwall, Sir Edwin, 170
Cornwallis-West, Colonel G., 296
Cotroceni, Countess, 99
Courtney, Mr. W. L., 201
Coventry Street, 293
Cowdray, Lord, 275
Cowes, 140
Craig, Mr. J. A. (editor Great Thoughts), 280
Crampton, Mr. W. J. (of Weybridge), 159
Crawford, Earl of, 261
Crawfords, the mythical. See Richmond, Mr. Barry, and the Humbert Case.
Crawley, Colonel C. G. Chetwode (of the General Post Office), 160
Crichton Club, 290
Crimes Club, 197, 233
Crippen, Dr., See Adams, Doctor, 225
Cromer, 121
Crookhaven Wireless Station, 161
Cross, Mr. J. H., 139
Crosse, Mr. Herbert, 295
Croydon aerodrome, 103
Curzon Street, 125
Czrnagora (Black Mountain), 33
Daily Chronicle, 245, 279
Daily Mail, 10, 192, 245, 249
Daily Sketch, 189, 221
Daily Telegraph, 192, 245
Dartmoor, 148
Daudet, Ernest, 287, 221
Daurignac, Thérèse (one of the greatest adventuresses in French history), 206
Dead, Book of the, 147
Deanery Street, Park Lane, 131
Deauville, 99
Deene Park, Northamptonshire, 131
Delagrange (aviator), 153
Delloye (Paris bank clerk). See Rebecque, Count de, 219
Deltour, Gaston (artist), 219
Deputies, Chamber of, at Rome, 21
Derby, the Earl of, 248, 170
Deschanel, Paul (President of French Republic), 205, 219, 220, 286
Des Graz, Charles, Mr., now Sir, 32
Devereux (murderer), 298
Devonshire, 82
Devonshire Club, 118, 225, 246, 275, 300, 304, 305
Dimsdale, M.P., Sir Joseph, 248
Diòsy, Arthur, 296;
born in London; son of Martin Diòsy, Hungarian refugee and patriot, 296;
studied Japanese, 296;
his great knowledge of Japan, 297;
founded the Japan Society, 297;
admired by and friend of Lord Northcliffe, 297;
died at Cannes, 298
Diòsy, Martin, 296
Diplomats’ Club, Bulgaria, 86
Divorce and its laws, 304
Dixon-Hartland (the banker), 181
Djakova, 48
Dobrovitch, Monsieur, 87
Dobson, Austin, his poems, 93
Downing Street, 246
Doyle, Sir A. Conan, 93, 295;
communicating with spirits, 100
Draga, Queen, 67, 69
Dresden, 38, 140;
royal palace at, 13
Drexel, Louis (Rupert Grayson’s brother-in-law), story of his father, “Tony” Drexel, 304
Drexel, “Tony,” 304
Drummond, Sir Eric, 296
Duchess d’Ussac, 213
Dufferin, Lord, 108
Duff-Gordon, Lady, 199
Duke, Sir Henry (formerly journalist of Daily Telegraph), 170, 180
Dulcigno, mountain of, 65
Du Maurier (artist and author of Trilby), 287
Duncan, Mr. G. B. (editor), 237
Eckstein, Mrs., 261
Edgington, Miss May (novelist), 278
Edmunds, K.C., Mr. Lewis, 275, 303
Edward VII., King of England, 22, 25;
his exquisite courtliness, 29;
dislike of King “Cléo-pold,” 100;
when Prince of Wales resigned from an exclusive Paris club because King Leopold had been elected a member, 101, 128, 139, 290
Edwardes, Sir Stanley, 248
Egypt, 147
Elias, Mr., 193
Eliot, George (the novelist), 139
Elmwood, near Broadstairs, 250
Elstree, 198
Empire Theatre, 101
Enver Pasha, his supreme contempt of Britain, 116;
a puppet of the Kaiser, 116
Ernberg, Baroness, 190
Evans, Sir Laming Worthington, 273
Evening News, 125
Everett, Percy W. (of Pearson’s), 197, 295
Everett & Son (publishers), 193
Exeter, Marquis of, 195
Ezekiel, Book of, 190
Fane, “Cis,” 132
Fascisti, Italian (“The Black Shirts”), 21
Fawside House, Covent Garden, 243
Fell, Dr., a case of “I do not like you,” 202
ffoulkes, Mrs. Maude Chester (authoress), 134, 137, 201, 202
Field, Colonel Cyril (military expert), 245
Fife, the Duke of, 248
Finck, Herman (composer), 202
Flannery, M.P., Sir Fortesque, 248
Fleet Street, 183
Fleury, M. (manager Hôtel de Paris), 304
Florence, 36, 127, 188
Florence Club in Florence, 300;
one of the most exclusive in the world;
its members, British Prince black-balled, 300;
resignation of English members, en bloc, 300
Flower, Mr. Newman, 188
Foch, 221
Forbes, Lady Angela, 132
Foreign Office, 259
France, 10
Fraser, Sir John Foster, 273
Fraser, Superintendent (of Scotland Yard), 29
Függer, Countess, 36
Fyvie, Leith, Lord of, 90, 261, 264
Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, 281
Gale, Norman, 188
Gallop, Constantine, 119
Galway, Lord, 261
Gare, Avenue de la, 29
Garrick Club, 183
“Gawd,” 302
Genoa, 163
George V., King of England, 22
George, Mr. Lloyd, 170, 251, 268, 273
German Ambassador, 252
German machinations, 89;
war intended by Kaiser, 90, 113, 237;
his scheming, 116
German Military Attaché, 252
German Naval Attaché, 252
German officers openly survey Kentish hills, and deliberate on sites for guns, 253;
the party returning to London were entertained by German Ambassador at Carlton House Terrace, 254;
motor signs on roads from Kentish coast to London were marked by black and white stripes of German official direction posts, 254
German secret agents in London, 243
German Secret Service, their cunning modes of bribery, 253
Germany, 10, 15
Gibbs, Sir Philip (of the Daily Chronicle), 82
Gilardoni, Count, 18
Gill, Charles, practical jokes of, 181
Gilli’s in the Via Tornabuoni, Florence, 127
Gilliot, Jules, 213
Giron, M., 143
Gladstone, W. E., 65;
his kindness, 168
Glasgow, 123
Glenny, Charlie, 288
Globe, The, 10, 163;
merged into Pall Mall Gazette, 177
Government, Campbell-Bannerman’s, 246
Grand Hotel at Belgrade, 69
Grand Hotel, Bulgaria, 85
Grand Hotel, Cettigné, 32
Graves, C. L., 163
Grayson, Rupert (director of Eveleigh Nash’s publishing Co.), 303;
his stories of luck and fortune at Monte Carlo, 303, 304
Greeley, Horace (of New York), 200
Grey, Sir Edward, 16
Grierson, Mr. W. (of Newnes), 195
Griffith, George (author), 187, 197
Griffith-Jones, Rev. Principal, 280
Grossmith, George, Senior, 288
Grosvenor Square, 125, 127
Guards’ Club, 303
Guilbert, Madame, 209
Guildford, 10, 118, 157, 159
Gun-factory, Düsseldorf, 251
Guy’s Hospital, 168
Haggard, Sir Rider, 93, 281
Hahki Pasha, 111
Haldane, Lord, 236
Hall, Sir John, 296
Halsbury, Lord, 170
Ham-Bone Club, 297;
(London’s only really Bohemian Club and run by Bohemians), 298
Hame, “That damned fellow,” 138
Hamilton, Lord Frederic, 138
Hands, Charles (of the Daily Mail), 82, 165, 173
Hansard Union, 173
Hapsburgs, the fatal, 34, 35, 37, 140
Harding, George (a stoker, the unknown and actual discoverer of the Aruwimi, the Forests of Perpetual Night, and the Pigmies), 166
Hardinge, Viscount, 248
Harris-Burland, J. B., 295
Harris, Mr. (of Odhams), 193
Hassall, John (artist), 199;
differentiates the tonic colours of port wine and Bass, 200
Hatchard’s (booksellers), 93
Hawarden, 170
Haynes, Mr. J. H. (well-known telegraphic engineer), 119
Headley, Lord, 90, 261;
his humour and ventriloquism, 264–267
Heddle, Mr. James, 189
Helicopter, details of our new instrument were known in Berlin two days after its secret trials, 256
Henderson, Mr., 23
Henley, W. E., 188
Hennell, Colonel Sir Reginald, 248
Henniker-Heaton, 215
Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 144
Herbert, Mrs. of Llanover (mother of Lord Treowen), 275
Herodotus, 147
Herzegovina, 222
Hicks, Sir W. Joynson, 261
Hidden Hand of Germany, 257, 259
Higgs, Mr. T. W., at Bristol, 159
Hirsch, the late Baron de, 26;
his intimate friendship with King Edward, 26;
visits to Monte Carlo, 26;
his death, 27;
left by will one million sterling for poor Jews in Argentina, 27, 101;
his high esteem of Prince of Wales, 28
Hirsch, Baroness de, 27;
her kindness to King Edward (when Prince of Wales), 27;
her wish that when His Royal Highness succeeded to the throne of Great Britain he would always be kind to the Jews, 28;
her death, 29
Hobbs, Captain E. J. (of Wareham), 159
Hodder-Williams, Sir Ernest, 189
Hoedl, spy of Austria, 82
Hofburg, 42
Hohenzollern, House of, 240
Holland, M.P., Sir William, 248
Home Office, 259
Horne, Sir Robert (ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer), 276
Horsford, Dr. Cyril (laryngologist and aurist), 300
Hôtel Chatham, Paris, 221, 292
Hôtel de l’Europe (Petrograd), 14
Hôtel des Indes, Hague, 238
Hôtel des Palmiers, 215
Hotel Excelsior at Cimiez, 26
Hotel Narenta, Herzegovina, 222
Hotel Normandy, 100
Hoti tribe, 60
Hounslow, 178
Hulton, Sir Edward, 189
Humbert case. See Richmond, Mr. Barry, 206
Humbert, Madame, 205
Huntley and Palmer, 127
Hutchinson, Sir George, 188
Hutchinson, A. S. M. (author), 198
Ileana, Princess, 98
Ilfracombe, 140
Imperial Institute, 150
Imperiale, Marquis, 125
Inchkeith, on the Firth of Forth, 159
India office, 259
Inglefield, Admiral Sir E., 296
International Sporting Club at Monte Carlo, 300
Invasion, The, forecast in the Daily Mail of what would happen if a great war came and we were invaded, 243–247;
large sum paid for the German rights, 250;
the conclusion entirely re-written, making the result a German success, 250;
worse! published and given as a prize for German school-boys, 250
Invasion, The, published in book form by Eveleigh Nash, with introduction by Earl Roberts, 249;
translated into twenty-seven languages, 249
Ipek, 51
Ireland, 248
Irving, Sir Henry, 163
Irving, H. B., 288, 295
Isleworth, 289
Ismail, Crown Prince, 118
Italy, 10;
His Majesty King Victor Emanuel of 17, 18
Ivan (a maître d’hôtel), 222
“Jack the Ripper,” 165, 270
Jaime, Don (Pretender to the Spanish throne), 135
Jeans, William (of the Globe), 177
Jermyn Street, 297
Jerningham, Sir Henry, 296
Jewell, Mr. “Jack” (Larry Lynx), 175
Jews, 25, 27
Jezebel, 137
Jockey Club, 183
Joe (gamekeeper to King Edward), amusing anecdote of, 139
John Bull, 267
Johore, Sultan of, 118;
Ismail, Crown Prince, 120;
Prince Ahmed, 120
Joynson-Hicks, Sir W., 90
Jugo-Slavia, country of, 83
Ju-jitsu, 198
Junior Garrick Club, 288
Jurgens, Henri (impresario), 292, 293
Jutland, Battle of, forecasted, 251
Kaltner, dentist, 38
Karageorgevitch, Prince Peter. See Serbia, King Peter of, 67
Kastrati, the (brigands), 57
Keary, Peter (of Pearson’s), 196
Kensington Palace, 201
Kent, Duke of, letters of, 25
Kernahan, Coulson, 94, 127, 188, 279
Kew, 25
Khartoum, 225
King Street, Covent Garden, 133
Kingscote, Sir Nigel, 132
Kingscote, Lady, 132
Kintore, Lord, 296
Kladderadatsch, the editor of (Punch, of Berlin), 180;
sent to prison for six months for copying a Globe article, 180
Klementi country, 60
Knight, Joe (editor of the Athenæum), 163
Knighton (butler to Countess of Cardigan), 132, 136, 138
Kol (a typical bandit) 60
Kola Peninsular, 100
Kubelik (Hungarian violinist), 128
Kustendil, rose-fields of, 87
Labouchere, Mr., 19
La Duse (actress), 219
Lambourne, Lord. See Lockwood, Colonel
Lambton, the late General Arthur, 298
Lambton, Mr. Arthur, 295, 296;
good story about a murder, 298
Landru, Henri Désiré (the French Bluebeard), 229–233, 296
La Rocca, 23
Lawson, Sir Charles, 248
Lay, George (theatrical solicitor), 288;
at Brentford, 181
League of Nations Union, 281
Lebaudy, Monsieur, 205
Le Blanc, Maurice, 94
Le Blon (aviator), 153
Lees, Mr. William, 189
Lefranc (Belgian journalist), 102;
his horrible disclosures of the slave traffic, 102
Legation, British, at Montenegro, 32
Leghorn, 125
Legouis, Emile (Professor of English at the Sorbonne), 221
Leigh, Lord, 122
Le Neve. See Adams, Doctor
Leno, Dan, 288
Le Petit Journal, 162
Le Queux, Mr. Fred, 145, 146
Le Queux, William Tufnell, see in Who’s Who, 10, 11, 17;
sub-editor of the Globe, 163;
writes for Newnes, 194;
W. E. Gladstone reads his novels and recommends them to Queen Alexandra when Princess of Wales, 170;
his friendship with Monsieur B——, Baron Hirsch’s confidential secretary, 26;
audience with King of Italy, 19;
invested with the Crown of Italy, 21;
went to Belgrade on confidential mission from British Government, 80;
evenings spent with Carmen Sylva, 92;
private audience with King Nicholas of Montenegro, 32;
the King’s appearance, mode of dressing his palace, 33;
the audience-chamber with its paintings of the Italian cinque cento period, 33;
requests permission of King Nicholas to visit the Skreli brigands, is given a letter of introduction to Vatt Marashi, the chief of the Skreli, requesting safe conduct, 45;
return to Cettigné from the Skreli country, and in audience with King Nicholas relates experiences with Vatt Marashi and the banditti, 63;
is invested with the order of Danilo of Montenegro, 63;
guest of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 85;
friend of King Peter of Serbia, 67;
audience with “Abdul the Damned,” of Turkey, 105;
acted as judge at the first British aviation meeting, held on Doncaster racecourse, 151;
the first person to broadcast speech and music to amateurs and experimenters, 157
Le Queux, “Sir” William (of Colchester), 274
Leverhulme, Lord, 95
Lewis, Sir George, 288, 304
Lez (one of Vatt Marashi’s body guard), 59
Library, Imperial (Petrograd), 190
Linlithgow, the Marquis of, 264
Linton (artist), 288
“Little Billee” (nickname), 127
Locker, Algernon (assistant editor of Punch), 163
Lockwood, Sir Frank (a caricaturist), 303
Lockwood, Colonel (now Lord Lambourne), 236
Lodge, Miss Mabelle (secretary and critic), 119
London, 52
London Magazine, 202
Lonsdale, Lord, 291
Louvre, the keeper of the gems, 225
Love, Mr. F. A. (land telephone expert), 157
Love, laughable incidents on the wireless about, 159
Low, Sydney, 93
Lucas, E. V., 163
Lucca, 19, 23
Lucy, H. W. (“Toby, M.P.,” of Punch), 163
Ludwig Salvator, Archduke, 37
Lûk, an Albanian brigand, 52, 58, 59
Luxembourg, 211
Luxor, 148
Lyddington, 135
Lyric Club, 291, 292
Macedonia, 10, 34, 59, 60
Mackay, Eric, 288
Macnaghton, Sir Melville (of Scotland Yard), 295
Madge, Sir William (manager of The Globe), 164, 176
“Magic Circle” (professional conjurers’ club), 299
Mandercheff, Monsieur, 86
Manning, the late Cardinal, 178;
a generous friend, 178
Marashi, Vatt, chief of the Skreli brigands, 45;
invites Mr. Le Queux to his forbidden fastness, 45;
the man hated by the Turks, 47;
notwithstanding their barbaric customs, an Albanian’s word is his bond, 47;
characteristics of the brigands, 48;
mode of dressing, 48;
Marashi’s welcome of the first Englishman to visit the brigands, 49;
his hospitality and friendship, 50;
Albanian code of honour astounding to Western ideas, 49;
Vatt Marashi’s appearance and hearty good fellowship, 50;
from first to last, a staunch and excellent friend, 50;
Albanians are Christians and commit acts of brigandage only to annoy their ancient enemy, the Turk, 51;
Marashi relates the glorious traditions of his sturdy race, and of the King of the Scanderberg family, George Castriot, 55;
visit of Dêd Presci, chief of the Kastrati, a neighbouring tribe, 57;
his appearance, 58;
brigands’ dislike of photography, 58;
Dêd Presci’s welcome of Le Queux and promise of sport and a safe escort if he ever came to visit him, 58;
Albanians never betray a friend or forgive an enemy, 58;
return to Cettigné from the Skreli country and audience with King Nicholas to give an account of experiences with Vatt Marashi and the banditti, 63
Marashut, Mrika Kol (the woman who carried on the blood-feud), 59
“Marcantonio” (an Armenian pianist and composer), 299
Marconi Company, 158
Marconi, Madame (mother of Senatore Marconi), 125
Marconi, Senatore, 157
Market Square, Northampton, 305
Marlowe, Mr. Thomas (editor of the Daily Mail), 100, 295
Marshall-Hall, Sir E., 174, 296
Maspero, Sir Gaston (Egyptologist), 148
Massingham, H. W., 192
Mathew, Mr. Theobald, 296
Matson, Major (military expert), 245
Maurojeni, Madame, 92, 93
May, Phil, 290
Mayfair, 126
McKenna, Mr., 256
Mecca, 115
Meissen, 37
Mercur, the (old Norwegian boat), 118
Merriman, Seton, 94
Messina, 216
Metropolitan Police, strike of, 171
Meyer, Mr. L., 158
Midleton, Earl of, 264
Mijatovitch, Count Chedo (three times Serbian Minister to the Court of St. James), 34, 64
Military Club, Belgrade, 84
Militza, Princess, 66
Milner, Viscount, 248
Mirko, Prince, 31, 66
Mobbs, Mr. A. Noel, 275, 305
Mobbs, D.S.O., Colonel E. R., 305
Monaco, Albert, Prince of (“Le Prince Rouge-et-Noir,” as King Edward called him), 116;
his steam-yacht Princess Alice, 117;
his intimate knowledge of oceanography, 117;
his wonderful museum at Monaco, 117
Monaco, Bay of, 101
Monte Carlo, 26, 99, 122, 129;
stories of, 303
Montenegro, 10
Montenegro, King Nicholas of, 17;
accessible to any of his subjects, 65;
a poet, 63;
his poetry translated into English by Count Chedo Mijatovitch, 64.
See also Marashi Vatt
Montenegro, Milena, Queen of, Consort of King Nicholas, 66;
her appearance and resemblance to her daughter, the Queen of Italy, 66;
her death and burial in the Russian cemetery, at San Remo, 66
Montenegro, Xenia, Princess of, 31;
assists W. Le Queux in taking photographs for the book An Observer in the Near East, 31;
introduces the author to her elder sister, Queen Elena of Italy, 31
Montignoso, Countess of, 143
Montmartre, 201
Moor, Sir Ralph, 248
Moore, Augustus, 288
Morning Post, 126, 245
Morocco, 10
Moro-Giafferi, Maître (counsel for Landru), 232
Morrison, Alice Ann (ex-German spy), 124
Morton, Alexander (messenger-at-arms, of Glasgow), 262
Moscow, 97
Motor Club, 291
Muirhead, Ethel (an adventuress of the worst type). See Morrison, Alice Ann, 124
Murray, Major-General Sir J. Wolfe, 248
Mürren, 99, 305
Mussolini, Signor, 21
My Own Story (authoress, Luisa, Ex-Crown Princess of Saxony). See Saxony, Luisa Princess of, 144
Nansen, 290
Naples, 20, 123
Nash, Mr. Eveleigh, publisher, 133, 134, 188, 243, 249, 274, 295;
his amusing stories, 275;
more amusing stories, 301.
See Hame
Neuilly, 111
Nevill, Lady Dorothy, 138, 252
Newcastle, Duke of, 261, 296
Newnes, Sir Frank, 189
Newnes, Sir George (founder of Tit Bits), 189, 193
Newnes, House of, 195
Newton, Lord, 248
Newton, Sir Alfred, 248
New Vagabonds’ Club, 294
New York, 123, 149
Nice, 29
Nice, Promenade des Anglais at, 26
Nichols, G. H. Fosdike (“Quex” of the Evening News), 293
Nicholson, Lieut.-General Sir William, 248
Nicoll, Sir Robert, 188
Nicoll, Sir William Robertson, 93, 293
Nikolitch, M. Andrea, Minister of Public Instruction, 79
Niton, Isle of Wight, 160
Northcliffe, Lord, 93, 100, 150, 171, 237, 242, 244, 251, 264;
his secretary, Miss Owen, 250
Northcliffe, Lady, 264
Northumberland, the Duke of, 248
Noury Pasha, 106, 108, 110, 111
Oban, 140
Obrenovitch, The Royal House of, 69
Ochrida, in Macedonia, 59
O’Connor, T. P., 191, 273
Oddie, Mr. Ingleby (coroner for Westminster), 295
Odhams Limited (publishers), 193
“Old Lady,” the (Countess of Cardigan), 134
Old Vagabonds’ Club, 294
Orpen, Sir William, K.B.E., R.A., 278
Osborne, Lord Albert Godolphin, 295
O’Sullivan, Father (priest at Hounslow), 178
Otero, La Belle (dancer), 219, 292
Ouida (novelist), 19, 94
“Our Society” Club, 295;
its nicknames, “The Crimes Club,” 295;
membership limited to forty, 295;
Lord Northcliffe on joining called it “The Forty Thieves,” 295;
its members; its subscription, two half-crowns yearly, 296;
its honorary secretary, Mr. Arthur Lambton, 298
Owen, Miss (Lord Northcliffe’s secretary), 250
Oxford, 118
Paget, Lady, 281
Paix, Rue de la, 140
Palermo, 216, 218
Palestine, 190
Pall Mall Gazette, 192
Palmer, Charles F. (editor of the Globe), 164, 173
Palmer, “Jean,” 126 (wife of Sir Walter Palmer), 127, 173
Palok, a member of the tribe of the Skreli, and trusted servant of King Nicholas, 45;
conducts W. Le Queux to Vatt Marashi, 46, 53, 57–59.
See Marashi
Paoli, Monsieur, 29
Paris, 27;
café de, 26
Paris stage celebrities, 219
Parma, Charles Duke of, 37
Pascarel (by Ouida), 19
Paschitch, Monsieur Nicholas, Prime Minister of Serbia, 73, 75
Pasqualini, Marquis Mattioli, 18
Passeggio, at Leghorn, 37
Patchu, M. (Minister of Finance), 79
Paternoster Row, 188
Paul, Doctor, 230
Paul, Mr. Stanley, 189, 262
Pavolini, Commendatore (Chief of the Italian Secret Police), 216
Pearson, Sir C. Arthur, 189, 190
Pearson, House of, 196
Pearson’s Weekly, 196;
Peter Keary of, 196
Pegli, near Genoa, 10
Peleshor, Château of, 198
Pemberton, Max, 93, 250, 273, 295
Penley (actor), 288
Pera Palace Hotel, 105, 115
Perrin, Madame, 109
Persia, Nasr-ed-Din, Shah of, 41, 42
Peru, 32
Peterborough Museum, 149
Peterson, Mr. Justice, 183
Petkoff, Monsieur Demetrius, 85, 86;
shot dead, 88
Pettit, Henry, 288
Pharaoh, 147
Phillips, Mr. Frank, 158
Philipps, Lady Owen, 261
Piccadilly, 93
Pinckard, Miss Coral, 282
Pinckard, Mr. George (Lord of the Manor of Witley), 139, 284, 285
Pinckard, Mrs. George, 122, 139, 282
Pinero, 295
Pink, Dr. Thomas, 135
Pitti Palace, Florence, 143
Podgoritza, 48
Poincaré, M. Raymond, 221
Portarlington, Lord, 296
Portland Place, 245
Portsmouth, Lord, 90
Potinière, 100
Potsdam, 239
Potsdam, His Pompousness of (sobriquet of Kaiser), 99
Pounds, Courtice, 290
Praga, Alfred (President of the Society of Miniaturists), 290
Praterstrasse, 38
Premier Magazine, 202
Presci, Dêd (chief of the Kastrati), 57
Prince of Wales’s Club, 291
Prince’s Street, Edinburgh, 140
Princess Alice (Prince Albert of Monaco’s steam yacht), 117
Prior, Melton, 183
Prisrend, 51, 59
Pronunciation of Queux, 10, 100, 295
Pronunciation of Thugs, 299
Prussia, Prince Henry of, 239
Quartier Latin, 10
Quebec, 123
Queen Anne’s Mansions, Westminster, 245
Quex of The Evening News, 293
“Quex and Brex,” 100
Quex, The Gay Lord, 295
Quirinal Palace, 17, 66
Rachitch, the chef, 75
Radio Engineers, Institute of, 11
Radio, humorous stories of, 160
Radio-telephony, 157
Rampolla, Cardinal, 178
Randolph Hotel, Oxford, 120
Rasputin, the monk, 270
Ravenna, 23
Rawlinson, Colonel Sir Henry, 248
Rebecque, Count de (sharper), 219
Redetski, Count de, 14
Reform Club, 195, 246
Regina Elena (Messina), 216
Registry Office, Henrietta Street, 144
Revillion (Préfet of Basses-Alpes), 286
Ribarska Banya, the, cure for rheumatism, 72
Richardson, Frank, 293, 301, 302
Richebourg, Emile, 162
Richmond, 264
Richmond, Mr. Barry, and the Humbert case, 206
Riddell, Lord, 189
Rimini, casino at, 155
Ripanje, 72
Ritz Hotel, 97, 103
Riviera, 125
Rizzetti, Count Ugo, 214
Roberts, Lord, 15, 19, 90, 236–238, 222, 242, 244, 251;
his opinion of King Leopold, 101;
characteristic letter, 247;
President of New Vagabonds’ Club, 294
Rochdale, Lord, 264
Rochiori, 4th Regiment de, 99
Rohr, journalist, Neue Freie Presse, 41
Rok, member of the tribe of the Skreli, 45, 47
Rollit, M.P., Sir Albert, 248
Romanoffs, the, 16
Romano’s (in the Strand), 191
Rome, 36, 66, 123
Rosebery, the Earl of, 248
Ross, Mrs., 19
Rossi, Pietro (assassin). See Rizzetti, Count Ugo, 214
Rossmore, Lord, 201, 202
Rostand, 221
Rosyth, 262
Rotterdam, 159
Roumania, Charles, King of, 91, 95
Roumania, Marie, Queen of, 98;
brilliant conversationalist, 99
Roxburghe, the Duchess of, 264
Royal Magazine, 198, 199
Rule’s in Maiden Lane, 289
Russell, Sir Charles, 191
Russia, 10;
under the Tzars, 187;
the late Emperor of, 13–17;
Peter, Grand Duke of, 66
Ryle, Bishop, 170
Sackville, Lord, 296
Safe, Tony, 283
Saint Aulaire, Countess of, 122
St. Barbe College, 220
St. James’ Club, 97
St. James’ Place, 264
St. Moritz, 99
St. Paul’s Cathedral, 242
Sala, George Augustus (travelling correspondent of the Daily Telegraph), 179, 183;
he and W. Le Queux disguise as peasant pilgrims to see the Holy Coat at Treves, 180
Salisbury, Lord (Premier of England), 163
Salm-Reifierscheidt, Count, 40, 41
Salzburg, 36, 42;
Imperial Castle of, 143
San Marino, Republic of, 10, 17
San Rossore, near Pisa, 22
Sarajevo, 224
Savage Club, 94, 246
Savoff, General, 87
Savoy Hotel, 144, 151
Saxony, Crown Prince of (now King), 13
Saxony, Luisa, Princess of, 102, 109, 140, 143;
her sense of humour and fund of anecdotes, 35;
Poldo, her brother, 36;
stories of Dom Pedro of Brazil, 35;
and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 37;
usually called herself Countess of Montignoso or Countess de la Rose when travelling, 37;
story of the Grand Duke Charles of Parma “and his damned dentist,” 39;
the Emperor Karl of Austria steals his mother’s jewels and gives them to Elsa Bland the Jewess operatic singer, 40
S’bogom, common salutation of greeting or farewell in all Slav countries, 45
Scarborough, bombardment predicted, 251
Schloss, the, 38
Scotland Yard, 29
Scrutton, Lord Justice (of copyright knowledge), 180
Scutari, 45, 47, 50
Secret agent of Great Britain, 251
Selamlik, the, 110
Serbia, George, Crown Prince of, 74;
the original of the character of “Prince Danilo” in the Merry Widow, 75;
his fondness for the ballet, 76;
his love of practical jokes, 76;
showed himself to be a competent officer and nearly lost his life in saving that of a sergeant-major at the battle of Kumonovo, 76
Serbia, King Peter of, 67;
compelled to succeed to the throne of Serbia, had no desire to become King of Serbia, absorbing love romance, the most misjudged monarch of Europe, grandson of the peasant hero Karageorgevitch, a born soldier, resemblance to Earl Roberts, fought at the head of a troop which he raised for the emancipation of Bosnia, 68;
fought in 1870 on the French side against the Germans, awarded the Legion of Honour; and again, in 1914, he fought against the Germans, 69;
King Peter in addition to being a soldier was also an artist, 83;
his death, 83
Seton-Karr, Sir Henry, 248
Shepherd, C. W. (editor Northern Newspaper Syndicate), 199
Shiala, the, enemies of the Skreli, 46
Shoreham, 155
Shorter, Clement, 93, 188, 293
Shrewsbury, 183
Siberia, 10, 15
Sigismund, Archduke, 36
Signa (by Ouida), 19
Simpson’s (in the Strand), 175
Sims, George R., 173, 288, 295, 302
Sinaia, 98
Sinclair, Mr. Duncan (of the Air Ministry), 157
Skupchtina, the, 80
Sladen, Douglas, 94, 188, 201, 264
Slavin, Frank (pugilist), 282, 283
Slough, 306
Sobranje, the (Parliament), 87
Sofia, 84
Sohet (publicity-expert), 219
Sohet, Madame (Gabrielle Deltour), 219
Solomon, King, 190;
treasures of his temple, 191
Sommer (aviator), 153
Spa, in Belgium, 152
Spain, King of, 284
Spencer, Mr. Alfred, 188
Speyer, Sir Edgar, 261
Spies, German, 225, 235, 237
Spilsbury, Dr., 226
Spiridon (painter of “Sappho”), 286
Spitzbergen, 117
Springfield, Lincoln (editor of London Opinion), 165, 173, 191–193
Spurgeon, Sir Arthur, 189
Stambuloff, M. (predecessor of Petkoff and shared the same fate), 88
Stana, Princess (wife of the Grand Duke Nicholas), 66
Stancioff, Monsieur Dmitri, 86
Stanley, Sir H. M. (the explorer), 100, 165, 167. See Harding, George
Star, the, 192
Stead, Mr. W. T., 15
Steinhauer, Herr (director of German espionage), 268
Stella Polare (Polar travels), 18
Stevens, Fred (a crook), 269
Stockholm, 189
Stone, Miss (the American), held to ransom by the Skreli brigands, 45;
large sum paid by U.S. Government for her release, 50
Stoyanovitch, Costa (Minister of Commerce), 75
Strong, Alderman and Sheriff Sir Vesey, 248
Stud House, Hampton Court, 202
Sûdan, 10
Sutherland, D. M. (editor Pall Mall Gazette), 200
Sutton, Sir George, 293
Switzerland, 11
“Tatcho Sims” 302
Tatlers’ Club, 299
Tcholak-Antich, Colonel, 69
Tennant, Miss Dorothy, 165
Tennyson, 65, 195
Terris, Will (the actor), 288
Terry, Mr. Charles, 193
Terry, Ellen, 163
Thebes, 147, 148
“The Day,” German preparations in England for, 254
“The Thugs” (new club formed by Oxford undergraduates), 299
The Times, 10, 245
Thirteen Club, 299
Thomas, Brandon (author of Charley’s Aunt), 288
Thomson, Mr. D. C. (proprietor of Dundee Courier), 237
Thomson’s (of Dundee), 189
Thurstrup, Captain, 270
Tilbury (office boy and sometimes tipster for Larry Lynx), 177
“Toby” (a dog), 120
Toft (sculptor), 290
Toselli, Signor, 144, 145
Tower Publishing Company, 188
Townsend, Mr. F. T. (Secretary of Ipswich Wireless Club), 159
Townshend, Marchioness, 122
Tozer, Basil, 153, 276, 278
Traitors, unearthed in France—Lenoir, Bolo Pasha and many others, 259;
Britain has betrayers still in her midst, 260
Travellers’ Club, Paris, 96, 300
Tree, Beerbohm, 288
Tree, Lady, 252
Tree, Miss Viola, 252
Treves, 179
Trieste, 44
Trilby, 127
Trinity College, Oxford, 120
Tromsö 117
Troubetskoy, Princess, 122
Tucker, Mr. Alexander, 75
Tugs, Thougs, or Thugs, 299;
the right pronunciation of, 299;
the ex-Lord Chancellor pronounced that it should be “Tugs,” so “Tugs” it is, 299
Tunisia, 10
Turf Club in Cairo, 300
Turf Club, London, 183
Turkey, 169;
intrigues of, 34;
Tewfik Pasha, Grand Vizier, 105
Turkish Revolutionary Party, 107
Turner, General Sir Alfred, 252
Turner, Sir George, 295
Turney, Sir John, 248
Tuscany, Ferdinand IV., Grand Duke of (father of Luisa, Ex-Crown Princess of Saxony), 143
Tuscany, Princess Luisa of, 13
“Tweedles” (a dog), 120
Tweedmouth, Lord, 248
Tyler, Sir Henry W., 248
Tyne, 245
Tsarskoye Selo, Palace of, 14
“Uncle Smith” (of the Junior Garrick Club), 290
Unwin, Mr. Fisher, 188
Ushabitu figures, 148
Uskub, 59
Vacaresco, Mademoiselle Helen, 95
Vagabond Club, 94
Vambery, Professor (Oriental scholar), 115
Vardö, 118
Vaughan, Baroness, 102
Vaughan, Father Bernard, 170
Verdi, 140
Verne, Jules, 250
Vesnitch, Dr. Milenko, Minister of Justice, and afterwards Serbian Minister in Paris, 75
Vesnitch, Madame, 75
Via Balbi, in Genoa, 22, 23
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, 22
Victoria, H.M.S. (Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon’s ship), 172
Victoria Hotel at Hastings, 301
Victoria, Queen, 26;
dislike for the late Baron de Hirsch, 27;
her parsimony, 29;
last visit to Nice, 29
Vienna, 37, 99, 115
Villa Igiea Hotel, Palermo, 213
Villa Regala, Bucharest, 96
Villefranche, 101
Vinadio, Baroness di, 217
Vladaja, 87
Vries, Mademoiselle de, 292
Waldeck-Rousseau (famous lawyer), 209
Wall Street, New York, 139, 150
Waller, Mr. Lewis, 252
Walters, John (Queen Victoria’s coachman), 177
War Office, 259
Ward and Lock (publishers), 188, 279
Ward, Mr. W. A. (Sheffield), 159
Waterhouse, Sir H., 295
Watt, Mr. A. P. (literary agent), 188, 250
Wegner, Detective-Sergeant (expert on alien enemies), 262
Wells, H. G., 93
Wells, Sir Sydney Russell, 295
Wemyss, the Earl of, 248
Westmorland, Countess of, 132, 252
Weybourne Gap, Norfolk, 245
Whiskers and Frank Richardson, 301
Whitcomb Street, 293
White, Arnold, 293
White, F. V. (publisher), 197
White, Field-Marshal Sir George, 248
Whitehall, 89, 222
Whitehead, Sir Beethom (British Minister at Belgrade), 77
Whitelaw, David (novelist), 202
Who’s Who, 10, 163
Wilde, Oscar, 127, 173
Wilkin, Rear-Admiral H. W., 137, 242
Wilkinson, Mr. Spenser, 248
Willcox, Dr., 226
Willcox, Mr. L. C. (of Warminster), 159
“Willie Liqueur” (sobriquet of W. Le Queux), 131
Willy, 221
Wilmersdorf, 115
Wilson, H. W. (naval expert), 245
Winchester, Clarence (aviator, wrote Flying Men and Their Machines), 155
Windsor, 30;
lecture at Town Hall, 265 (Lord Headley, chairman)
Windt, Harry de (explorer and traveller), 10, 15, 100, 117, 153, 283
Wireless, 18;
broadcasting, 157, 158
Wireless station, Crookhaven, 161
Witthaus, Dr., 226
Woodman, Sheriff Sir George, 248
Woods, Mr. G. (of Liverpool), 159
Wozzle, an imaginary village (Hatfield), 164
Wozzleite, a pseudonym of Lord Salisbury, 164
X., Lady, little, 129
X., Madame (engaged to King Peter), 67, 69, 83
Xenia, Princess, 66
Yildiz, the, 109, 112, 114
Young, Filson, 295
Yukon, 282
Zeppelin, Count, 241
Zola, 19, 162, 164, 209, 210
Zola, Madame, 205
Zoraida (a novel), in Irish daily paper, 188
Zurich, 239