The Empress Frederick, wearing the Order of the
Black Eagle
The last portrait of the Empress by the artist Angeli
We talked a little about French literature—I think she reads everything—and she asked about Bayreuth, were there many French people there. I told her the Director of the Grand Opéra, among others, who wants to have the "Meistersinger" in France, but Mdme. Wagner is rather unwilling—the choruses, she thinks, are too difficult either to translate or to sing with the true spirit in any other language. The Empress said, "She is quite right; it is one of the most difficult of Wagner's operas, and essentially German in plot and structure. It scarcely bears translation in English and in French would be impossible; neither is the music, in my mind, at all suited to the French character. The mythical legend of the Cycle would appeal more to the French, I think, than the ordinary German life." I daresay she is right. When she congédied me I talked some little time to Prince Solms, Reischach, and others. Then it was getting time for us to go, as we had to take the 4.30 train back to Frankfort. I was standing by the window, from which there is a fine open view over plain and woods, when the Empress came up to say good-bye. She supposed I was going back to France, where I would find my boy. "You are very fortunate to have him still with you; it gives such an interest to your life." She kissed me, and then said sadly, "My task is done—I am quite alone." I watched her go out of the room, across the hall, and up the great staircase, with her long black dress trailing behind, alone—as she said. It must be an awful solitude for her—living there in her beautiful house, filled with art treasures of all kinds, and with friends near all summer at Hombourg, Wiesbaden, etc., who are only too happy to go to her—but her real life is over, and she is as far away from Germany and the throbbing pulse of the nation as if she were a cloistered nun.
The Val Prinseps came away with us, and we made a bout de chemin together until they branched off to Hombourg. He has quite the same idea of the Empress; says "elle se ronge," that she had always had such aspirations and wanted to do so much for the intellectual life of Germany. Mary and I got to Frankfort in good time, and home for dinner. We were glad to prowl about in the garden after dinner, when it was deliciously cool and the air heavy almost with the scent of roses, of which she has quantities. We saw the Rhine and the lights of Mayence in the distance. I suppose this place too I shall never see again, as I think Mary has made up her mind to sell Meingeningen. I think she will settle in Ireland if she can get the old Townshend place where she was one summer. It is ideal, close on the sea, with a splendid park rising up behind the Castle, but will be a great change for her.
To H. L. K.
We are becoming accustomed, Dear, to the wind and rain and a general damp feeling. I don't think I have been really dry since we left Paris. I live in my serge dress and a waterproof. I should have been quite comfortable if I could have changed with the other one, but Bessie Talleyrand is disporting herself in it. When we arrived we found everyone in mourning for the Duke of Edinburgh, the first days not so marked, but since the Osborne has arrived with the Prince and Princess on board one sees nothing but black, and Bessie was much disgusted, having only blue. The steam launches and boats go all day between the yachts and the shore. Everyone, men and women, wears those remarkable yellow mackintoshes; you can't tell them apart, and the boats look as if they were loaded with great yellow "ballots." The two American yachts, Nahma, Mrs. Goelet, and Itwana, Mr. Armour, are splendid, enormous steamers and beautifully kept. Yesterday after lunch Bessie and I started in the wind and rain to drive over to Osborne and write ourselves down for the Queen. I am afraid I sha'n't see her, which will be a great disappointment to me; but the ladies here tell me she is much affected by the Duke of Edinburgh's death, and after all, the Prince has only just got back from his funeral. The drive through Cowes is not very interesting, through dirty, smelly little streets; but once over the ferry (which one crosses in a boat large enough to take the Queen's carriage with four horses) it is pretty enough, up a long hill with fine trees and a few places. We didn't see the Castle, as of course we were stopped at the gates, which were open, with a policeman standing just inside. The park looked fine, grass and flower beds beautifully kept. We wrote ourselves down and I left a card for the Duchess of Roxburghe, who is in waiting. We went for tea to the Club garden, and there I saw the Duchess of Roxburghe, who told me the Queen would certainly see me. We dined quietly at home, rather a fancy meal, but we prefer that to going out. There is a nice little dining-room, and Joseph waits. How he gets on down-stairs with the three maiden ladies who run the establishment I don't know. He doesn't speak or understand one word of English and has never been out of France before. He went nearly mad over that remarkable railway journey of ours across country from Eastbourne to Cowes, where we changed about 10 times (all the luggage naturally being transferred each time), lost all our connections everywhere and arrived at Cowes at 10.30 at night, having left Eastbourne at 2. He is much impressed with the uncleanliness of the house, and said to me just now, "Si Madame voyait les torchons sales dont on se sert pour essuyer les assiettes propres, Madame ne mangerait jamais à la maison."
I had two notes this morning, one from Miss Knollys saying the Princess would receive me, and one from Madame d'Arcos saying the Empress Eugénie would like us to come to tea with her on the Thistle at 5. I had rather hesitated about writing myself down for the Empress. I had never seen her, and W. was in such violent opposition always to the Empire that I never saw any of the Imperial family; but Madame d'Arcos said Bessie and I were the only Frenchwomen at Cowes; we had been everywhere—on the Osborne, to the Queen, etc., and it was rude not to do the same thing for the Empress—au fond, I was rather glad to have the opportunity, as I had never seen her. We went to the club garden after church, as I wanted to find a friend who would lend me a steam launch to go out to the Osborne. Lord Llangattock offered his, and also said he would take us to the Thistle for tea, as they were going on board to say good-bye to the Empress (they leave to-night). I wore my black and white foulard and a big black hat with feathers (never a sailor hat), which could go, as the day was fine and the sea smooth. The Princess was not there when I arrived; she had gone to the service on the Victoria and Albert. Miss Knollys appeared and we sat some time talking on deck. I was leaning over the railing when the Royal launch arrived, and I was astounded, after all these years (7), at the appearance of the Princess. Just the same slight, youthful figure and light step. The Duke of York came forward first and talked a little. He was dressed in undress admiral's uniform and looked very well. Then the Princess came, quite unchanged. She was simply dressed, in mourning, and looked quite as she did the last time I saw her, when she was also in mourning (for Prince Eddie). She kissed me, seemed pleased to see me, and we sat on two straw chairs, under the awning on the deck, talking about all sorts of things. She said the Duke of Edinburgh's death was a great grief to them. They were very fond of him, and it was sudden; and spoke most sadly about the Empress Frederick, who seems to be dying, and of a cancer. It seems that she knows quite well what is the matter with her and what is before her, as she nursed her husband through his long malady. Isn't it awful? She spoke about Francis, recalling his first afternoon at Marlborough House, when he was quite small and wept bitterly when the negro minstrels appeared. I told her he was working for diplomacy, and she said she would be much pleased to see him when he came to London as attaché.
Entrance to the Club and Gardens, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
From a photograph by Broderick.
The Prince came and talked a little while, and also recalled the last time we met last summer on the quai at Nuremberg, both coming from Marienbad, and swallowing hastily a cup of very hot coffee. I thought he looked grave and preoccupied. He talked a little about Cowes. He said he never remembered such a bad week—awful weather and few yachts. He was very complimentary about the two big American yachts, Itwana and Nahma; said he had never seen the Nahma, which he regretted, but he didn't know Mrs. Goelet—did I? "Oh yes, very well, ever since she was a child, and her mother and father before." I was sure she would be very pleased to receive them. The Prince said they were in such deep mourning that they had been on no yacht, and he hoped there would be no party. I said Mrs. Goelet herself was in deep mourning. After some consultation with the Princess they said they would like to go on board to-morrow morning at 12 o'clock (they leave early Tuesday morning), and I promised to speak to Mrs. Goelet.
He was amused when I said I liked the "Japs" so much, as he rather invented them. They came to sing to him one summer when he was ill at Cowes and on his yacht all the time. There are four people, three women and a man (a Frenchman), all masked, the women in pretty Japanese dresses and the man in ordinary clothes. One woman accompanies at the piano by heart, and extremely well; the other two and the man sing and dance—dancing very moderate—a sort of "walk around," but the singing very good; all English except one or two little French songs the man sings alone. One of their favourite ditties, "Mary housemaid," always brings down the house. It is just the sort of thing that would have amused us in our young days when we used to play and sing by heart and invent steps. The women are very graceful—I don't know if they are pretty, as one never sees their faces—and the man extraordinary, very amusing and never vulgar.
I think I must have been a long time on the yacht, and nothing could be more gracious and sympathetic than the Princess. She told me the Queen would certainly receive me. I hadn't more than time to get back where Bessie and Borghese were very hungry waiting for luncheon, and to start again at 4; this time with Bessie and the Llangattocks for the Thistle. We were received by Madame d'Arcos, Mlle. Darauvilliers, and M. Rambaut. They told us the Empress had a cold and was very hoarse; had been forbidden by the doctor to come on deck, and also to talk, but that she would receive us in the cabin. We went down almost immediately, preceded by Madame d'Arcos, who said we must not stay long, as the Empress ought not to talk. She was standing in her cabin, still a handsome, stately figure, with beautiful brow and eyes, and charming manner, more animated than I had imagined. She was very well dressed in black. She made us sit down and talked herself a great deal, always about Paris, the Bassanos (speaking most warmly of the Duke), d'Albuféras, and various mutual friends. She knew Francis was to work for diplomacy, and said she could wish him nothing better than to walk in his father's footsteps. We were afraid we were tiring her, as she talked all the time. Twice the "dame d'honneur" appeared, but she waved her away. When she finally dismissed us she said "Je ne dirai pas adieu, mais au revoir"—regretted very much that she could not come on deck and have tea with us, but that we must certainly stay. We had a pleasant half hour talking with the others, and then there came a message from her begging that we would take her launch and cruise about in the harbour. I accepted gladly, as I wanted to communicate with the Nahma and didn't exactly know how to manage. The French ladies too wished to see the American yacht, so off we started in the Empress's launch. It seemed funny after all these years to be suddenly thrown with the Empress and her suite and careering about in her launch. Mrs. Goelet was not on board, but the steward took the visitors all over the yacht, and I discovered Mrs. Warren and told her that the Prince and Princess would like to go on board to-morrow—she said she was quite sure her daughter would be very happy to see them. I found a note from the Duchess of Roxburghe when I got home, saying that the Queen would receive me to-morrow at 4.30 at Osborne, so my day will be full, as I told Mrs. Goelet I would come to the Nahma to present her to the Prince and Princess.
To H. L. K.
Well, Dear, I am just back from Osborne. I have the salon all to myself, Bessie and Borghese are out, and I will write you all about my audience while it is fresh in my memory, but I must begin at the beginning and tell you about the Royal visit to the Nahma, which went off very well. A little before twelve Mr. Warren, Mrs. Goelet's brother, came for us and we went off at once to the yacht. The Royal party arrived very punctually, Prince and Princess, Duke and Duchess of York, Princess Victoria, and various gentlemen. They were all delighted with the yacht, particularly the Duke of York, who saw everything. He called an officer of the Osborne to see some arrangement of signals which it seems is wonderful, and said they had nothing so perfect in the Royal Yacht. Mrs. Goelet did the honours very well and simply, receiving the Princes at the gangway, with her son and daughter on each side of her, a pretty, graceful figure in her plain black dress. I remained on board to lunch after the Princes departed, and they sent me ashore at 2.30 as I had just time to dress and go to Osborne.
I started again a little before 4, wearing my black taffetas trimmed with lace and a tulle bonnet and white aigrette (quite costume de ville—I could not go to the Queen in a serge skirt and big hat). I took Joseph with me in plain black livery. We arrived quite in time, as there was no delay at the ferry this time, and the large gates were open, the man making a sign to us to drive in. There were two or three policemen standing near the gate and in the park. The park is pretty—not very large but beautifully green, and as we got near the house, quantities of flowers—a mass of colour. The house is not handsome—rather imposing, a large grey stone house with two wings, and flower-beds close up to the windows. Three or four footmen in plain black livery were waiting in the hall, and they took me at once upstairs to the ladies' drawing-room—a nice room at the side of the house not looking out to sea. The Duchess of Roxburghe was waiting for me, and we talked about fifteen minutes. Then came a Highland servant saying, "Her Majesty was ready to receive Lady Waddington." The Duchess and I went downstairs, walked through various galleries, and stopped at a door where there was no servant. The Duchess knocked, the Queen's voice said, "Come in," and I found myself in a beautiful large salon, all the windows opening on the sea. The Queen, dressed as usual in black, was seated in the middle of the room facing the door. I had barely time to make one curtsey—she put out her hand and made me sit down next to her. She spoke to me first in French (just as she always did when I was at the Embassy—to mark, I suppose, that I was the French Ambassadress), "Je suis très heureuse de vous revoir—I think we can speak English—how much has happened since we met"; and then we talked about all sorts of things. I thought she looked extremely well—of course I couldn't tell if her sight was gone, as she knew I was coming and I sat close to her. Her eyes were blue and clear, and her memory and conversation quite the same. She thanked me for my letter; said the Duke of Edinburgh's death was a great blow to her. It was so sudden, she had not thought him ill. She had lost three children all very dear to her, and it was hard at her age to see her children go before her. She spoke at once (so moderately) of the caricatures and various little incidents that had occurred in France. I said I was very glad to have an opportunity of telling her that everybody in France (except for a few hot-headed radicals and anti-English) was most indignant at such gratuitous insults not only to the Queen but to a woman. She said she quite understood that—that wherever she had been in France everybody had done what they could to make her stay happy and comfortable; that she never could forget it, and hoped the French nation felt that—also that she would never dream of holding the country responsible for the radical press, but "my children and my people feel it very deeply." We talked about the King of Italy's murder (she was much pleased with the expression in one of the Italian papers "è morto in piedi") and she expressed great sympathy for Queen Margherita—"She is fond of Italy and is always thinking and planning what she can do for the people." We also talked about the Shah and the attentat in Paris. I said that left me rather indifferent, but she answered instantly, "You are quite wrong—it is the principle, not the person, that is attacked in those cases." I then remarked that it was a great pity, I thought, that one of those gentlemen (anarchists, not sovereigns) shouldn't be lynched; that I believed the one thing they were afraid of was the justice of the people. She said, "That is not a very Christian sentiment"; but I think she didn't altogether disagree with me. She asked me about Francis—was he working for diplomacy; and then, I don't know exactly how, we began talking about mixed marriages. She said she didn't think religion ought to be an invincible obstacle. I said I thought with her, but that French Protestants were very strict. I told her it had been said that my husband, who was certainly a very large-minded man in most things, was really narrow about Catholics. She said, with such a charming smile, "Oh, I can't think M. Waddington was ever narrow about anything, I always thought him one of the most large-minded, just men I ever knew." I must say I was pleased, and W. always felt that for some reason or another he was sympathetic to her. We talked a little about the Empress Frederick; she said the last news was better, but she evidently didn't want to pursue the subject. We talked on some little time, and when she finally dismissed me, she said, "I hope you will come back to England, and whenever you do I shall be very glad to see you." She shook hands—I backed myself to the door, opened it, and there found the Highland servant, who took me back to the drawing-room where the Duchess of Roxburghe was waiting. She suggested that we should go for a turn in the garden, and when she went to get her hat I looked about the room, which is quite plainly furnished—a grand piano, comfortable furniture, not pretty, and no particular style.
We walked about the gardens a little, which are pretty, such quantities of flowers, and had tea under the trees. Two of the ladies came out—Mrs. Grant and Miss Harbord. They were very anxious to know if I found the Queen changed after seven years, but I really can't say I did. My impression is that they find her older. They say she felt the Duke of Edinburgh's death very much, and that she is very worried about the Empress Frederick, though she doesn't talk much about her. It was lovely sitting under the trees, so cool and quiet after the noise and glare of Cowes. All the people bowed as we drove home through Cowes. I think they took Joseph in his black livery for one of the Queen's servants.
I must tell you that Joseph and Élise are also moving in high society. Joseph came with a most smiling face to me Saturday night to say that one of his friends was chef on the Empress's yacht (the Thistle) and had invited them to breakfast on Sunday on the yacht. I said they could go, and when Bessie and I were going to church we saw them start—he in the regulation Cowes blue serge costume (not the short, very short, Eton jacket which is the dress attire of the Club men) and yellow shoes, and she in my old purple foulard, with a very nice little toque. A very smart little boat was waiting for them.
Now, my Dear, I must stop, as I am exhausted, and a perfect Mrs. Jellyby, papers flying all over the place, as I am writing at the open window, and ink all over me, fingers, hair, etc. I can't say, as Madame de Sévigné did, "ma plume vole," for mine stops and scratches, and makes holes in the paper, and does everything it can to make my writing difficult. I wonder why I hate it so—I do—as soon as I sit down to my writing-table I want to go out or play on the piano, or even crochet little petticoats—anything rather than write. I suppose I shall never see the Queen again—at her age it isn't very likely, especially if I wait another seven years without coming over. I am glad she received me, it was a great pleasure.
Note.
Of course I never saw the Queen again. She began to fail that same autumn (1900) after her return home from Balmoral, and died at Osborne the 22d of January, 1901—a beautiful death, painless, sleeping away and all her children and grandchildren with her. It isn't only the Queen who has disappeared—it is the century. England will enter on a new phase—but it must be different from the chapter that has just closed.
INDEX
- A
- d'A——, Countess, 235
- A——, Lady, 214, 235
- A——, Lord, experience on the House of Lords boat at the Naval Review, 264, 265
- A——, Mdme., 87, 89, 122
- Aberdeen, Lady, 313
- Aberdeen, Lord, 216
- Abinger, Lord and Lady, 172
- Adams, 234
- Adelaïde, Mlle., 7, 10 et passim
- d'Agoult, 343
- Albanesi, 234
- Albani, 242, 243
- Albany, Duke and Duchess of, 179;
- death of the Duke, 206
- Albert, Arch Duke and Arch Duchess, of Austria, 56;
- incident in Paris, 57
- Albert, Prince, 177; tomb, 239
- Albert Solms, Prince, 388
- Albert Victor, Prince, Duke of Clarence, 184, 186, 218, 237;
- d'Albufèras, 395
- Alexander III., Emperor of Russia, 4;
- the procession to the Kremlin, 44-46;
- danger from the Nihilists, 52, 53;
- coronation of, 65-67;
- the breakfast following the Coronation, 68-70;
- the reception after the Coronation, 71-73;
- at the Court Ball, 74, 75;
- at the great ball at the Palace, 78;
- the Fête Populaire, 82;
- at the Palace ball, 86-90;
- the gala dinner, 93, 94;
- the revue, 102-104;
- his home at Peterhof, 116, 117
- Alexander, Prince, of Battenberg, 236
- Alexis, Grand Duke, at the coronation of his brother, Emperor Alexander III., 66;
- at the Palace ball, 86
- Alice, Princess, of Hesse, 239
- Amédée, King, 92
- Amélie, Princess, of Schleswig-Holstein, 326
- Ampthill, Lord and Lady, 17, 281, 282
- Anne, ——, 5
- Antrim, Lady, 310, 312
- d'Aoste, Duc, 6;
- Appert, General, 145, 148, 153
- Appert, Madame, 153, 154;
- her daughters, 154
- d'Arcos, Madame, 395
- Armour, Mr., 391
- Arran, Lady, 377
- Arthur, Sir George, 375, 377, 382
- Ashburton, Lady, 349
- Ashburton, Lady Louisa, 242
- Astor, Mrs. 357
- Augusta, Empress, 18
- d'Aumale, Duc, 217, 303, 304
- B
- Baden, Grand Duchess of, 18
- Baldwin, Admiral, 58, 120, 142;
- Baldwin, Mrs., 151
- Barrington, Mr. Eric, 329, 337
- Bassanos, 395
- Bayard, Mr., 377
- Beatrice, Princess, 176, 177, 192, 195;
- Bedford, Duchess of, 236, 257, 280
- Bedford, Duke of, 280, 281
- Belgians, King of the, 249
- Belgians, Queen of the, 256
- Benckendorff, Colonel, 34 et passim
- Bérard, M., 24, 26
- Beresford, Lord Charles, 296
- Bernadotte, 138
- Bernhardt, Mdme. Sarah, 135
- Bille, Elsa de, 317, 323
- Bille, Mdme. de, 315, 326
- Bismarck, 15;
- Bismarck, Herbert, 243
- Bleichroeder, 19
- Blennerhasset, Lady, 340
- Blumenthal's, 302
- Böhm, 281, 282
- Boleyn, Anne, 175
- Bondy, M. de, 140, 142
- Borghese, 395
- Borthwick, Lady, 251, 271, 272
- Boston, Lord, 218
- Boulanger, 267, 268, 296
- Bowen, Judge, 367
- Braganza, Duchesse de, 256
- Brandt, Mr., 163
- Brasseys, 187
- Brennen, Mme. and Mlle. de, 203
- Bridge, Dr., 348
- Brown, Mrs., 169
- Brown, John, tablet in memory of, 239
- Brownlows, 346
- Bryce, Mr., 307
- Btetju, Count, 244
- Buccleuch, Duchess of, 237, 257
- "Buffalo Bill," 243
- Bulgaria, Prince of, 218
- Bülow, 337
- Bunsen, George de, 15, 16, 17
- Bunsen, Mlle. Beatrice de, 285
- Bunsen, Mary de, 386, 390
- Burns, Walter, 295
- Burtons, 354
- Bury, Mlle. de, "sur Racine," 212
- Bylandt, Comte de, at the Naval Review, 261, 265
- Bylandt, Comtesse de, 203, 220, 222, 259, 338
- Byng, Colonel, 252, 369
- C
- C——, Lord, Indian Secretary, 252
- Calmon, Robert, 7, 95
- Cambridge, Duchess of, 180
- Cambridge, Duke of, 189, 195, 201, 236, 246, 258
- Cameron, Sir Roderick, 283, 286;
- in Scotland, 287 et seq.
- Campbell, Mr., 207
- Carlingford, Lord, 184
- Canterbury, Archbishop of, 355, 356
- Carpe, 272
- Carrington, Lord, 346
- Catherine II., 90, 95
- Cavendish, Lord Frederick, murder of, 3
- Cecil, Lady Gwendoline, 306
- Cecil, Lady Margaret, 218, 231, 232
- Cecil, Lord Edward, 303
- Chaine, Col., 337
- Chambord, Comte de, illness of, 156;
- Charles IX., 143
- Charles Louis, Arch Duke and Arch Duchess, of Austria, 88, 93, 96;
- Chemin, 11
- Chesterfield, Lord, 219
- Chetwode, Sir George and Lady, 172
- Chigi, Marchesa, 358
- Childers, Mr., 182
- Christian, Prince, of Schleswig-Holstein, 266, 368
- Christian, Princess, 254, 266, 368
- Churchill, Lady, 192
- Clanwilliam, Lady, 315
- Clark, Stanley, 363
- Colocotroni, Mlle., 71
- Compans, Ternaux, 125
- Connaught, Duchess of, 368
- Connaught, Duke of, 236;
- Constantine, Grand Duchess, 60, 61, 80, 87, 88, 94
- Constantine, Grand Duke, 60, 61
- Corcelle, François de, 7, 13, 95
- Cork, Lady, 388
- Cork, Lord, 197
- Correa, Brazilian Minister, 270
- Corti, Ambassador, 239, 240
- Courcel, Mdme. de, 16, 18, 20, 21, 159, 162
- Courcel, M. de, 14, 15, 159, 162
- Coutouly, M., 125, 127
- Coventry, Lord, 279, 357
- Cowell, Sir John, 191, 192
- Cranborne, Lady, 306
- Cranborne, Lord, 255
- Cumming, Jean Gordon, 235
- Curzon, Lord and Lady, 310
- D
- D——, Count, Austrian Ambassador, 236
- Dalhousie, Lord, 192, 193
- Darauvilliers, Mlle., 395
- Deichmann, Baron, 268, 344
- Deichmann, Baroness Hilda, 208, 222, 253;
- described, 210
- Deichmann, Elsa, 317
- Deichmann, Hilda, 254, 255, 321
- Deichmann, Wilhelm, 351
- Delamere, Lady, 354
- Delawarr, Lord and Lady, 201
- Denmark, Crown Prince of, 305
- Denmark, King of, 249
- Derby, Lady, reception at home of, 210, 211;
- entertains at Knowsley, 228-232
- Derby, Lord, 218, 231, 232
- Déroulède, 314
- Deym, Bianca, 317, 318, 320
- Deym, Countess, 315, 329
- Dolgourouky, Prince, 96
- Dubois, Marie, 203
- Dudzeele, Countess, dances with the Emperor at the Court ball, 74
- Dufferin, Lord and Lady, entertain at Walmer Castle, 358-360;
- rank, 371
- Duncan, 287
- Dupoutet, 347
- E
- Eames, Miss, 295, 314
- Edinburgh, Duchess of, 88, 103, 192, 200, 203
- Edinburgh, Duke of, 6, 45, 93, 103, 203, 236, 254;
- Edward, Prince, of Saxe-Weimar, 203, 357
- Edwardes, Gay, 317, 318, 336
- Edwardes, Henry, 319
- Edwardes, Mrs., 323
- Érard, 320
- Erroll, Lady, 176
- Esher, Lord, 242
- d'Estournelles, 325, 328
- d'Estournelles, Mdme., 326, 328
- Eugénie, Empress, 266;
- Eulenbourg, Count, 81
- Eulenbourg, Countess, 324
- F
- Falbe, Mme. de, 232, 233
- Falbe, M. de, 232, 233, 305
- Fawkes, Guy, confession, 242
- Fayet, Commandant, 7
- Fife, Duke of, 276;
- Florian, Count de, 194, 207, 253, 259, 278, 283
- Florian, Countess de, 253, 259, 262, 278, 283, 306;
- Forbes, 233
- Forges, M. Blanchard de, 226
- Francis, Miss W., 287
- François d'Assises, King, 92
- Frederick, Empress, Crown Princess, 250, 252;
- Frederick III., Emperor, Crown Prince, 250, 251;
- Frederica, Princess, of Hanover, 204
- Frederick Charles, Prince, 243
- Frederick Charles, Princess, 20
- Freeman, Violet, 321
- Froude, J. A., 229;
- on America, 231
- G
- Galitzin, Prince, 49
- Gardner, Lady Winifred, 346
- Gayare, 242
- Gennadius, 336
- George II., 267
- George, Prince, 200, 237, 337;
- report of marriage to Princess May, 362
- Gevers, Baron, 338
- Ghika, Princess, 222
- Giers, M. de, 58, 76
- Gilbert, 369
- Gille, Mdme., 107
- Gladstone, Mr. W. E., described, 3;
- Gladstone, Mrs. W. E., 3, 189, 346;
- Gladstone, Wm., 172
- Glinka's opera, "La Vie pour le Czar," 69, 75, 80
- Goelet, Mrs., 391;
- receives the Royal party aboard the Nahma, 397
- Gordon, "Chinese," murder of, 199
- Goschens, 184
- Gower, Mr. Leveson, 172
- Grant, General U. S., death, 218
- Grant, Mrs., 400
- Granville, Countess, 195
- Granville, Earl, entertains M. Waddington, 170, 171, 190, 195, 273
- Greece, King of, 256, 260, 305
- Greece, Queen of, 71, 77, 80, 93;
- Greene, Plunkett, 302
- Grey, Lady Jane, 175
- Grieg, 273
- Griswold, Miss Gertrude, 234
- Grondal, Mdme., 302
- Guillemain, M., 348
- H
- Halsbury, 237
- Hamilton, Duchess of, 236
- Hamilton, Lord and Lady Claud, 201
- Harbord, Miss, 400
- Harcourt, Lady, 174;
- Harcourt, Sir William, 174
- Hare, the actor, 346
- Hartington, Lord, 199, 268, 310, 311
- Hatzfeldt, Comte, 16, 303, 314, 325;
- Hawaiian Secretary, 245
- Hayter, Lord and Lady, 183, 200
- Henrietta ——, 10 et passim
- Henry, Prince, of Battenberg, 204, 236, 368, 373
- Herberts, Ivor, 273
- Heretier, Grand Duke, 103
- Herkomer, his studio and pupils, 344-346
- Herschell, Lady, 359
- Herschell, Lord, 366, 378
- Heurtel, Mme., 261
- Hoffman, Col. and Mrs., 147, 154, 155, 156
- Hollman, 276
- Hubert, 7, et passim
- Hubert, Mdme., 5, 10
- Huddlestone, Lady Diana, 279
- Humlicher, Marie, 374, 375
- Hunt, Mr. and Mrs., 37, 58, 83, 120
- Hurlbert, Mr., 181, 182
- I
- Isabella, Queen, 92
- Ivan the Terrible, 91
- J
- Jansen, Mlle., 377
- Jaurès, Admiral, 36, 94, 105;
- his hospitality, 118
- Jaurès, Mdme., 36, 37, 80, 88, 117;
- Jay, Anna, 39
- Jersey, Lady, 187, 203;
- experiences at receptions, 211
- Jersey, Lord, 187
- Jeune, Mr. and Mrs., 218, 266
- Jeune, Sir Francis, 367
- Joachim, 272
- Johore, Maharajah of, 216
- Jomini, M., 120
- Joseph, 7
- Joy, Mr., 14
- Jusserand, J. J., 276, 277, 286, 380
- Juteau, 191, 216
- K
- Kapilani, Queen, of the Sandwich Islands, 245, 249, 255, 256
- Karolyi, Count, 226, 240, 241
- Karolyi, Count Victor, 240
- Karolyi, Countess Fanny, 189, 195, 220, 240, 241
- Karolyi, Nadine, 226
- Kenmare, Lord, 192
- Kergorlay, M. de, 145, 147, 155;
- Khiva, Khan of, 75
- Kimberley, Lord and Lady, 192
- King, Rufus, 179
- Kleeberg, Mme., 270
- Knollys, Miss, 179, 184, 320, 363
- Knowles, 246
- Knowles, James, 366
- Knutsford, Lord, 268
- Kotchoubey, Princess, 49-51, 58, 82, 88
- Kufstein, Count, 269
- L
- Lacour, Challemel, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères, appoints M. Waddington Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, 5
- Lagrené, M., 32, 95
- La Iglesia, M. de Casa, 220, 223, 275;
- appointed Ambassador, 306
- Langhe, Mlle. de, 285;
- helps with the children's comedy, 315 et seq.
- Lasteyrie, 347
- Lataings, 338
- Lathom, Lord, 237, 252;
- Lawrence, Mrs., 148
- Lawrence, Anna, 317
- Layard, Lady, 388
- Lecky, Mr., 229
- Lecomte, M., 298, 299, 319
- Leeds, Duke and Duchess of, 201
- Leeven, Baron, 118
- Leigh, Tom, 269
- Leighton, Sir Frederick, 310
- Lennox, Lord Algy, 388
- Leroy, Mr., 7
- Le Valloit, Mdme., 272
- Levisohn, Mlle., organizes a "toy symphony," 351 et seq.
- Lhermite, M., 8
- Lincoln, Mr., 340, 377, 380
- Lind, Letty, 271
- Linden, Countess, 85
- Lionel, Lord, 232
- Llangattock, Lord, 393
- Lloyd, 276
- Lloyd, Lady Mary, 349
- Lomatch, M., 126
- London, Lord Mayor and Mayoress of, 364, 365, 367
- Londonderry, Lady, 303, 315
- Lonsdale, Lady, 184
- Lorne, Lord, 271, 302, 366
- Louis Philippe, 171
- Louise, Princess, 200, 271;
- Lowell, James Russell, 180, 202, 242;
- death of his wife, 200
- Lowell, Mrs., 180;
- death of, 200
- Lyons, Lord, 3, 98, 183
- Lytton, Lord, 183, 372
- M
- Mackay, Mr. and Mrs., 37, 58
- MacMahon, Maréchal, 6, 7
- Magdalen, Master of, 184
- Malagache Embassy, 21
- Manners, Lord and Lady John, 218
- Mansouroff, Madame, 43
- Margaretta, Princess, 311
- Margherita, Queen, 399
- Marochetti, Italian Minister, 153
- Mary of Teck, Princess, 244, 251;
- Mary, Queen, "Bloody Mary," letter to Cardinal Pole, 242
- Mary, Queen of Scots, portraits of, 288
- Massanet, 295
- Mathias, M., 134, 135, 136
- Maud, Princess, 320, 330
- Mavrocordato, 25
- May, Princess, 244, 275;
- Mazo, del, Spanish Ambassador, 368
- Mead, Lady J., 317
- Mecklenburg, Duke and Duchess Paul of, 271, 272, 273
- Mensdorff, 377
- Merindol, 348
- Methuen, Lord, 176
- Michel, Grand Duchess, receives Mme. Waddington, 59, 60, 87;
- described, 94
- Michel, Grand Duke, 87
- Mitford, Mrs., 340, 342
- Mohrenheim, M. de, Russian Ambassador, 179, 184;
- Mohrenheim, Madame de, 185, 191, 192, 193
- Molesworth, Lady, 217
- Moltke, 131, 154
- Monaco, Princess of, 326
- Monk, Mr. Charles, 172, 174
- Monk, Miss Julia, 172, 173, 201
- Montebello, 372
- Montpensier, Duc de, 6, 43, 46, 93
- Montrose, Duchess of, 203
- Mostyn, Mrs., 378
- Moulin, M., 125
- Münster, German Ambassador, 179, 180, 239
- Murray, Mr., 315
- N
- Naidillac, Marquis de, 326
- Nannie, 352
- Neruda, Mdme., 272
- Newcastle, Duke and Duchess of, 306
- Newman, 308
- Nigra, Italian Ambassador, 37, 68, 80, 82, 97;
- Noccomore, Commandant, 261
- Nordica, 276, 284
- Northbrook, Lord, 183
- Northcote, Lady, 306, 314
- Northcote, Sir Stafford, 189
- Northumberland, Lord, 360
- O
- Oborlenski, Princess, 43, 52
- Oldenburg, Duchess of, 61, 88, 103
- Oppenheim, Mrs., 284
- Orléans Princes, 274
- Orloff, Prince, 9, 53, 96, 101
- d'Orval, M., 108
- Ourousoff, Prince, 105
- P
- P——, Lady, 213
- P——, Lizzie, 243
- Pahlen, Count, 49, 51, 54
- Pahlen, Countess, 55, 58, 96
- Palmerston, Lord, 171
- Paris, Comte de, 159, 274, 275
- Pasquier, Duc d'Audifret, 274
- Patenôtre, M., 135, 139;
- Paul, Mr., aide-de-camp, 58, 120
- Paulucci, Marquis, 352, 377
- Pawel-Rammingen, Baron, 204
- Peel, Sir Robert, his daughter, 201
- Pepys, Lady Mary, 285
- Percy, Countess, 360
- Perier, Mdme. Casimir, 277
- Perponcher, Countess, 310, 314, 388
- Persia, Grand Vizier of, 303
- Persia, Shah of, at the Court Ball, 301;
- Peter the Great, portraits of, 118, 119
- Petiteville, 226
- Petre, Mr. Henry, 313
- Pfeffer, 351
- Phelps, Edward J., American Ambassador, 238, 239
- Phelps, Marguerite, 317
- Phelps, Mrs., 238, 239, 247
- Phillipe, the coiffeur, 12
- Picolellis, 272, 275
- Pierson, 7
- Pina, M. de, 159, 162, 163
- Pittié, Général, 7, 24, 67, 98
- Plunkett, Mr., 4
- Ponsonby, Sir Henry, 176, 177, 237
- Pontavice, 320, 326, 327
- Pontécoulant, Comte de, 7, 10, 20 et passim;
- Portland, Duke of, 202, 237
- Pourtalès, Comte Jacques de, 233
- Poutel, Mdme. du, 373
- Powell, Mr. Price W., 172
- Praed, Mr., 218
- Prince Imperial of Germany, 18, 19
- Probyn, Sir Digby, 179, 363
- Q
- Quirim, Miss, 333
- R
- Radziwill, 91, 162
- Radziwill, Princess, 22
- Rambaut, M., 395
- Randolph Churchill, Lady, 377
- Regnier, Arch Duke, of Austria, 259
- Reischach, Baron, 388, 390
- Renan, 309
- Reszke, Jean de, 315
- Ribot, 372
- Richard, Mdme., 320
- Richelieu, Duchesse de, 306
- Richter, General, 101, 116
- Rizzio, murder of, 288
- Roffy, Mrs., 316, 317, 321
- Rogers, aide-de-camp, 58, 120
- Rogers, Canon, 297;
- Ronalds, Mrs., 272
- Rosebery, Lady, 204;
- gives a ball, 255
- Rosebery, Lord, 255, 256
- Rothschild, Ferdinand, 314
- Rothschild, Lord, 268
- Roustan, naval attaché, 268
- Rudolph, Prince, 247
- Roxburghe, Duchess of, 257, 392, 398
- Russia, Empress of, 45;
- Rustem Pacha, 235, 330, 366
- Rutland, Duchess of, 304
- S
- Sagan, Duke of, 159
- St. Albans, Duchess of, 377
- St. Clair, Lady Harriet, 179
- St. Genys, 276, 306, 315, 316
- St. Vallier, 15, 17
- Salisbury, Lady, gives reception, 210, 211;
- Salisbury, Lord, 189;
- Sancy, M. de, 20, 159, 162
- Sanderson, Miss, 295
- Sanderson, Mr. Thomas, 337
- Sandford, Mr., 143
- Sarasate, 272
- Saxe-Weimar, Prince Herman, 254
- Say, Léon, 3
- Scalchi, 242
- Scarlett, Miss, 172, 173
- Schimmelpenninck, M., 27, 29, 30, 58, 122
- Schubert, 345
- Schuster, Frank, 276
- Schuyler, 308
- Schweinitz, General, 39, 80, 83;
- Schweinitz, Madame, 81
- Seckendorff, Count, 310, 312, 313, 314, 337
- Sefton, Lord, 231
- Ségur, Comte Paul de, 274
- Serge, Grand Duchess, 256
- Sermet, M., 125
- Sesmaisons, Colonel Comte de, 7, 13, 15, 95 et passim
- Seymour, Admiral, 89
- Seymour, Lord William, 382
- Seymour, Sir Francis, 202
- Sheridan, May, 247
- Smith, W. H., holds a political reception, 269, 270
- Solvyns, Baron, 336, 381
- Somaglia, Countess, 361
- Southampton, Lady, 370
- Soveral, Portuguese Minister, 314, 330, 331
- Spain, King of, death of, 220
- Spencer, Countess, 330, 369
- Staal, M. de, Russian Ambassador, 223, 241, 310, 326;
- Staal, Madame de, 236, 241, 323;
- described, 243
- Staal, Thekla, 226, 323
- Stainer, Dr., 348
- Stanhope, Lady, 18;
- Stanhope, Lord, 219
- Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. Edward, 218
- Stanhope, Philip, 361
- Stanley, Dowager Lady, 181, 182
- Stanleys, 355
- Struve, M. and Mdme. de, 120
- Stewart, Lady Helen, 317
- Stuart, Miss, 348
- Sudely, Lord, 297
- Suffield, Lady, 363
- Suffield, Lord, 363
- Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 271, 272
- Sutherland, Duchess of, 236
- Sweden, Crown Prince of, 93, 253
- Sweden, King of, 142, 143
- Sweden, Prince Royal of, 145
- Sydney, Lord, 359
- T
- Tadema, Alma, 379
- Talleyrand, Bessie, 391
- Tavistock, Lord, 281
- Teck, Duke of, 236
- Teesdale, 369
- Tennyson, 183
- Thénard, 284, 285;
- assists producing the children's comedy, 315 et seq.
- Thomson, Mr., 339
- Thornton, Lady, 37, 80, 88, 104;
- Thornton, Mary, 126
- Thornton, Sir Edward, 40, 83, 89
- Thornycroft, 278, 279
- Toll, Count and Countess, 153
- Tornielli, 352, 361, 377
- Tosti, 272, 275, 306
- Trebelli, 276
- Trémouille, Charlotte de la, 230
- Trevelyans, 355
- Troubetzkoi, Princess Lise, 49, 115
- Tweeddale, Lady, 201
- Tweedmouth, Lord, 354
- V
- Val Prinsep, 388, 390
- Vannutelli, Mgr., 96, 98, 118;
- Victoria, Princess, 320, 397
- Victoria, Queen, receives Mme. Waddington, 176, 177;
- described, 177;
- at Windsor Castle, 192, 193, 238, 239;
- Drawing-room, 206;
- holds long Drawing-room, 213, 214;
- opens Parliament, 235-238;
- at the Jubilee ceremonies in Westminster Abbey, 249, 250;
- in the procession after the service, 250, 251;
- receives at the Palace, 252, 253;
- at the children's fête in Hyde Park, 254, 255;
- reviews the Volunteers, 257, 258;
- at the Naval Review, 260-264;
- with the Empress Frederick at Windsor, 310, 311;
- bids farewell to the Waddingtons, 368, 370-372;
- receives Mme. Waddington at Osborne, 397-401;
- death, 401
- Villiers, 226
- Villestreux, Mdme. de la, 364, 365, 373
- Vinci, Comte, 350
- Vivian, Lady, 210
- Vivian, Lord, 151, 153
- W
- Waddington, Francis, 10 et passim;
- Waddington, Mme., meets Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, 3;
- M. Waddington appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to represent France at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6;
- preparations for Moscow, 6-12;
- arrives at Berlin, 13, 14;
- impression of Berlin, 15;
- visits the de Bunsens, 17, 19;
- goes to the races, 18;
- departure from Berlin, 22;
- dines at Alexandrownow with a Hessian Prince, 23;
- reaches Warsaw, 24;
- describes the city, 24;
- visits a chateau, 25;
- the trip from Warsaw to Moscow, 26-31;
- arrival at Moscow, 31, 32;
- description of the Maison Klein, 32, 33;
- experiences with a Court train, 36;
- drives through Moscow, 37-39;
- the Emperor's entrance into the Kremlin, 42-46;
- received by the Empress, 47-52;
- visits Princess Obolenski, 52;
- goes over the palaces at the Kremlin, 54;
- famous paintings and jewels in the Church of the Assomption, 54;
- visits Princess Radziwill and Countess Pahlen, 55;
- at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria, 56-58;
- attends reception at M. de Giers', 58;
- audience with Grand Duchess Michel, 59, 60;
- with the Grand Duchess Constantine, 60, 61;
- with the Duchesse d'Oldenburg, 61;
- and the Grand Duchess Wladmir, 61;
- dines with the permanent French Embassy, 62;
- the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 63-67, 70, 71;
- the Coronation breakfast, 67-70;
- at the presentation of felicitations to the Emperor and Empress, 71-73;
- presented to the Queen of Greece, 71, 72;
- appearance of the Embassies, 72, 73;
- goes to the Court ball, 73-75;
- dances with the Emperor and Grand Duke Wladimir, 74, 75;
- the Fête Populaire, 76, 82;
- gives a Russian dinner, 76, 77;
- the great ball at the Palace, 77, 78;
- goes shopping, 78, 95;
- attends the Opera, 79, 80;
- tea with the Empress, 80;
- gives a diplomatic dinner, 83, 96, 99, 100;
- photographing the whole establishment, 83, 84;
- at the Palace ball, 85-90;
- sees the Trésor, 91;
- the gala dinner, 92-94;
- the institution of the "Enfants Trouvés," 95, 96;
- gives a reception, 100, 101;
- the revue at the Tribune Imperiale, 102-104;
- sightseeing in Moscow, 106;
- preparations for leaving Moscow, 107, 108, 109;
- takes a moonlight drive to the Kremlin, 109, 110;
- departure from Moscow, 111;
- the journey to Petersburg, 111, 112;
- description of Petersburg, 113, 114;
- the Hermitage, 113, 115, 116;
- "La Pointe," 114, 115;
- the pictures at the Hermitage, 116, 117, 118;
- makes an excursion to Peterhof, 116, 117;
- dinner at the Hunts', 120;
- entertained by Admiral Baldwin on board the flagship Lancaster, 120-123;
- visits the Thorntons, 124, 125;
- shopping in Petersburg, 126;
- the voyage by steamer to Stockholm, 126-134;
- description of Helsingfors, 129, 130;
- Abo, the old capital of Finland, 132;
- the approach to Stockholm, 134;
- drives through Stockholm, 135-139;
- to Drottningholm, 138, 139;
- shopping in Stockholm, 141, 142;
- journeys from Stockholm to Copenhagen, 144, 145;
- drives through Copenhagen, 145, 147, 151, 154, 155;
- visits the Historical Museum, 146;
- a pleasant expedition to Tivoli, 148, 149;
- the Thorwaldsen Gallery, 149;
- a Swedish wedding at the Frauen Kirche, 149, 150;
- the excessive heat, 150, 153, 160;
- sees the treasures at Rosenburg, 152;
- M. de Kergorlay's dinner, 152, 153;
- departure from Copenhagen, 157;
- from Korsoe to Kiel, 157, 158;
- arrives at Hamburg, 158;
- view of Hamburg from the lake, 161;
- a moonlight drive, 163;
- leaves Hamburg, 163;
- arrives at Cologne, 163, 164;
- returns to Paris, 165; stays at Boulogne-sur-Mur, 167;
- crosses to England, 167, 168;
- inspects her future home in London, 168, 169, 170, 171;
- visits the Monks, 172, 173, 174;
- getting settled in London, 173, 174;
- presented to the Queen, 175-177;
- Windsor Castle, 177, 178;
- has an audience of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 178, 179;
- with the Duchess of Cambridge, 180;
- domestic arrangements, 180, 181;
- visits the Dowager Lady Stanley, 181;
- talks with Mr. Gladstone, 181 182;
- politics, 183;
- entertained by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham, 184-186;
- attends a hunt and hunt ball, 187, 188;
- at Mr. Gladstone's reception, 188, 189;
- commanded to dine and sleep at Windsor, 191-194;
- first Drawing-room, 194-197;
- goes to the Derby, 197;
- to the meet of the Coaching Club and a polo game, 197, 198;
- reception at Devonshire House, 199;
- dinners and routs, 199, 200;
- Lady Tweeddale's dinner, 201;
- at the ball of the Artillery Corps, 202;
- Drawing-room, 203, 204;
- sees the Queen, 204, 205;
- Westminster Abbey, 205;
- visits Blenheim, 209;
- conference "sur Racine," 212;
- long Drawing-room, 213, 214;
- visits Lady Salisbury at Hatfield 215, 216;
- lunches with Prince and Princess of Wales, 216;
- at Lord Aberdeen's hay-making party, 216, 217;
- Court concert, 217;
- spends Sunday at the Stanhopes, 218, 219;
- London fog, 221;
- Christmas shopping, 222, 224;
- farewell dinner to Nigra, 223;
- celebrates Christmas, 225, 226;
- impressions of a Roman Christmas, 227;
- visits at Knowsley, 227, 228-232;
- portraits and literary treasures at Knowsley, 229, 230;
- visits the Falbes at Luton, 232-234;
- St. Paul's, 234;
- gives dinners, 234, 235;
- attends the opening of Parliament, 235-238;
- at Windsor Castle again, 238, 239;
- drives to the Mausoleum, 239;
- spends Sunday at the Karolyis at Clieveden, 240, 241;
- defeat of the French troops at Tonkin, 241;
- interesting old manuscripts at Roll's Court, 242;
- Lady Ashburton's house, 242;
- at the Opera, 242, 243;
- visits the Tecks, 243, 244;
- presented to the Queen of the Sandwich Islands, 245-247;
- preparations for the Jubilee, 245, 247, 248;
- arranges to see the cortége immediately after the service in Westminster Abbey, 245-248;
- the Jubilee Te Deum, 248-250;
- the procession after the service, 250, 251;
- the reception at the Palace, 251-253;
- the children's fête in Hyde Park, 253, 254;
- at the Rosebery's ball, 255, 256;
- the Palace ball, 256, 257;
- receives the Jubilee Medal, 257;
- the Naval Review, 259-264;
- aboard the Iphigénie, 261-263;
- skating, 266;
- funeral service for the German Emperor, 267;
- at the Smiths' political reception, 269, 270;
- musicales, 270-273, 276;
- meets Princess Mary, 275;
- sightseeing, 276-278;
- christens a torpilleur, 278;
- races at Ascot, 279;
- visits the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, 280-282;
- death of the Emperor Frederick, 282;
- dines with the Lord Mayor, 283, 284;
- production of a play by Berquin, 284-286;
- decides to go to Scotland, 286;
- the journey to Edinburgh, 287;
- sightseeing in Edinburgh, 287, 288;
- arrives at Oban, 288;
- Scottish tartans, 289;
- by sea to Arishaig, 290, 291;
- stays at Inveraylort, 291-295;
- returns to London, 296;
- goes through Petticoat Lane with Canon Rogers, 298, 299;
- the People's Palace, 300;
- at the Court Ball, 300, 301;
- the Shah's arrival by water, 301, 302;
- the luncheon party at Hatfield in the Shah's honour, 302-304;
- wedding of Princess Louise and the Duke of Fife, 305;
- skates at Hatfield, 306, 307;
- and at Wimbledon, 307;
- attends a horse sale, 308, 309;
- at Windsor, 310-313;
- sees "Charlie's Aunt," 313;
- luncheon with the Empress Frederick, 314;
- with Lady Northcote at the Opera, 314, 315;
- the children's comedy, 315 et seq.;
- formal entry of the German Emperor William II. into London, 323, 324;
- reception of the Emperor and Empress, 325, 326;
- Garden Party at Marlborough House, 326;
- goes to the luncheon at Hatfield for the German Emperor, 328-332;
- places son in a French school, 332;
- sickness and death of Prince Eddie, 333 et seq.;
- visits the British Museum, 339;
- visits the Tecks, 340-342;
- visits "Venice," 343;
- excursion to Herkomer's studio, 344-346;
- opens the bazaar, 346, 347;
- gives a dinner of organists, 348;
- arranges a "toy symphony," 350-352;
- at the Italian Embassy, 352, 377;
- the Salvation Army, 353;
- English women in politics, 355;
- dines with the Gladstones to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury, 355, 356;
- band of the "Garde Républicaine," 357;
- visits the Dufferins at Walmer Castle, 358-360;
- last outings, 361;
- leaves for the Tyrol, 361;
- returns to England, 362;
- says good-bye to Princess Mary and Princess May, 362;
- hears Mr. Gladstone's speech on Ireland, 363;
- farewell visits, 363, 364;
- farewell dinner for M. Waddington at the Mansion House, 364-367;
- last visit to Windsor, 368, 369;
- last Drawing-room, 369;
- farewell audience from Queen Victoria, 370-372;
- at the French bazaar, 373, 374;
- a musical afternoon at Mlle. Humlicher's, 374, 375;
- presented with a jewel, 375, 376;
- entertains Princess Mary and Princess May, 377, 378;
- visits Princess Louise and Alma Tadema, 379;
- Easter Service in Westminster Abbey, 379, 380;
- in the Temple Church, Turkish Embassy, 380;
- departure from London, 381-383;
- arrival in Paris, 383;
- hears the Wagner operas at Bayreuth, 384, 385;
- visits Mary de Bunsen, 386;
- goes to the opera in Wiesbaden, 386, 387;
- received by the Empress Frederick at Cronberg, 387-390;
- at Cowes, 391 et seq.;
- meets the Prince and Princess of Wales at Cowes, 393-395;
- visits the Empress Eugénie, 395, 396;
- aboard the Nahma, 397;
- a long audience with the Queen at Osborne, 397-400
- Waddington, Richard, 7 et passim
- Waddington, M. William, report of his appointment as Ambassador to Vienna, 4;
- appointed Ambassador Extraordinary at Moscow to represent France at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6;
- personnel of the Mission, 7;
- has an audience from the Emperor of Germany, 17, 19;
- visits Bismarck, 17, 18, 21;
- received by Emperor Alexander, 35, 36;
- at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria, 56-58;
- at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 42 et seq.;
- farewell audience with the Emperor, 99;
- studies the medals at the Museum in Petersburg, 113, 115, 116, 118, 123;
- his capacity for work, 122;
- visits the Ministre des Affaires Etrangères at Stockholm, 139, 140;
- received by the King of Sweden, 142, 143;
- examines the medals in the Museum at Copenhagen, 146, 148, 149, 154, 155, 156;
- dines with Gladstone, 168;
- entertained by Lord Granville, 170, 171;
- shoots with Charles Monk, 172-174;
- audience with the Prince and Princess of Wales, 178, 179;
- at Windsor Castle, 191-193, 238;
- goes to Paris, 198;
- meets old friends, 207;
- sees the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, 207;
- follows Sir Walter Raleigh's example, 207, 208;
- goes to Paris, 208;
- talks with the Queen, 214;
- shoots at Knowsley, 229;
- talks with Lecky on Ireland, 229;
- dislike of dancing, 274;
- bids at a horse sale, 308, 309;
- at Windsor, 311, 312;
- dines at Mr. Murray's with Mr. Gladstone, 315;
- death of his mother, n., 325;
- at the luncheon at Hatfield for the German Emperor, 328-332;
- at the funeral of Prince Eddie, 337;
- talks with Lady Salisbury, 346;
- given a farewell dinner at the Mansion House, 364-367;
- farewell visit to Windsor, 368, 369;
- Directeur du Canal Suez, 382
- Wagner, Mdme., 389
- Wagner, Richard, 345
- Wagram, Princesse de, on Boulanger, 268
- Waldemar de Danemark, Prince, 93, 98, 203
- Wales, Prince and Princess of, 37;
- receive the Waddingtons, 178, 179;
- entertain at Sandringham, 184-186;
- at Buckingham Palace, 195;
- in House of Lords, 201;
- at the ball given by the Artillery Corps, 202;
- Drawing-room, 203;
- visit to Ireland, 210;
- at the opening of Parliament, 236-238;
- at the Opera, 243;
- at the Jubilee Te Deum, 249, 250;
- at the children's fête, 253-255;
- driving, 276;
- open the Court Ball, 300, 301;
- at Hatfield, 303, 304, 329-331;
- at the children's comedy, 320-322;
- their popularity, 327;
- death of Prince Eddie, 334;
- bid farewell to the Waddingtons, 363, 364;
- at Cowes, 393 et seq.
- Warren, Mrs., 396
- Warren, Sir Charles, 246, 247
- Wantage, Lord and Lady, 358
- Warsoe, M., 151, 152
- Waru, military attaché, 226, 259
- Wellington, Lord, 358
- Westminster, Duchess of, 274
- White, Harry, 218, 314
- White, Muriel, 317, 318
- Whitehouse, Harry, 145, 147
- Wilhemi, 345
- William I., Emperor, gives an audience to M. Waddington, 17, 19;
- William II., Emperor, as Crown Prince, 267;
- Williams, Florence, 226, 348
- Wilson, Sir Rivers, 276
- Wimborne, Lord, 354, 379
- Wladimir, Grand Duchess, 61, 80
- Wladimir, Grand Duke, at the coronation of his brother, Emperor Alexander, 66;
- Wolff, Johannes, 270-272, 276, 314
- Wolseley, General, 58, 89
- Wormser, 314
- Worontzoff, Count, 77, 80, 116
- Wurts, George, 120
- Wyckham, Col., 147
- Wyndham, 286
- X
- Xenia, Grand Duchess, 45
- Y
- York, Duke of, 363, 393, 397
- Yves, 190
- Z
- Zuylen, Mdme. de, 274