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,