Chapter XXIII: Prince Napoleon (3)

Eugénie, the Empress:
sees her future Consort for the first time, 1;
her Paris education, her friends, departure from Paris for Spain, 2;
the school at Clifton, in her teens, at the bull-fights, the “élégants,” 3;
“Ugenia” and the Spanish Dukes, the Comtesse de Montijo’s
salon and her “pollos,” 4;
a variegated life, travels, Eugénie at Buckingham Palace, 5;
at the Palmerstons (London), in the Pyrenees, 6;
Eugénie at Compiègne, the courting, the Fortoul incident, 33;
the Emperor’s offer of marriage, 34;
the Court divided on the question, 35;
the gipsy fortune-teller, 36;
the lovelorn Dukes, snubbing the fiancée, the hasty Empress, 37;
“a delicate question,” 38;
the Emperor’s real opinion of Eugénie, “only my husband shall kiss me,” 39;
discomfited Ministers, 40;
M. Thiers’ sarcasm, Princesse Mathilde’s appeal to the Emperor, 41;
Eugénie at Princesse Mathilde’s ball, she is “the actual
rising sun,” at the Opera, 42;
she makes splendid “copy” for the papers, some unflattering
people, 43;
the Comtesse de Montijo’s parsimony, enthusiasm of the Madrid
Press, 44;
the Duchesse de Dino’s amusing letters, jokes made about the
Empress, 45, 46, 47;
the Heralds’ College, Paris, explains the genealogy of the
Montijo-Guzmans, 48;
portrait-in-words of the Empress, 49-69;
at Biarritz, 70, 71;
the Empress and the Grand Prix, 72;
quality of the Tuileries’ wine criticized, “not so good as
Pinard’s,” a military review, 73;
Eugénie “in all the radiance of her beauty,” 74;
the “Bal des Souverains,” 75;
other fêtes to the Foreign Sovereigns and Princes, the Empress’s
success as hostess, 76;
the Empress and Isabelle, the flower-girl, 79;
some distinguished people, 80;
the Orsini “attempt,” the Empress’s courage, 83-87;
as the result of “scenes,” the Empress goes to Scotland, 89;
the Empress Eugénie and the Empress of Mexico, a scene at St.
Cloud, the weeping Eugénie, 93;
the Empress at Windsor Castle, the “Garter” conferred upon the
Emperor in the Empress’s presence, 94, 95;
the Empress with Queen Victoria at Osborne, 97;
her happy days in the Isle of Wight, 98;
the Empress’s “great” and “little” balls, 99;
the Empress seldom dances, 100;
she tells a story at one of the “Mondays,” 101, 102;
the Duchess of Sutherland and the Empress, 105, 106;
Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower describes the Empress at the Tuileries
and at Windsor, 106, 107;
visit of the Empress to Stafford House, 107;
an American diplomatist describes the Empress “without a country,” 108;
the Empress’s letter on cricket, 111, 112;
the Empress at Fontainebleau, the Imperial Hunt, 115;
Eugénie’s apartments at Fontainebleau formerly occupied by
Marie Antoinette, the boudoir, “she would have liked to milk
a cow and to make butter,” the procession to the imperial
bedrooms, 117;
the Empress improvises open-air dinners, her “turlututus,”
she is a “romantic,” 119;
Pierrefonds, the château which gave the Empress a travelling-name,
she admires the eighteenth century, at Fontainebleau she is
happiest, 120;
the splendours of Fontainebleau, the ladies’ stories, 121;
“talk to the Empress about her crinolines” (De Morny), 122;
the Empress speaks loudly, her drives, luncheons, and excursions, 123;
she enjoys herself when wet through, and pays a fine for being
late at dinner, 124;
a dramatic incident at Fontainebleau, the Empress in tears at a
Ministerial Council, 126;
the first of “the Compiègnes,” attended by Eugénie and her mother,
both ardent sportswomen, 129;
family gathering on the Empress’s fête-day, life at Compiègne, the
Empress acts in a piece by Feuillet, 132;
Her Majesty in high spirits, rejoicing at the coming struggle in
Mexico, 135, 136;
the Empress blamed for countenancing the “Exotics,” 137;
she is thrown among cosmopolitan society, 138;
the Empress, Princesse de Metternich, and the Comtesse de Castiglione,
enthusiasm of the Austrian Ambassador for the Empress, 141;
influence of the Princesse over Eugénie, 143;
what she said about Her Majesty, 148;
the beautiful Duchesse d’Albe, the Empress’s sister, 153;
the Empress welcomes the Spanish ladies, 154;
a great favourite of the Empress, 160;
the Comtesse E. de Pourtalès and the Empress, 161;
the Empress’s war telegrams to the Emperor, her courage and hopefulness,
indefatigable exertions, and ability as Regent, 165-201;
new versions of the Empress’s flight from the Tuileries and escape
from Paris, 223-228;
story of Chevalier Nigra and the Empress, 230-231;
Sir John Burgoyne’s narrative of the Empress and the voyage from
Deauville to Ryde, 231-234;
what the Empress told Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower at Chislehurst,
the bust of Marie Antoinette swept off the table, 235, 236;
the exact hour of the Empress’s departure from the Tuileries,
September 4, 1870, 237;
“the Empress’s crown of thorns,” her heroic conduct after Sedan, 237, 238;
plot to defraud the Empress described by M. Pietri, 238, 239;
list of objects left at the Tuileries in 1870 by the Empress, the
Emperor, and the Prince Imperial, 240-244;
the Empress’s complaints to Queen Victoria of English newspaper
attacks upon the Emperor, Bismarck a favourite of the Empress, 275;
M. Émile Ollivier and the Empress, 277;
the “Case” for the Empress, published in the volume, “The Empress
Eugénie: 1870-1910,” her own statement, 278;
what the Empress said upon reading that the Hohenzollern candidature
was withdrawn, 291;
“Do your duty, Louis!” 293;
M. Émile Ollivier’s courageous defence of the Empress, and
confirmation of her statements in the “Case,” 295;
the Author’s remarks on the “Case,” 296;
the critics, Comte de La Chapelle, and the Empress, 301;
Marshal Bazaine and the Empress, 304;
the Vicomte de La Chapelle confirms statements published in
“The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910,” 305;
the Empress and the Comte de La Chapelle, 316, 317;
the Empress and Colonel Stoffel, 323;
the Empress’s presents to Prince and Princess Napoleon on their
marriage, 353, 354;
a portrait of the Empress chez Prince Napoleon, 365;
Prince Napoleon and Princesse Clémentine visit the Empress
at Farnborough Hill, 373;
King Leopold, Princesse Clémentine, and Princesse Stéphanie
visit the Empress at Cap Martin, _ibid._;
the Empress at her Hampshire home, 374, 375;
the Empress at eighty-five, her letters of condolence to Queen
Alexandra, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and Princess Louise,
Duchess of Argyll, on the death of King Edward, and her Imperial
Majesty’s beautiful souvenir of the King, 388, 389;
the Empress’s last visit to King Edward and Queen Alexandra at
Buckingham Palace, her long cruise in 1910, her visit to the
Sultan, she witnesses the launch of the _Orion_ and lunches
with King George and Queen Mary at Marlborough House, a cruise
in the _Erin_ as the guest of Sir Thomas Lipton, she is present
at the King’s Coronation Review of the Fleet, 389;
M. Paoli narrates an adventure at Nice concerning the Empress, 390, 391;
the Empress hears Mass at the Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury,
Cowes, 391;
she visits and is visited by English Princesses, and walks on the
Parade at Cowes, 392;
death of one of her pensioners, _ibid._;
a new French play, “Napoleon III.,” with the Empress and the
Emperor as characters, other Napoleonic plays, 392-394;
a garden festival in the park and grounds of the imperial
residence, Farnborough Hill, 395;
the Empress’s tomb at St. Michael’s Abbey Church, 396;
Cardinal Manning’s eulogy of the Empress and the Prince Imperial, 398, 399;
the words of the Empress, 399

Evans, Mr. T. W., 223, 226, 227, 231, 232

F

Falize, MM., 353

Farnborough Hill, idyll of, 373

Farquhar, Mr., 25

Fave, General, 75

Favre, Jules, 26, 288

Flandre, Comtesse de, 351, 352, 354, 371
Comte de, 387

Fleury, Comte, 21, 60, 68, 78, 271, 276
Comtesse, 78

Flowers, Miss, 3

Forest, Baron de, 158

Fortoul, M. and Mme., 33, 37, 128
M., 271

Fould, M. Achille, 35, 47, 48, 61, 149, 271

Frederick Charles, Prince, 219

Frias, Duchesse de, 153

Frossard, General, 171, 172, 173, 180, 181, 182, 293, 334

G

Galliera, Duchesse de, 142

Galliffet, Marquise de, 73, 106, 133, 155, 159, 160, 161
Marquis de, 79, 160, 161
Mlle. Diane de, 159

Gamble, Mr., 217

Gautier, Théophile, 79, 363

Geneva, Bishop of, 360

Gerlach, General von, 273

German Emperor and Empress, 372, 373

Glenesk, Lord (Mr. A. Borthwick), 110, 300

Goddard, Monsignor, 393

Goltz, Baron, 71
Major-General Count von, 75

Gordon, Mrs. (_née_ Bruault), 20

Gounod, M., 135

Goze, General, 212

Grammont-Caderousse, Duc de, 79, 151, 152, 160

Gramont, Duc de, 282, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298

Greece, King of, 386
H.R.H. Prince George of, 385

Gricourt, Marquis de, 21, 281, 282

Guadalcazar, Marquis de, 153

Guadalmina, Marquise de, 153

“Gyp,” 37

H

Halévy, M., 154

Hamilton, Duchess of, 73

Harry, M. Gérard, 349, 368

Hastings, Marquis of, 72, 73

Hatzfeldt, Count, 155

Haussmann, Baron, 75, 177, 178, 194

Hériot and Chauchart, MM., 150

Hérisson, Comte d’, 231, 259

Hertford, Marquis of, 152

Hilliers, Marshal Baraguay d’, 176, 186, 189, 190, 191

Hirsch, Baron, 158, 159

Hohenzollern, Princess Adelaide of, 31
Prince of, 285
Prince Leopold of, 31

Holland, King of, 80, 81, 82, 387
Prince of, 387

Hope, Mr., 156

Hortense, Queen, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 28, 32

Houssaye, Arsène, 79

Hugo, Victor, 370

I

Isabelle, 79, 153

Ismaïl Pasha, 387

Italy, King of, 168, 348, 349, 353, 355
Queens of, 354

J

Jablonowski, M. Maurice, 385

James, Sir Henry (Lord James of Hereford), 221

Jersey, Lord and Lady, 31

Joséphine, Empress, 19

Juarez, President, 136

K

Kératry, M. de, 286

L

Laborde, Comtesse de, 2, 38

Lafitte, M. Charles, 79

Lagrange, Comte de, 79

Lambert, Baron, 133, 162

Lano, Pierre de, 137, 140, 141, 143, 259

Lansdowne, Marquis and Marchioness of, 377

Lebœuf, Marshal, 75, 107, 170, 177, 181,
187, 188, 189, 192, 193, 195, 199, 201, 204

Lebreton-Bourbaki, Mme., 223, 224, 225, 226, 227

Lebrun, General, 183, 189, 199, 201, 212, 213, 214

Legge, Edward, 206, 222

Legouvé, M., 132

Lejeune, Mme., 328

Leopold II., 345, 370, 371

Lhuys, Drouyn, de, 35, 36, 37, 111, 271
Mme., 128

Lieven, Princesse de, 153

Ligne, Princesse E. de, 353

Lipton, Sir Thomas, 389

Lomas, Mr., 392

Lonyay, Comtesse (Princesse Stéphanie), 373, 377

Lorde, M. André de, 392

Louise (of Belgium), Princesse, 378

Louis XVIII., King, 234, 235

Lyons, Lord, 71, 73

M

Mackau, Baron de, 279, 280, 295

MacMahon, Marshal, 169, 170, 174, 176, 182, 195, 210, 211, 214, 215

Magnan, Marshal, 115, 271

Magne, M., 197, 271

Maillard, M. J., 236, 237

Malbert, M., 362

Malmesbury, Lord, 6, 31

Manchester, Duke and Duchess of, 206

Manning, Cardinal, 398, 399

Manoel, King of Portugal, 362, 380

Manzoni, Signor, 230

Marcello, Comtesse, 154

Maria Pia (the late), Queen, 371, 387

Marie Henriette Anne (the late), Queen of the Belgians, 345

Marrast, M., 268

Marx, Adrien, 73, 76, 77

Masera, Monsignor, 352

Massa, Marquis de, 79, 119, 132, 145, 162

Masson, M. Frédéric, 236, 369

Mathilde, Princesse, 32, 36, 41, 42, 62, 72, 128, 174, 218, 361, 383, 384

Mattachich, Count, 378

Mauget, M. Irénée, 43, 44, 61

Maupas, M., 270, 271

Maurey, M. Max, 393

Meilhac, M., 154

Meissonier, 135

Mentschikoff, Prince, 152

Mercy-Argenteau, Comtesse de, 245-258

Mérimée, Prosper, 1, 3, 61, 66, 230

Mermillod, Cardinal, 360

Metternich, Princesse de, 73, 106, 133, 134,
137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 149, 155, 173, 227, 297, 386

Metternich, Prince de, 79, 133, 141, 142,
173, 175, 197, 227, 228, 229, 297, 298

Mexico, Empress Charlotte of, 90-94, 371

Mitchell, M. Robert, 218

Mocquard, M., 103

Moltke, General von, 208, 387

Montmorency, Duc and Duchesse, 173

Monts, General Count von, 281, 282

Monaco, the late Prince of, 387

Moncalieri, the Mayor of, 350

Montijo, Comtesse de, 1, 4, 32, 42, 43, 48, 61, 129

Morny, Duc de, 35, 36, 79, 122, 153, 271, 276
Duchesse de, 72

Mouchy, Duc de, 80
Duchesse de, 376

Moulton, Mrs., 73, 155

Murat, Prince, 386

Murat, Princes Achille and Lucien, 21
Prince Joachim, 31

Musard, Mme., 81

Musset, Paul de, 135

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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 publishe
s his “Idées Napoléoniennes,” 19;
De Persigny and the Prince, Louis Napoleon’s failure at Strasburg,
Mrs. Gordon, 20;
Fleury, De Persigny, and the Marquis de Gricourt, the Prince deported
to America, he meets the Murats and Prince Pierre Bonaparte, returns
to London, goes to Arenenberg, and is present at his mother’s death,
his proclamations posted at Boulogne, 21;
how Boulogne took the announcements, 22;
the expedition to France, a fiasco, the conspirators fly, the Prince
and others jump into the sea, some are drowned, arrest of the Prince
and most of his adherents, 24;
letter from Thélin, the Prince’s valet, dated from a Paris prison, 25, 26;
the Prince and others are tried at the Luxembourg, 26;
the sentences--the Prince to be perpetually imprisoned in a fortress,
his six years at Ham, he is assisted by Mme. Cornu, his foster-sister, 27;
escape of the Prince from Ham, his arrival in London, death of his
father, the Prince becomes comparatively rich, and buys a house for
Miss Howard, 28;
Louis Napoleon’s letter to his father on the subject of marriage, 29, 30;
he denies that he is a pretender to the hand of Queen Doña Maria, 30;
the Prince’s matrimonial advances, 31;
Mlle. Eugénie de Montijo and her mother, 32;
the Montijos at Compiègne, card-playing, Eugénie has “a very good
hand,” the courtship, Eugénie is insulted, 33, 34;
the sympathetic Emperor, he offers marriage, and announces his
intention in a speech from the throne, 34;
objections to the marriage, 35;
M. Drouyn de Lhuys and Mlle. de Montijo, De Morny’s saying, 36;
ladies oppose the marriage, Eugénie is persecuted at Compiègne, 37;
analysis of her temperament, 38;
Mlle. de Montijo will not allow anyone to kiss her but her husband, 39;
criticism of the Emperor’s fiancée, Princesse Mathilde begs the Emperor
to abandon his intention, 41;
Lamartine supports the Emperor, “everybody courts Mlle. de Montijo,” 42;
the Comtesse de Montijo and the generous Emperor, 44;
“what a responsibility to have a young wife, beautiful, and southern!” a
story of the Emperor and Eugénie, 46;
after the marriage, “the Empress submits everything to the Emperor,” 47;
the Empress and her diamonds, 48;
the Emperor
deplores his Consort’s waywardness, “scenes,” some “distraction for the poor
Emperor,” who is to be “shown some pretty women,” the Emperor cautions
the Empress against “people who are no better than spies,” 54;
a letter from the wife to the husband, 55;
the Emperor and Empress much discussed in Paris and London, sidelights
upon their lives, 57;
the Emperor induces the Empress to travel in Scotland, 58;
the Emperor provides an unknown poet with a wife, 58-60;
the Emperor insists upon strict etiquette, 60;
the Emperor and his wife’s letters, “scenes” between the Imperial
couple, 61;
the Emperor orders the Empress’s mother to leave Paris, the Empress’s
playfulness
with the Emperor in the garden, the Emperor refuses to allow the
Comtesse de
Montijo to return to Paris, 62;
the Emperor “is suspicious and severe to excess,” he gives Mme.
Aguado her congé,
the Empress “chaffs” her Consort, 63;
a charming letter from the Empress to Napoleon III., her
Majesty’s letters to the
Emperor before their marriage, 66;
the Empress “knows how to deliver the Emperor from General
Fleury and M. Émile
Ollivier,” 68;
the Emperor’s mispronunciation of some French words,
Bismarck’s sarcasm, Napoleon
“only looked a real Emperor when he was mounted,” 69;
the Emperor and Biarritz, 70;
the wife of His Majesty’s doctor, 72;
the Emperor honours Alexander II., the Tsarevitch, the
King of Prussia, and
the Crown Prince, 74, 75;
the Emperor shows his Royal guests his stables and his
twelve saddle-horses, 76, 77;
the story of “Mr. Allsop” (Orsini) and the attempted assassination of
Napoleon III. and his wife, 83-87;
the Emperor as the “Sire de Framboisy,” 87, 88;
the Emperor’s “political successes and military glories,” 88;
reconciliation of the French Sovereigns, 89;
the Empress of Mexico at St. Cloud, a dramatic episode, Napoleon
“bewildered,” “tears were in all eyes, even the Emperor’s,” the
official account of the Empress Charlotte’s visit, 92-94;
Queen Victoria invests Napoleon with the Order of the Garter,
“Enfin, je suis gentilhomme,” 95-97;
the Emperor and Empress visit Queen Victoria and the Prince
Consort at Cowes, the Emperor’s mot, 97, 98;
at a ball at the Tuileries, before the marriage, the Emperor
dances with Lady Cowley and with Mlle. de Montijo, 101;
the Emperor’s toilet, an amusing scene, 102-105;
Lord Ronald Sutherland-Gower describes the Emperor at a Tuileries
ball, 106, 107;
an American Minister’s opinion of Napoleon III., 108;
Lord Glenesk’s comical story of the Emperor who “did not want
to be snubbed again,” 110, 111;
the Emperor’s liking for Fontainebleau, his curious Louis XV.
hunting-dress, English friends welcomed, 113, 114;
torchlight “curées” and gay “shoots,” 116;
Napoleon III. sleeps in the room of Napoleon I., the forest the great
attraction at Fontainebleau, 118;
the Emperor and Empress are “romantics,” 119;
when their Majesties arrive--“how different to the Tuileries!” 121;
the Théâtre Impérial, Fontainebleau, Albéric Second’s amusing “saynète”
and De Morny’s witty impromptu, 121, 122;
the Emperor’s unconventional garb, 122;
music at dinner, “the Emperor had no ear,” his favourite tunes, 123;
at Fontainebleau the Emperor smokes and talks with Bismarck, they have a
“political walk” through the grounds, 125;
an incident at a Council at Fontainebleau, “the Empress burst into
tears, and left the Council Chamber,” 126;
the Emperor at Compiègne, the Imperial “buttons,” a “final act of
diplomacy,” 129;
Christmas theatricals, a big “meet” on Christmas Day, guests at the
“séries,” a miscellaneous company, 130;
good dinners and excellent music, 131;
various games, amateur play-acting, the Emperor “plays” a piano-organ,
the Marquis de Massa’s “skit” on the Emperor’s “Commentaires
de César,” 132;
enemies and intrigues, the Emperor “using himself up,” 143;
the Emperor promises the Princesse de Metternich that “Tannhäuser”
shall be produced, 145, 146;
the Emperor gives Liszt the Cross of the Légion d’Honneur, 147;
the Emperor and the Marquise de Galliffet, 160;
the Comtesse Edmond de Pourtalès, a warm friend of the Emperor and
Empress, warns them of Prussia’s intentions, 161;
the Emperor’s war telegrams to the Empress, 166-196;
Napoleon III. at Metz “seemed to be dreaming,” “he had become an
embarrassment,” 199;
the Emperor, Canrobert, Lebœuf, and Bazaine together at the Préfecture,
Metz, Napoleon hands over the command to Bazaine, 201;
the Emperor’s Aide-de-Camp, General Pajol, describes the battle of
Sedan and the splendid courage of His Majesty, 210-216;
was the Emperor rouged at Sedan?, 216-218;
interviews of Napoleon with Bismarck, the King of Prussia, and the
Crown Prince, 218-221;
the Emperor en route to Wilhelmshöhe, he writes a full explanation
of the causes which led to his defeat, 221-222;
a list of the property left at the Tuileries in 1870 by the Emperor,
the Empress, and their son, 240-244;
the Emperor’s letters to the Comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau, 248-258;
the Emperor’s other correspondence, 259-267;
Napoleon as Citizen, President, and Emperor, his extraordinary
letter concerning Miss Howard, 269, 270;
the history of the coup d’état, 270-272;
his four years’ Presidency of the Republic, 273;
tributes of M. Émile Ollivier and Baron de Mackau to Napoleon III., 276-281;
the Emperor, at Wilhelmshöhe, writes a detailed statement of his
policy as regards Germany, 281-291;
what the King of Prussia was asked to write to Napoleon III., 291-292;
the people who forced the Emperor to declare war, 292;
last words of Napoleon to M. Ollivier, 293;
Napoleon III. is left without allies and goes to war single-handed,
298, 299;
the Emperor and his collaborator, the Comte de La Chapelle, 301-304;
how the Emperor and “the Cause” were financed, the Comte de La
Chapelle’s letters to the Emperor, 308-318;
letter of Napoleon III. to M. Rouher, 319, 320;
in letters to Colonel Stoffel M. Franceschini Pietri speaks for
the Emperor, 321-337

Napoleon, General Prince Louis, 379
Prince (the late), 41, 72, 128, 294, 297, 298, 326, 345, 358,
383, 384
Princesse (the late Clotilde), 100, 345, 347, 350, 352, 354,
358, 359-361, 381, 382, 384
Prince (the Pretender), 339-384
Princesse (Clémentine), 345, 348, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354,
355, 369-378
Emperor (I.), 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 347

Naeyer, Comtesse de Smet de, 353

Ney, Edgar, 35, 115

Niel, Marshal, 181, 200, 279, 280, 323, 333

Nieuwerkerque, Comte de, 41, 79

Nigra, Chevalier, 124, 227, 228, 229, 230, 298

Noir, Victor, 336

O

Offenbach, Jacques, 79, 151

O’Hanlon, Rev. John, 391

Ollivier, M. Émile, 68, 168, 178,
180, 276, 277, 281, 282, 283, 284,
287, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 301, 303, 324, 369

Orléans, Duc d’, 344
Princesse Hélène (Duchesse d’Aoste), 382

Ossuna, Duc d’, 4, 36, 45

_Owl, The_, and some of its writers, 110

P

Padoue, Mlle. de, 29

Padwick, Mr., 72

Pajol, General, 209, 211, 213, 215, 216

Palikao, General, 89, 186, 187, 188, 190, 192, 194, 201, 296
Mlles., 328

Pallez, M. Lucien, 372

Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess, 6
Viscount, 97

Panizzi, Dr., 1

Paoli, M. Xavier, 389, 390, 391

Parieu, M. de, 271

Pasquier, M., 26
Duc d’Audiffet, 344

Patti, Adelina, 72

Paule, Don François de, 31

Payne, Mrs., 155

Pearl, Cora, 152

Pellé, General, 214

Pemberton, Colonel, 392

Pepa, 197

Perrin, M., 133

Persigny, Duc de, 20, 21, 24, 27, 35, 63, 276, 281
Duchesse de, 128, 151

Pestel, Captain von, 208

Philippe, King Louis, 18, 348

Pietri, M. Franceschini, 170, 183, 228,
238, 239, 276, 300, 321, 325-338,
376, 386, 389, 391

Pilié, Mrs., 155

Pinard, M., 73

Pius IX., Pope, 371

Plon, M., 331

Podbielski, Count von, 205, 207, 208

Poet Laureate (sonnet, “The Prince Imperial”), 400

Polk, Miss, 155

Poïlly, Mme. de, 133

Poniatowski, Prince, 174, 175

Pope, the, 355

Portugal, Queen (Doña Maria) of, 30
King of, and Infant Don Fernando, 135

Post, Mrs. and the Misses, 155

Pourtalès, Comtesse Edmond de, 73, 133, 134, 149, 155, 161, 162, 386

Prim, Marshal, 31

Prince Imperial, 71, 74, 78, 293, 294, 298,
304, 306, 307, 315-317, 379, 383, 393,
394, 398, 400

Priollet, MM. Julien and Marcel, 393

Proudhon, M., 394

Prussia, Crown Prince of, 77

Prussia, Frederick William, King of, 273
Crown Princess of, 107
Crown Prince of, 170, 218

R

Régnier, Archduke, 369

Réjane, Mme., 393

Riario-Storza, Duchesse, 154

Richard, M. Maurice, 187

Richter, Captain von, 208

Ridgway, Miss, 154

Ripon, Lord, 25

Rivas, Duchesse de, 153

Rochefort, M. Henri, 80, 284, 336, 345

Romieu, M., 271

Ronalds, Mrs., 155, 386

Rooney, the Abbé, 392

Rose, J. H., 277

Rostopchine, Comte, 152

Rothschild, Baron and Baronne Alphonse de, 162

Rouher, M., 271, 311-314, 320

Rowles, Miss, 31

Royer, M. de, 271

Rudolph, Archduke, 378

Russell, Lord John, 88

S

Sagan, Princesse de, 73, 149, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 164
Prince de, 158, 159, 160

Saint-Amand, Baron Imbert de, 101, 237

Saint-Arnaud, Marshal, 270, 271

Saint-Genest, M., 303

Salemi, Comte de, 350

Sandeau, Jules, 135

Sardou, M. Victorien, 80

“Savelli, La,” 393

Saxe-Coburg, Prince Philip of, 350, 379

Saxony, King (Albert) of, 208
Crown Prince of, 219

Schneider, Hortense, 151

Schneider, M., 193, 271

Schöler, General von, 210

Scholl, Aurélien, 144, 145

Schouvaloff, Count, 75

Seckendorff, Count von, 220

Seillière, Baron, 156
M. Frank, 159

Sesto, Duc de, 4, 37, 60

Seymour, Lord H., 152

Sheridan, General, 206

Silberer, Victor, 206

Sinçay, M. Saint-Pol de, 363

Sophia, Queen of Holland, 387

“Sornette,” 160, 161

Soubeyran, M., 149, 150

Soumain, General, 186

Spain, Queen of, 392

Stiegler, M. Gaston, 102-105

Stoffel, Colonel, 162, 279, 321-338

Sutherland, Duchess of, 105-107

Sutherland-Gower, Lord Ronald, 105-107, 235, 236

Sweden, King of, 387

Swetchine, Mme., 153

T

Taisey-Chatenoy, Marquise de, 43

Talhouët, M., 281

Thélin, Charles, 24, 25, 26, 102

Thérèsa, 142, 149

Thiers, M., 22, 41, 181, 286

Thompson, Sir H., 300, 301

Thouvenel, M., 125, 126

Toledo, M. de, 153

Torre, Duchesse de la, 153

Toulongeon, Colonel de, 33, 35

Trécesson, General de, 213

Trochu, General, 176, 177, 179, 193, 194, 224, 326

Tuileries, list of objects found at the, 240-244

Turkey, the Sultan of, 389

U

Uhlmann, M., 392

V

Vaillant, Marshal, 126

Valençay, Duc de, 156

Vambéry, Arminius, 275

Vassoigne, General, 211

Vaughan, Baroness, 378

Vaughan, Mrs., 73, 386, 389
Miss, 386, 391

Véron, M., 271

Victor Emmanuel II., 296, 359

Victor Emmanuel III., 348, 371

Victoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, 392

Victoria, Queen, 5, 6, 94-98, 125, 127, 273, 275, 375, 376, 377, 389, 390

Vieil-Castel, M., 41

Villeneuve, Marquis de, 385

Villiers, Lady Clementina, 31

Vimercati, Count, 168, 298

Visconti-Venosta, Marquis, 166

Vitzthum, Count, 297

W

Wagner, Richard, 145, 146, 147

Wagram, Prince de (and daughter), 31, 45

Waldteuffel, M., 335

Wales, Prince and Princess, 128, 377
Prince of, 163, 164

Wedding of Prince Napoleon and Princesse Clémentine, 345-357

Welschinger, M. H., 291, 292

Westphalia, ex-King of, 33, 35, 272, 281

Whitehurst, Felix, 70, 71, 72, 73

William, King (of Prussia), 74, 76, 126, 204,
205, 206, 208, 215, 218, 219, 220, 281, 291,
296, 327

Wimpffen, General de, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215

Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond, 221

Worth, M., 144

Würtemburg, King of, 359

Wyse, Mr. Napoleon Gerald Bonaparte, 385
Mr. C. W. Bonaparte, 385

Z

Zola, Émile, 216, 217, 218, 318

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[1] This has been confirmed by M. Émile Ollivier in the “Revue des Deux Mondes” (1911).

[2] “Quarterly Review,” April, 1910.

[3] “Les Élégances du Second Empire.” Par Henri Bouchot. Paris: À la Librairie Illustrée. 1896.

[4] “La Cour des Tuileries” (Conférence prononcée à la Société des Conférences le 17 janvier, 1910). Paris: “La Revue Hebdomadaire” (Plon), 1910. “Mes Souvenirs et Impressions.” Par le Marquis de Massa. Paris: Calmann-Lévy.

[5] General Palat, author of “La Guerre de 1870-1871,” completed in October, 1910. In seventeen volumes. Paris and Nancy: Levrault et Cie.

[6] Péladan, the “Figaro,” March 19, 1910.

[7] Author of an article on French Children in “Blackwood’s Magazine,” December, 1871.

[8] “Reminiscences of Carl Schurz.” London: John Murray. 1909.

[9] “Etions-nous prêts?” Par Émile Ollivier. Tome XV. Paris: Garnier. 1911.

[10] Paris: E. Dentu. 1868.

[11] Paris: Victor Havard. 1894. London and New York: Harper and Brothers.

[12] “L’Impératrice Eugénie.” Paris: Sociétés des Publications Littéraires Illustrées. 1909.

[13] “Amours Tragiques de Napoléon III.” Paris: Albin Michel. 1910.

[14] “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[15] Vide “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[16] “Contemporary France,” by Gabriel Hanotaux. London: Constable. 1907.

[17] This lady was at Chislehurst when, in 1873, the Emperor passed away.

[18] The Exhibition building was erected at the western end of the park, midway between Rotten Row and the Ladies’ Mile.

[19] “She is a very beautiful woman, who will be well able to maintain her position, inasmuch as they say she is ‘made for the part.’”

[20] Paris: Félix Juven.

[21] The King himself is asserted to have declared that “not a drop of Bonaparte blood flowed in the boy’s veins.”

[22] M. de La Guéronnière.

[23] At the Bibliothèque Nationale there is an interpretation of the “Prédiction Miraculeuse du Grand Albert sur Louis Napoléon Bonaparte,” published two years before December 2, 1851 (the date of the coup d’état).

[24] “Idées Napoléoniennes.”

[25] The site of the Royal Societies Club, which (1911) numbers among its members a Bonaparte (Prince Roland).

[26] The Prince is also said to have had lodgings at one time at Waterloo Place.

[27] “Mémoires inédits sur Napoléon III.” Par le Baron d’Ambès; Recueillis et Annotés par Charles Simond et M. C. Poinsot. Paris: Société des Publications Littéraires Illustrées.

[28] The nominal author of a remarkable pamphlet written at Wilhelmshöhe by Napoleon III.

[29] This promise Conneau kept. He shared the Prince’s captivity at Ham, and heard the last words Spoken by Napoleon III. on January 9, 1873: “Etiez-vous à Sedan?”

[30] The mother was Alexandrine Vergeot, a maker of sabots, who helped the prison-porter’s wife to keep the canteen tidy. She married Louis Napoleon’s foster-brother, and died poor at Paris in 1886.

[31] King of Holland, 1806-1810.

[32] This lady died in 1910.

[33] “L’Impératrice Eugénie.” Paris: Société des Publications Littéraires Illustrées. 1909.

[34] King of Westphalia, grandfather of Prince Victor and General Prince Louis Napoleon.

[35] “Souvenirs de la Duchesse de Dino” (_Chronique_, tome iv.). Paris: Plon.

[36] The ever-recurring infidelities of her consort prompted the long-suffering Empress to absent herself from France for a while, and to confide her troubles to Queen Victoria.

[37] Mme. de Ferronays.

[38] A prominent Minister of the period.

[39] The Emperor’s description in the local records.

[40] M. Pinard was a prominent Minister, who died in 1910.

[41] Mme. De Arcos and her sister, Mrs. Vaughan, reside in London (1911). The first-named lady represented the Empress Eugénie at the funeral of Queen Victoria.

[42] His son, the present Baron, one of the doughtiest of Bonapartists, after the war married the celebrated actress, Mme. Reichenberg, who assisted at a charitable fête in 1911.

[43] A well-known artiste.

[44] General Roguet, who was sitting outside, had been badly injured in the neck, and bled profusely.

[45] Derived from “Amours tragiques de Napoléon III.,” by Gaston Stiegler. Dedicated to M. Adrien Hébrard, rédacteur-en-chief of _Le Temps_.

[46] For what is known as “the Orsini attempt” to murder the Emperor and Empress on January 14, 1858, Orsini and Pierri were executed. Gomez and Count Rudio were sent to the galleys for life, the latter having been reprieved at the last moment. Rudio escaped from his prison, and died in California in 1910, aged seventy-seven.

[47] Then Prime Minister.

[48] Palikao (Montauban) was War Minister, under the Empress’s Regency, at the downfall of the Empire.

[49] The idea of Napoleon III. appears to have been to secure what he called “the American equilibrium” by founding in Mexico “a regenerating Empire.”

[50] Prosper Mérimée.

[51] “Amours Tragiques de Napoléon III.” Par Gaston Stiegler. Paris: Albin Michel.

[52] Dr. Conneau was with the Emperor at Sedan, at Wilhelmshöhe, and at Chislehurst until the end came in January, 1873.

[53] The Duchess of Sutherland.

[54] There had been serious misunderstandings between the Emperor and Empress, and the latter came to London for a few days, staying at Claridge’s, en route to Scotland.

[55] Napoleon III. made a somewhat similar present to the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII.).

[56] “Reminiscences,” 3 vols., 1910. London: Unwin.

[57] “Salathiel,” a romance, by George Croly, on the subject of the Wandering Jew.

[58] Until the autumn of 1910 the Flora Pavilion remained undisturbed. Then some changes were made for Government purposes in the rez-de-chaussée and the two floors, the kitchens being left intact, just as they were prior to 1870.

[59] Nothing remains of the cellars but the walls. All the furniture, fittings, and utensils of the Tuileries kitchens have been preserved intact, and this sous-sol of the Flora Pavilion is now one of the curiosities of the Louvre.

[60] The late Lord Glenesk, in a conversation with Lady Dorothy Nevill shortly before his death.

[61] Uncle of Mrs. Borthwick (Lady Glenesk).

[62] “Partant pour la Syrie,” composed by Queen Hortense, became the French National Hymn under Napoleon III. It was founded upon the imaginary exploits of a soldier, Dunois, in Palestine, and, translated, was a very popular song in England in the fifties and sixties.

[63] Bismarck had been recalled from St. Petersburg to replace Comte Albert de Pourtalès at Paris.

[64] James de Chambrier.

[65] The Comtesse Edmond de Pourtalès (who happily survives in 1911) had, it is true, courageously uttered no vague warnings; but they fell on heedless ears.

[66] “Souvenirs et Impressions.” Paris: Calmann-Lévy.

[67] Of the five ladies mentioned, two survive in 1911--Princesse de Metternich and Mme. E. de Pourtalès. Mme. Bartholoni died this year.

[68] “L’Impératrice Eugénie.” Par Pierre de Lano. Paris: Victor-Havard.

[69] M. Pierre de Lano.

[70] The “star” of the Alcazar--the Yvette Guilbert of the Second Empire period.

[71] The Empress.

[72] She still (1911) resides at Vienna, and is one of the rapidly-vanishing participants in the splendours of the Second Empire.

[73] This was a pardonable exaggeration. We know from the Princess’s own lips that her fan was too valuable to be destroyed in a moment of anger.

[74] M. Chauchart died in 1910, leaving an enormous fortune and a marvellous collection of works of art.

[75] “Entre l’Apogée et le Déclin,” par James de Chambrier. Paris: Fontremoing.

[76] Ludovic de Grammont (sometimes spelt with one “m”), Duc de Caderousse, died in 1865.

[77] The Irish Emma Crouch, whose father composed “Kathleen Mavourneen.”

[78] Brother of Prince Anatole Demidoff, who married Princesse Mathilde, aunt of the Princes Victor and Louis Napoleon.

[79] “Sornette.”

[80] It was this old soldier whose support was so anxiously sought by Napoleon III. after Sedan.

[81] Mme. (Edmond) de Pourtalès is (1911) the sole survivor of these four charmeuses.

[82] The wealthy gentleman who adopted the Baron de Forest as his son.

[83] One of the heroes of the historical cavalry charge at Sedan.

[84] Daughter of Baron Lionel, sister of Lord Rothschild, and widow of Baron Alphonse. She died on January 6, 1911.

[85] Needless to say, Sunday is the great race-day in Paris: the reason why “the Prince”--the King--of happy memory never witnessed the contest for the Grand Prix.

[86] In other words, the question of protecting the Pope.

[87] The Prince Imperial’s so-called “baptism of fire.”

[88] Count Vimercati, one of the Emperor of Austria’s representatives.

[89] M. Franceschini Pietri, the Emperor’s Secretary.

[90] The day of her flight from the Tuileries.

[91] Subsequently the late Baron de Hirsch purchased this hôtel, No. 1, Rue de l’Elysée, at the corner of the Avenue Gabriel.

[92] After Sedan General Chazal conducted Napoleon III. from Belgium to Verviers (Prussia).

[93] This officer is now an Admiral. He visited the Empress Eugénie at Cap Martin in February, 1911.

[94] All these valuables were delivered to the Empress soon after her arrival in this country (September 8, 1870).

[95] I am greatly indebted to MM. Plon-Nourrit, the eminent Paris publishers, for most kindly permitting me to print the Sovereigns’ war despatches and the summary of events in August, 1870. They are from the valuable work, “Le Maréchal Canrobert,” by the well-known writer, M. Germain Bapst, an admitted authority on the subject. Five volumes of this brilliant historical work have already appeared through MM. Plon-Nourrit et Cie., and M. Bapst is engaged upon the sixth volume, to be issued in 1912.

[96] August, 1870.

[97] H. Sutherland Edwards, Edward Legge, and Victor Silberer.

[98] The narrative of General V. Pajol, aide-de-camp of Napoleon III. To the best of my belief it has not appeared in any French, and certainly not in any English, volume.

[99] “La Débâcle.”

[100] _Revue des Deux Mondes._

[101] This historical episode had an echo in 1888. The Colonel, then a member of the Reichstag, was unexpectedly sent for by Bismarck, who said: “The Press has been stating that I treated Napoleon with undue roughness upon the occasion of our meeting at Donchéry. You were the only eye-witness of the scene, so do you tell them the truth.”

[102] This remarkable document appears textually only in “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper & Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[103] From the late Duc de Conegliano’s volume (1897), “La Maison de l’Empereur,” preface by Frédéric Masson. Paris: Calmann Lévy.

[104] Statement by M. Pietri to “Le Matin” in 1910.

[105] This pavilion was not destroyed by the Communards in 1871. It contains the kitchens of the Tuileries (_vide_ p. 108).

[106] Mother of Napoleon I.

[107] Of these four ladies, two survive in 1911--the Duchesse de Mouchy and the Comtesse E. de Pourtalès.

[108] The letters are reproduced by arrangement with Herrn Paul Lindenberg.

[109] The Emperor’s former Secretary, and later a Deputy.

[110] “Les Forces Militaires de la France en 1870.”

[111] Charles Thelin had been the Emperor’s valet at Ham, and was employed in a confidential capacity during the reign.

[112] “Mémoires inédits sur Napoléon III.,” par le Baron d’Ambès. Recueillis et Annotés par Charles Simond et M. C. Poinsot. Paris: Société des Publications Littéraires Illustrées.

[113] “Memoirs of General von Gerlach.” Published, in German only, in 1891.

[114] “Men and Things of My Time,” by the Marquis de Castellane. London: Chatto and Windus. 1911.

[115] Probably a reference to a public religious service in connection with the Crimean War.

[116] “The Story of my Struggles,” by Arminius Vambéry.

[117] In Roman history the period of the reigns of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius was generally characterized by domestic tranquillity.

[118] “The Development of Nations,” by J. H. Rose. London: Constable. 1905.

[119] Napoleon III., January 3, 1870.

[120] Editor of “Le Figaro.”

[121] His Majesty’s own detailed statement of the causes which, in his opinion, led to the defeat of his army at Sedan appears textually in the volume, “The Empress Eugénie: 1870--1910” (and, I think, in no other work). London: Harper and Brothers; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[122] “La Captivité de Napoléon III. en Allemagne,” par le Général Comte C. de Monts, Gouverneur de Cassel. “Souvenirs traduits de l’Allemand,” par Paul Bruck Gilbert et Paul Lévy. Préface de Jules Claretie, de l’Académie Française. Paris, Pierre Lafitte et Cie. 1910.

This positive statement of General von Monts is confirmed by M. Émile Ollivier (“Le Figaro,” October 22, 1910). The Marquis de Gricourt was a Chamberlain of Napoleon III. and also a Senator.

[123] Through the Liberal Empire.

[124] One of the cardinal points of the Emperor’s policy, foreshadowed by him when he was in London in 1839-40.

[125] M. Ollivier’s critics condemn him for disregarding Marshal Niel’s earnest appeals to increase the military forces of the Empire, and so put the country in a proper state of defence. The annual contingent was, in fact, as the Emperor notes, _reduced_ by 10,000 men!

[126] His Majesty ignores the fact that for at least two years there had been throughout the country a growing feeling of discontent, aroused, to a large extent, by M. Henri Rochefort’s denunciations (in the “Lanterne”) of the Emperor, the Empress, and the Court.

[127] These extracts were doubtless translated by the Emperor himself, for not one of those who were with him at Wilhelmshöhe could speak a word or read a line of German! Napoleon III. had an almost better acquaintance with German than with French, and he spoke French as many Germans speak it, the result of his early education in Germany and Switzerland.

[128] A Bonapartist intransigeant who greatly influenced the Empress.

[129] Strictly speaking, it was exactly five weeks later.

[130] July, 1870.

[131] “Les Causes et les Responsabilités de la Guerre de 1870.” Par H. Welschinger. Paris: Plon. 1910.

[132] To similar assertions the Empress Eugénie, in her Reply to her Accusers, gives an emphatic denial.

[133] Part of the chorus of one of Nadaud’s popular songs.

[134] _Revue des Deux Mondes_ (January 1, 1911). “La Guerre de 1870: Notre Première Défaite.”

[135] _Ibid._

[136] The Baron de Mackau (previously referred to in this chapter).

[137] Known at the Foreign Offices, but unknown to the outside world, the Press included.

[138] From the hitherto unpublished correspondence of Count Beust, Chancellor of Austria-Hungary, July, 1870.--“Deutsche Rundschau,” 1910.

[139] London: Harper and Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[140] “Peasants, you are being deceived.”

[141] Communicated by the Vicomte de La Chapelle (1911). The Comte de La Chapelle’s dramatic description of the painful scene at Camden Place, Chislehurst, on the day of the Emperor’s death is given in the volume, “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[142] He had been convicted of treason in December, 1870, but the death-sentence was commuted to twenty years’ imprisonment. He escaped on August 9, 1874.

[143] The Vicomte thus confirms the assertions on this point published in “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[144] Communicated by the Vicomte de La Chapelle (1911).

[145] The loans for paying the war indemnity of five milliards (£200,000,000).

[146] The Emperor.

[147] The Emperor died on January 9.

[148] The Comte de La Chapelle had supported Zola in the Press respecting one of the historical passages in “La Débâcle.”

[149] See the facsimile on the previous page.

[150] Colonel Stoffel’s Reports were published in 1871 under the title, “Rapports Militaires Ecrits de Berlin: 1866-1870.” Paris: Garnier.

[151] The Colonel died in 1907, aged eighty-eight.

[152] M. Émile Ollivier, writing in the “Revue des Deux Mondes” (December 1, 1910), proves that Lebœuf was absolutely accurate when, in July, 1870, he said emphatically, “Nous sommes prêts, archi-prêts” (We are ready--more than ready).

[153] M. Pietri’s deeply-interesting and historically-important letters appeared in the influential and deservedly popular magazine, the “Revue de Paris,” on June 15 and July 1, 1911. I am greatly indebted to the Editor of the “Revue de Paris” for very kindly allowing me to print some extracts from these valuable documents, which are “revelations” in the best sense of the word.

[154] General Trochu, the valiant soldier who deserted the Empress in her great extremity (September, 1870).

[155] Prince Napoleon, father of the Bonapartist Pretender of to-day.

[156] The needle-gun (Zundnadelgewehr), first used by the Prussians in warfare that year (1866) in the Austrian campaign.

[157] Wife of the Minister of Marine in 1851, and again from March, 1859, until January, 1867.

[158] Daughters of General Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao.

[159] Daughters of Admiral Bruat (who died at sea on returning from the Crimea to France).

[160] The Imperial Hunt.

[161] A devoted ally of the Empress Eugénie. He survives in 1911.

[162] M. Pietri hints that the Prussian postal officials were “très indiscrets.”

[163] “Who goes slowly, goes well. Who goes well, goes far.”

[164] Literally, “drinkers of blood”; figuratively, “bloodthirsty.”

[165] It may be safely assumed that these amounts came from the Emperor’s purse.

[166] The Emperor.

[167] The Bismarcks.

[168] Bismarck.

[169] The chassepot.

[170] Divisional-General Frossard, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, member of the Committee of Fortifications. Governor and chief of the Military Household of the Prince Imperial from 1868.

[171] The Belgian National Anthem.

[172] It was pointed out to the Prince that “la République a bien du monde à caser; elle a fait beaucoup d’enfants qui veulent être nourris et pensionnés.”

[173] By inadvertence the Princess was described in the “banns” as the “eldest,” instead of the “youngest,” daughter of the late King and Queen!

[174] Napoleon I. always objected to the use of the surname “Bonaparte”; consequently, the three stones (now to be seen at the Invalides) on his tomb at St. Helena bore, and bear, no inscription.

[175] The Royal Basilica, near Turin.

[176] This lady, one of Princesse Napoleon’s dames d’honneur, is a daughter of that Duc de Bassano who was the Grand Chamberlain of Napoleon III. He was at Chislehurst with the Imperial Family, and, later, was often to be seen at the Empress Eugénie’s residence, Farnborough Hill. The author has occasion to remember him with gratitude.

[177] This was presented to Princesse Napoléon on April 6, 1911, by the Duchesse d’Albuféra, who was begged by the imperial couple to convey their grateful thanks to the dames Françaises for their superb gift.

[178] This was nonsensical. Etiquette precludes the King’s guests from visiting the Pope.

[179] The day following the Empress Eugénie’s flight from the Tuileries, and the same day on which Her Imperial Majesty actually left Paris for the coast.

[180] It would be idle to suppress a fact which everybody knew, and knows, that the Prince had been a Freethinker all his life.

[181] Princesse Clotilde died at Moncalieri on June 25, 1911.

[182] In a letter to Théophile Gautier.

[183] M. Gérard Harry, the celebrated Belgian publicist, author of a very pungent, detailed, and erudite criticism, in “La Grande Revue” (Paris), of the volume “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[184] M. Harry Gérard.

[185] “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. This volume contains the only “intimate” account of the Empress’s English home ever published.

[186] Constructed and erected in 1910, a few months before the visit of Prince Napoléon and Princesse Clémentine to the Empress at Farnborough Hill.

[187] “The Empress Eugénie: 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[188] Paris: Ollendorff. 1911.

[189] His official title was “Commissaire Spécial, attaché aux Souverains étrangers en France,” a post which he resigned nearly two years ago.

[190] When this monstrous tale of an alleged liaison was widely published eight years later--in January, 1887--I denied it in the _Pall Mall Gazette_, on the authority of Monsignor Goddard. In 1911 it was again revived.

[191] June 7 and 8, 1911.

[192] “The Empress Eugénie, 1870-1910.” London: Harper and Brothers; New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1910.

[193] November 2, 1910: St. Michael’s, Farnborough.

[194] “In Memory of the Prince Imperial.” Sermon at St. Mary’s, Chislehurst, on Sunday, July 13, 1879, by Henry Edward, Cardinal Archbishop.