Chapter NINETEEN (2)

_Invasion, The_, forecast in the _Daily Mail_ of what would happen
if a great war came and we were invaded, 243–247;
large sum paid for the German rights, 250;
the conclusion entirely re-written, making the result a German
success, 250;
worse! published and given as a prize for German school-boys, 250

_Invasion, The_, published in book form by Eveleigh Nash, with
introduction by Earl Roberts, 249;
translated into twenty-seven languages, 249

Ipek, 51

Ireland, 248

Irving, Sir Henry, 163

Irving, H. B., 288, 295

Isleworth, 289

Ismail, Crown Prince, 118

Italy, 10;
His Majesty King Victor Emanuel of 17, 18

Ivan (a maître d’hôtel), 222

“Jack the Ripper,” 165, 270

Jaime, Don (Pretender to the Spanish throne), 135

Jeans, William (of the _Globe_), 177

Jermyn Street, 297

Jerningham, Sir Henry, 296

Jewell, Mr. “Jack” (Larry Lynx), 175

Jews, 25, 27

Jezebel, 137

Jockey Club, 183

Joe (gamekeeper to King Edward), amusing anecdote of, 139

_John Bull_, 267

Johore, Sultan of, 118;
Ismail, Crown Prince, 120;
Prince Ahmed, 120

Joynson-Hicks, Sir W., 90

Jugo-Slavia, country of, 83

Ju-jitsu, 198

Junior Garrick Club, 288

Jurgens, Henri (impresario), 292, 293

Jutland, Battle of, forecasted, 251

Kaltner, dentist, 38

Karageorgevitch, Prince Peter. _See_ Serbia, King Peter of, 67

Kastrati, the (brigands), 57

Keary, Peter (of _Pearson’s_), 196

Kensington Palace, 201

Kent, Duke of, letters of, 25

Kernahan, Coulson, 94, 127, 188, 279

Kew, 25

Khartoum, 225

King Street, Covent Garden, 133

Kingscote, Sir Nigel, 132

Kingscote, Lady, 132

Kintore, Lord, 296

_Kladderadatsch_, the editor of (_Punch_, of Berlin), 180;
sent to prison for six months for copying a _Globe_ article, 180

Klementi country, 60

Knight, Joe (editor of the _Athenæum_), 163

Knighton (butler to Countess of Cardigan), 132, 136, 138

Kol (a typical bandit) 60

Kola Peninsular, 100

Kubelik (Hungarian violinist), 128

Kustendil, rose-fields of, 87

Labouchere, Mr., 19

La Duse (actress), 219

Lambourne, Lord. _See_ Lockwood, Colonel

Lambton, the late General Arthur, 298

Lambton, Mr. Arthur, 295, 296;
good story about a murder, 298

Landru, Henri Désiré (the French Bluebeard), 229–233, 296

La Rocca, 23

Lawson, Sir Charles, 248

Lay, George (theatrical solicitor), 288;
at Brentford, 181

League of Nations Union, 281

Lebaudy, Monsieur, 205

Le Blanc, Maurice, 94

Le Blon (aviator), 153

Lees, Mr. William, 189

Lefranc (Belgian journalist), 102;
his horrible disclosures of the slave traffic, 102

Legation, British, at Montenegro, 32

Leghorn, 125

Legouis, Emile (Professor of English at the Sorbonne), 221

Leigh, Lord, 122

Le Neve. _See_ Adams, Doctor

Leno, Dan, 288

_Le Petit Journal_, 162

Le Queux, Mr. Fred, 145, 146

Le Queux, William Tufnell, _see_ in _Who’s Who_, 10, 11, 17;
sub-editor of the _Globe_, 163;
writes for Newnes, 194;
W. E. Gladstone reads his novels and recommends them to Queen
Alexandra when Princess of Wales, 170;
his friendship with Monsieur B----, Baron Hirsch’s confidential
secretary, 26;
audience with King of Italy, 19;
invested with the Crown of Italy, 21;
went to Belgrade on confidential mission from British Government,
80;
evenings spent with _Carmen Sylva_, 92;
private audience with King Nicholas of Montenegro, 32;
the King’s appearance, mode of dressing his palace, 33;
the audience-chamber with its paintings of the Italian _cinque
cento_ period, 33;
requests permission of King Nicholas to visit the Skreli
brigands, is given a letter of introduction to Vatt Marashi,
the chief of the Skreli, requesting safe conduct, 45;
return to Cettigné from the Skreli country, and in audience with
King Nicholas relates experiences with Vatt Marashi and the
banditti, 63;
is invested with the order of Danilo of Montenegro, 63;
guest of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 85;
friend of King Peter of Serbia, 67;
audience with “Abdul the Damned,” of Turkey, 105;
acted as judge at the first British aviation meeting, held on
Doncaster racecourse, 151;
the first person to broadcast speech and music to amateurs and
experimenters, 157

Le Queux, “Sir” William (of Colchester), 274

Leverhulme, Lord, 95

Lewis, Sir George, 288, 304

Lez (one of Vatt Marashi’s body guard), 59

Library, Imperial (Petrograd), 190

Linlithgow, the Marquis of, 264

Linton (artist), 288

“Little Billee” (nickname), 127

Locker, Algernon (assistant editor of _Punch_), 163

Lockwood, Sir Frank (a caricaturist), 303

Lockwood, Colonel (now Lord Lambourne), 236

Lodge, Miss Mabelle (secretary and critic), 119

London, 52

_London_ Magazine, 202

Lonsdale, Lord, 291

Louvre, the keeper of the gems, 225

Love, Mr. F. A. (land telephone expert), 157

Love, laughable incidents on the wireless about, 159

Low, Sydney, 93

Lucas, E. V., 163

Lucca, 19, 23

Lucy, H. W. (“Toby, M.P.,” of _Punch_), 163

Ludwig Salvator, Archduke, 37

Lûk, an Albanian brigand, 52, 58, 59

Luxembourg, 211

Luxor, 148

Lyddington, 135

Lyric Club, 291, 292

Macedonia, 10, 34, 59, 60

Mackay, Eric, 288

Macnaghton, Sir Melville (of Scotland Yard), 295

Madge, Sir William (manager of _The Globe_), 164, 176

“Magic Circle” (professional conjurers’ club), 299

Mandercheff, Monsieur, 86

Manning, the late Cardinal, 178;
a generous friend, 178

Marashi, Vatt, chief of the Skreli brigands, 45;
invites Mr. Le Queux to his forbidden fastness, 45;
the man hated by the Turks, 47;
notwithstanding their barbaric customs, an Albanian’s word is his
bond, 47;
characteristics of the brigands, 48;
mode of dressing, 48;
Marashi’s welcome of the first Englishman to visit the brigands,
49;
his hospitality and friendship, 50;
Albanian code of honour astounding to Western ideas, 49;
Vatt Marashi’s appearance and hearty good fellowship, 50;
from first to last, a staunch and excellent friend, 50;
Albanians are Christians and commit acts of brigandage only to
annoy their ancient
enemy, the Turk, 51;
Marashi relates the glorious traditions of his sturdy race, and
of the King of the Scanderberg family, George Castriot, 55;
visit of Dêd Presci, chief of the Kastrati, a neighbouring tribe,
57;
his appearance, 58;
brigands’ dislike of photography, 58;
Dêd Presci’s welcome of Le Queux and promise of sport and a safe
escort if he ever came to visit him, 58;
Albanians never betray a friend or forgive an enemy, 58;
return to Cettigné from the Skreli country and audience with King
Nicholas to give an account of experiences with Vatt Marashi
and the banditti, 63

Marashut, Mrika Kol (the woman who carried on the blood-feud), 59

“Marcantonio” (an Armenian pianist and composer), 299

Marconi Company, 158

Marconi, Madame (mother of Senatore Marconi), 125

Marconi, Senatore, 157

Market Square, Northampton, 305

Marlowe, Mr. Thomas (editor of the _Daily Mail_), 100, 295

Marshall-Hall, Sir E., 174, 296

Maspero, Sir Gaston (Egyptologist), 148

Massingham, H. W., 192

Mathew, Mr. Theobald, 296

Matson, Major (military expert), 245

Maurojeni, Madame, 92, 93

May, Phil, 290

Mayfair, 126

McKenna, Mr., 256

Mecca, 115

Meissen, 37

_Mercur_, the (old Norwegian boat), 118

Merriman, Seton, 94

Messina, 216

Metropolitan Police, strike of, 171

Meyer, Mr. L., 158

Midleton, Earl of, 264

Mijatovitch, Count Chedo (three times Serbian Minister to the Court
of St. James), 34, 64

Military Club, Belgrade, 84

Militza, Princess, 66

Milner, Viscount, 248

Mirko, Prince, 31, 66

Mobbs, Mr. A. Noel, 275, 305

Mobbs, D.S.O., Colonel E. R., 305

Monaco, Albert, Prince of (“Le Prince Rouge-et-Noir,” as King
Edward called him), 116;
his steam-yacht _Princess Alice_, 117;
his intimate knowledge of oceanography, 117;
his wonderful museum at Monaco, 117

Monaco, Bay of, 101

Monte Carlo, 26, 99, 122, 129;
stories of, 303

Montenegro, 10

Montenegro, King Nicholas of, 17;
accessible to any of his subjects, 65;
a poet, 63;
his poetry translated into English by Count Chedo Mijatovitch, 64.
_See also_ Marashi Vatt

Montenegro, Milena, Queen of, Consort of King Nicholas, 66;
her appearance and resemblance to her daughter, the Queen of
Italy, 66;
her death and burial in the Russian cemetery, at San Remo, 66

Montenegro, Xenia, Princess of, 31;
assists W. Le Queux in taking photographs for the book _An
Observer in the Near East_, 31;
introduces the author to her elder sister, Queen Elena of Italy,
31

Montignoso, Countess of, 143

Montmartre, 201

Moor, Sir Ralph, 248

Moore, Augustus, 288

_Morning Post_, 126, 245

Morocco, 10

Moro-Giafferi, Maître (counsel for Landru), 232

Morrison, Alice Ann (ex-German spy), 124

Morton, Alexander (messenger-at-arms, of Glasgow), 262

Moscow, 97

Motor Club, 291

Muirhead, Ethel (an adventuress of the worst type). _See_ Morrison,
Alice Ann, 124

Murray, Major-General Sir J. Wolfe, 248

Mürren, 99, 305

Mussolini, Signor, 21

_My Own Story_ (authoress, Luisa, Ex-Crown Princess of Saxony).
_See_ Saxony, Luisa Princess of, 144

Nansen, 290

Naples, 20, 123

Nash, Mr. Eveleigh, publisher, 133, 134, 188, 243, 249, 274, 295;
his amusing stories, 275;
more amusing stories, 301.
_See_ Hame

Neuilly, 111

Nevill, Lady Dorothy, 138, 252

Newcastle, Duke of, 261, 296

Newnes, Sir Frank, 189

Newnes, Sir George (founder of _Tit Bits_), 189, 193

Newnes, House of, 195

Newton, Lord, 248

Newton, Sir Alfred, 248

New Vagabonds’ Club, 294

New York, 123, 149

Nice, 29

Nice, Promenade des Anglais at, 26

Nichols, G. H. Fosdike (“Quex” of the _Evening News_), 293

Nicholson, Lieut.-General Sir William, 248

Nicoll, Sir Robert, 188

Nicoll, Sir William Robertson, 93, 293

Nikolitch, M. Andrea, Minister of Public Instruction, 79

Niton, Isle of Wight, 160

Northcliffe, Lord, 93, 100, 150, 171, 237, 242, 244, 251, 264;
his secretary, Miss Owen, 250

Northcliffe, Lady, 264

Northumberland, the Duke of, 248

Noury Pasha, 106, 108, 110, 111

Oban, 140

Obrenovitch, The Royal House of, 69

Ochrida, in Macedonia, 59

O’Connor, T. P., 191, 273

Oddie, Mr. Ingleby (coroner for Westminster), 295

Odhams Limited (publishers), 193

“Old Lady,” the (Countess of Cardigan), 134

Old Vagabonds’ Club, 294

Orpen, Sir William, K.B.E., R.A., 278

Osborne, Lord Albert Godolphin, 295

O’Sullivan, Father (priest at Hounslow), 178

Otero, La Belle (dancer), 219, 292

Ouida (novelist), 19, 94

“Our Society” Club, 295;
its nicknames, “The Crimes Club,” 295;
membership limited to forty, 295;
Lord Northcliffe on joining called it “The Forty Thieves,” 295;
its members; its subscription, two half-crowns yearly, 296;
its honorary secretary, Mr. Arthur Lambton, 298

Owen, Miss (Lord Northcliffe’s secretary), 250

Oxford, 118

Paget, Lady, 281

Paix, Rue de la, 140

Palermo, 216, 218

Palestine, 190

_Pall Mall Gazette_, 192

Palmer, Charles F. (editor of the _Globe_), 164, 173

Palmer, “Jean,” 126 (wife of Sir Walter Palmer), 127, 173

Palok, a member of the tribe of the Skreli, and trusted servant of
King Nicholas, 45;
conducts W. Le Queux to Vatt Marashi, 46, 53, 57–59.
_See_ Marashi

Paoli, Monsieur, 29

Paris, 27;
café de, 26

Paris stage celebrities, 219

Parma, Charles Duke of, 37

_Pascarel_ (by Ouida), 19

Paschitch, Monsieur Nicholas, Prime Minister of Serbia, 73, 75

Pasqualini, Marquis Mattioli, 18

Passeggio, at Leghorn, 37

Patchu, M. (Minister of Finance), 79

Paternoster Row, 188

Paul, Doctor, 230

Paul, Mr. Stanley, 189, 262

Pavolini, Commendatore (Chief of the Italian Secret Police), 216

Pearson, Sir C. Arthur, 189, 190

Pearson, House of, 196

_Pearson’s Weekly_, 196;
Peter Keary of, 196

Pegli, near Genoa, 10

Peleshor, Château of, 198

Pemberton, Max, 93, 250, 273, 295

Penley (actor), 288

Pera Palace Hotel, 105, 115

Perrin, Madame, 109

Persia, Nasr-ed-Din, Shah of, 41, 42

Peru, 32

Peterborough Museum, 149

Peterson, Mr. Justice, 183

Petkoff, Monsieur Demetrius, 85, 86;
shot dead, 88

Pettit, Henry, 288

Pharaoh, 147

Phillips, Mr. Frank, 158

Philipps, Lady Owen, 261

Piccadilly, 93

Pinckard, Miss Coral, 282

Pinckard, Mr. George (Lord of the Manor of Witley), 139, 284, 285

Pinckard, Mrs. George, 122, 139, 282

Pinero, 295

Pink, Dr. Thomas, 135

Pitti Palace, Florence, 143

Podgoritza, 48

Poincaré, M. Raymond, 221

Portarlington, Lord, 296

Portland Place, 245

Portsmouth, Lord, 90

Potinière, 100

Potsdam, 239

Potsdam, His Pompousness of (sobriquet of Kaiser), 99

Pounds, Courtice, 290

Praga, Alfred (President of the Society of Miniaturists), 290

Praterstrasse, 38

_Premier_ Magazine, 202

Presci, Dêd (chief of the Kastrati), 57

Prince of Wales’s Club, 291

Prince’s Street, Edinburgh, 140

_Princess Alice_ (Prince Albert of Monaco’s steam yacht), 117

Prior, Melton, 183

Prisrend, 51, 59

Pronunciation of Queux, 10, 100, 295

Pronunciation of Thugs, 299

Prussia, Prince Henry of, 239

Quartier Latin, 10

Quebec, 123

Queen Anne’s Mansions, Westminster, 245

Quex of _The Evening News_, 293

“Quex and Brex,” 100

Quex, The Gay Lord, 295

Quirinal Palace, 17, 66

Rachitch, the chef, 75

Radio Engineers, Institute of, 11

Radio, humorous stories of, 160

Radio-telephony, 157

Rampolla, Cardinal, 178

Randolph Hotel, Oxford, 120

Rasputin, the monk, 270

Ravenna, 23

Rawlinson, Colonel Sir Henry, 248

Rebecque, Count de (sharper), 219

Redetski, Count de, 14

Reform Club, 195, 246

Regina Elena (Messina), 216

Registry Office, Henrietta Street, 144

Revillion (Préfet of Basses-Alpes), 286

Ribarska Banya, the, cure for rheumatism, 72

Richardson, Frank, 293, 301, 302

Richebourg, Emile, 162

Richmond, 264

Richmond, Mr. Barry, and the Humbert case, 206

Riddell, Lord, 189

Rimini, casino at, 155

Ripanje, 72

Ritz Hotel, 97, 103

Riviera, 125

Rizzetti, Count Ugo, 214

Roberts, Lord, 15, 19, 90, 236–238, 222, 242, 244, 251;
his opinion of King Leopold, 101;
characteristic letter, 247;
President of New Vagabonds’ Club, 294

Rochdale, Lord, 264

Rochiori, 4th Regiment de, 99

Rohr, journalist, _Neue Freie Presse_, 41

Rok, member of the tribe of the Skreli, 45, 47

Rollit, M.P., Sir Albert, 248

Romanoffs, the, 16

Romano’s (in the Strand), 191

Rome, 36, 66, 123

Rosebery, the Earl of, 248

Ross, Mrs., 19

Rossi, Pietro (assassin). _See_ Rizzetti, Count Ugo, 214

Rossmore, Lord, 201, 202

Rostand, 221

Rosyth, 262

Rotterdam, 159

Roumania, Charles, King of, 91, 95

Roumania, Marie, Queen of, 98;
brilliant conversationalist, 99

Roxburghe, the Duchess of, 264

_Royal_ Magazine, 198, 199

Rule’s in Maiden Lane, 289

Russell, Sir Charles, 191

Russia, 10;
under the Tzars, 187;
the late Emperor of, 13–17;
Peter, Grand Duke of, 66

Ryle, Bishop, 170

Sackville, Lord, 296

Safe, Tony, 283

Saint Aulaire, Countess of, 122

St. Barbe College, 220

St. James’ Club, 97

St. James’ Place, 264

St. Moritz, 99

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 242

Sala, George Augustus (travelling correspondent of the _Daily
Telegraph_), 179, 183;
he and W. Le Queux disguise as peasant pilgrims to see the Holy
Coat at Treves, 180

Salisbury, Lord (Premier of England), 163

Salm-Reifierscheidt, Count, 40, 41

Salzburg, 36, 42;
Imperial Castle of, 143

San Marino, Republic of, 10, 17

San Rossore, near Pisa, 22

Sarajevo, 224

Savage Club, 94, 246

Savoff, General, 87

Savoy Hotel, 144, 151

Saxony, Crown Prince of (now King), 13

Saxony, Luisa, Princess of, 102, 109, 140, 143;
her sense of humour and fund of anecdotes, 35;
Poldo, her brother, 36;
stories of Dom Pedro of Brazil, 35;
and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 37;
usually called herself Countess of Montignoso or Countess de la
Rose when travelling, 37;
story of the Grand Duke Charles of Parma “and his damned
dentist,” 39;
the Emperor Karl of Austria steals his mother’s jewels and gives
them to Elsa Bland the Jewess operatic singer, 40

_S’bogom_, common salutation of greeting or farewell in all Slav
countries, 45

Scarborough, bombardment predicted, 251

Schloss, the, 38

Scotland Yard, 29

Scrutton, Lord Justice (of copyright knowledge), 180

Scutari, 45, 47, 50

Secret agent of Great Britain, 251

Selamlik, the, 110

Serbia, George, Crown Prince of, 74;
the original of the character of “Prince Danilo” in the _Merry
Widow_, 75;
his fondness for the ballet, 76;
his love of practical jokes, 76;
showed himself to be a competent officer and nearly lost his life
in saving that of a sergeant-major at the battle of Kumonovo,
76

Serbia, King Peter of, 67;
compelled to succeed to the throne of Serbia, had no desire to
become King of Serbia, absorbing love romance, the most
misjudged monarch of Europe, grandson of the peasant hero
Karageorgevitch, a born soldier, resemblance to Earl Roberts,
fought at the head of a troop which he raised for the
emancipation of Bosnia, 68;
fought in 1870 on the French side against the Germans, awarded
the Legion of Honour; and again, in 1914, he fought against
the Germans, 69;
King Peter in addition to being a soldier was also an artist, 83;
his death, 83

Seton-Karr, Sir Henry, 248

Shepherd, C. W. (editor _Northern_ Newspaper Syndicate), 199

Shiala, the, enemies of the Skreli, 46

Shoreham, 155

Shorter, Clement, 93, 188, 293

Shrewsbury, 183

Siberia, 10, 15

Sigismund, Archduke, 36

_Signa_ (by Ouida), 19

Simpson’s (in the Strand), 175

Sims, George R., 173, 288, 295, 302

Sinaia, 98

Sinclair, Mr. Duncan (of the Air Ministry), 157

Skupchtina, the, 80

Sladen, Douglas, 94, 188, 201, 264

Slavin, Frank (pugilist), 282, 283

Slough, 306

Sobranje, the (Parliament), 87

Sofia, 84

Sohet (publicity-expert), 219

Sohet, Madame (Gabrielle Deltour), 219

Solomon, King, 190;
treasures of his temple, 191

Sommer (aviator), 153

Spa, in Belgium, 152

Spain, King of, 284

Spencer, Mr. Alfred, 188

Speyer, Sir Edgar, 261

Spies, German, 225, 235, 237

Spilsbury, Dr., 226

Spiridon (painter of “Sappho”), 286

Spitzbergen, 117

Springfield, Lincoln (editor of _London Opinion_), 165, 173, 191–193

Spurgeon, Sir Arthur, 189

Stambuloff, M. (predecessor of Petkoff and shared the same fate), 88

Stana, Princess (wife of the Grand Duke Nicholas), 66

Stancioff, Monsieur Dmitri, 86

Stanley, Sir H. M. (the explorer), 100, 165, 167. _See_ Harding,
George

_Star_, the, 192

Stead, Mr. W. T., 15

Steinhauer, Herr (director of German espionage), 268

_Stella Polare_ (Polar travels), 18

Stevens, Fred (a crook), 269

Stockholm, 189

Stone, Miss (the American), held to ransom by the Skreli brigands,
45;
large sum paid by U.S. Government for her release, 50

Stoyanovitch, Costa (Minister of Commerce), 75

Strong, Alderman and Sheriff Sir Vesey, 248

Stud House, Hampton Court, 202

Sûdan, 10

Sutherland, D. M. (editor _Pall Mall Gazette_), 200

Sutton, Sir George, 293

Switzerland, 11

“Tatcho Sims” 302

Tatlers’ Club, 299

Tcholak-Antich, Colonel, 69

Tennant, Miss Dorothy, 165

Tennyson, 65, 195

Terris, Will (the actor), 288

Terry, Mr. Charles, 193

Terry, Ellen, 163

Thebes, 147, 148

“The Day,” German preparations in England for, 254

“The Thugs” (new club formed
by Oxford undergraduates), 299

_The Times_, 10, 245

Thirteen Club, 299

Thomas, Brandon (author of _Charley’s Aunt_), 288

Thomson, Mr. D. C. (proprietor of _Dundee Courier_), 237

Thomson’s (of Dundee), 189

Thurstrup, Captain, 270

Tilbury (office boy and sometimes tipster for Larry Lynx), 177

“Toby” (a dog), 120

Toft (sculptor), 290

Toselli, Signor, 144, 145

Tower Publishing Company, 188

Townsend, Mr. F. T. (Secretary of Ipswich Wireless Club), 159

Townshend, Marchioness, 122

Tozer, Basil, 153, 276, 278

Traitors, unearthed in France--Lenoir, Bolo Pasha and many others,
259;
Britain has betrayers still in her midst, 260

Travellers’ Club, Paris, 96, 300

Tree, Beerbohm, 288

Tree, Lady, 252

Tree, Miss Viola, 252

Treves, 179

Trieste, 44

_Trilby_, 127

Trinity College, Oxford, 120

Tromsö 117

Troubetskoy, Princess, 122

Tucker, Mr. Alexander, 75

Tugs, Thougs, or Thugs, 299;
the right pronunciation of, 299;
the ex-Lord Chancellor pronounced that it should be “Tugs,” so
“Tugs” it is, 299

Tunisia, 10

Turf Club in Cairo, 300

Turf Club, London, 183

Turkey, 169;
intrigues of, 34;
Tewfik Pasha, Grand Vizier, 105

Turkish Revolutionary Party, 107

Turner, General Sir Alfred, 252

Turner, Sir George, 295

Turney, Sir John, 248

Tuscany, Ferdinand IV., Grand Duke of (father of Luisa, Ex-Crown
Princess of Saxony), 143

Tuscany, Princess Luisa of, 13

“Tweedles” (a dog), 120

Tweedmouth, Lord, 248

Tyler, Sir Henry W., 248

Tyne, 245

Tsarskoye Selo, Palace of, 14

“Uncle Smith” (of the Junior Garrick Club), 290

Unwin, Mr. Fisher, 188

Ushabitu figures, 148

Uskub, 59

Vacaresco, Mademoiselle Helen, 95

Vagabond Club, 94

Vambery, Professor (Oriental scholar), 115

Vardö, 118

Vaughan, Baroness, 102

Vaughan, Father Bernard, 170

Verdi, 140

Verne, Jules, 250

Vesnitch, Dr. Milenko, Minister of Justice, and afterwards Serbian
Minister in Paris, 75

Vesnitch, Madame, 75

Via Balbi, in Genoa, 22, 23

Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, 22

Victoria, H.M.S. (Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon’s ship), 172

Victoria Hotel at Hastings, 301

Victoria, Queen, 26;
dislike for the late Baron de Hirsch, 27;
her parsimony, 29;
last visit to Nice, 29

Vienna, 37, 99, 115

Villa Igiea Hotel, Palermo, 213

Villa Regala, Bucharest, 96

Villefranche, 101

Vinadio, Baroness di, 217

Vladaja, 87

Vries, Mademoiselle de, 292

Waldeck-Rousseau (famous lawyer), 209

Wall Street, New York, 139, 150

Waller, Mr. Lewis, 252

Walters, John (Queen Victoria’s coachman), 177

War Office, 259

Ward and Lock (publishers), 188, 279

Ward, Mr. W. A. (Sheffield), 159

Waterhouse, Sir H., 295

Watt, Mr. A. P. (literary agent), 188, 250

Wegner, Detective-Sergeant (expert on alien enemies), 262

Wells, H. G., 93

Wells, Sir Sydney Russell, 295

Wemyss, the Earl of, 248

Westmorland, Countess of, 132, 252

Weybourne Gap, Norfolk, 245

Whiskers and Frank Richardson, 301

Whitcomb Street, 293

White, Arnold, 293

White, F. V. (publisher), 197

White, Field-Marshal Sir George, 248

Whitehall, 89, 222

Whitehead, Sir Beethom (British Minister at Belgrade), 77

Whitelaw, David (novelist), 202

_Who’s Who_, 10, 163

Wilde, Oscar, 127, 173

Wilkin, Rear-Admiral H. W., 137, 242

Wilkinson, Mr. Spenser, 248

Willcox, Dr., 226

Willcox, Mr. L. C. (of Warminster), 159

“Willie Liqueur” (sobriquet of W. Le Queux), 131

Willy, 221

Wilmersdorf, 115

Wilson, H. W. (naval expert), 245

Winchester, Clarence (aviator, wrote _Flying Men and Their
Machines_), 155

Windsor, 30;
lecture at Town Hall, 265 (Lord Headley, chairman)

Windt, Harry de (explorer and traveller), 10, 15, 100, 117, 153, 283

Wireless, 18;
broadcasting, 157, 158

Wireless station, Crookhaven, 161

Witthaus, Dr., 226

Woodman, Sheriff Sir George, 248

Woods, Mr. G. (of Liverpool), 159

Wozzle, an imaginary village (Hatfield), 164

Wozzleite, a pseudonym of Lord Salisbury, 164

X., Lady, little, 129

X., Madame (engaged to King Peter), 67, 69, 83

Xenia, Princess, 66

Yildiz, the, 109, 112, 114

Young, Filson, 295

Yukon, 282

Zeppelin, Count, 241

Zola, 19, 162, 164, 209, 210

Zola, Madame, 205

_Zoraida_ (a novel), in Irish daily paper, 188

Zurich, 239

Transcriber’s Note:

Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These were not changed. Six misspelled words were corrected.

Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Those in bold are surrounded by equal signs, =like this=. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, reversed, upside down, or partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Duplicate letters at line endings were removed.