Chapter XXIV

1882-1883.

Visit Northern Italy--American Indians in Zurich--Death of
the Poet Kinkel--Letters from Carl Schurz and the Poet’s
Wife--Letter from Sherman as to the Bounteous Mississippi
Valley--A Second Letter from Sherman--The Presidency--
Conversations with Scherr, the Writer--The Poet Kinkel’s
Son--His Powerful Memory--We Visit Berlin--Minister
Sargent’s Trouble with Prince Bismarck over American Pork--
Sargent Is Appointed to St. Petersburg--Indians Again--Baby
Lions--Visit America Again--Funeral of the Author of “Home,
Sweet Home”--Swiss National Exhibition--The Swiss War
Minister Visits Me--We Had Been Comrades in Libby Prison--
Trouble with Fraudulent Invoices--Origin of Expert System
at Consulate--I Succeed in Stopping the Frauds--My Action
is Reported at Washington as Saving a Million Dollars to the
Government--Another Letter from General Sherman--His Coming
Retirement from the Army. 216

CHAPTER XXV.

1884.

Some Interesting Letters from General Sherman--Requests for
Souvenirs--His “Flaming Sword”--One on the Presidency--
I Am Appointed Consul General for Italy--An American
Fourth of July Picnic on Lake Zurich--Lord Byron’s Home in
Switzerland--Some Old Letters about His Life There--The
Lake Dwellings of Switzerland--Keller, the Antiquarian--
Power of Swiss Torrents. 225

CHAPTER XXVI.

1884.

Start for Italy--The Cholera--Ten Days in Quarantine on
Lake Maggiore--A Heroic King--We Are Presented to Queen
Margaret--American Artists in Rome--The Royal Balls--
Receptions and Parties--Meet Many People of Note--The
Hills of Rome--Minister Astor and His Home--Hugh Conway--
Ibsen--Marion Crawford--One of the Bonapartes--Keats’
Room--The Cardinals--Ischia Destroyed--Christmas in Rome--
Letter from General Sherman--His Views of Rome--Cleveland’s
Election--Franz Liszt Again. 244

CHAPTER XXVII.

1885.

Still in Rome--Presented to Pope Leo XIII--Story, the Poet
Sculptor--Randolph Rogers--Tilton--Elihu Vedder--Astor
Resigns--Secretary of Legation Dies with Roman Fever--I
Am Put in Charge of Legation--Capri--Governor Pierpont--
Things Supernatural--Talk against Gladstone--Shakespeare
Wood--Senator Moleschott, a Remarkable Man--Interesting
Letters from General Sherman--Party Stronger than
Patriotism; My Recall--Money Lending and Taxes--Keep Out of
Debt. 261

CHAPTER XXVIII.

1886.

The North American Review Engages Me to Edit Several Chapters
of the Sherman Correspondence--Sherman Writes as to
Magazines and His Book--The General Invites Me to Come and
Stay at His Home in St. Louis--He Offers Me the Use of All
His Papers--I Publish Also in the Review a Prose Narrative
of the March to the Sea--Mrs. Sherman Reads It to the
General--Buffalo Bill--General Gives Me His Army Badge--
Nights in Sherman’s Office--Conversations with Him--Life
in the Sherman Home--The General’s Complete Reconciliation
with His Son Tom--Interesting Letters from Sherman as to
Magazines--His Forthcoming Book--Farms and Taxes--War
Histories--Grant’s Book--Newspapers--Christmas Letter. 274

CHAPTER XXIX.

1887-1890.

An Interesting Letter from General Grant--Sherman Living
in New York--His Immense Popularity with All Americans--
Letters from Him--Exhibited Like a Circus--No Union Man
Left in Foreign Service by Cleveland--He Writes for the
Magazines--Magazines Again--Approves My Article in the
North American Review on the March to the Sea--Humblest
Union Man Better Patriot than the Proudest South Carolina
Rebel--Sheridan Dying--Congress Should Make Rank of
Lieutenant General Permanent--His Reception at Columbus--
Death of Mrs. Sherman--About His Memoirs--No Profit--The
Army of the Tennessee at Cincinnati--My Poem There--An Odd
Interview at the White House--Conversations with Secretary
Blaine--Death of the Great General--Speeches About Him in
the Senate--I Am Again Appointed to Switzerland. 287

CHAPTER XXX.

1891.

Go to Switzerland as Consul General--An Ocean Voyage Then and
Now--A Glimpse of Burns’ Home--The Highest City in Europe--
A Novel Republic--Life in the Higher Alps--Headquarters for
Embroidery--Princess Salm-Salm--An Open Air Parliament--
The Upper Rhine--At Hamburg--A Summer on the Baltic--
Interview with Prince Bismarck. 304

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