Abdul Hamid, Sultan,151,152Absinthe, sale of, prohibited in France,248Albert, King of the Belgians,183Alcazar, the palace of the,35description of,36life at,37et seq.Alcohol, the War and,248Alexander II., Tsar, assassination of,176Alexandra, Queen,129,131,175,194,205,209Alexis, Grand Duke,172Alfonso XII., King,2,28a family reunion,27a love match,74a visit to the French hospital,60and the Spanish aristocracy,93at the Escurial,27-28buried in the Escurial,97death of,96,97grief at death of his wife,90et seq.his activities,93et seq.his children,96his education,46his popularity,52his second marriage,95ill-health of,91marries Mercedes, daughter of the Duc de Montpensier,80proclaimed King,20,48,49,58the Infanta and,5,7,18,19,20,21,27,34-5,44-6,64,66,68,81,89,90et seq.Alfonso XIII., King, birth of,96,104Amadeo of Savoy, Prince,49Amber, a Royal search for,211America, a democratic crowd in,235-6the author in,222et seq.the Press of,232,235the railways in,233Antoine of Orléans, Archduke,68et seq.,74,99marries the Infanta Eulalia,100separated from his wife,238-239Aosta, the Dowager Duchess of,218et seq.Aosta, the Duke and Duchess of,217,221Aranjuez, the palace of,100Arbitration, democracy and,247Argyll, Duchess of,130Armada, dispatch of the,28Atoche, the church of,104Austria before the War,181Belgians, Albert King of the,183Belgium, King Leopold of,183Berlin, Court life in,134et seq.“Blood Royal,” prerogatives of,3-4,11,31,32et seq.,62,63,84Boer War, the,113,136Bologna,215Bonaparte, Princess Lætitia (SeeAosta, Dowager Duchess)“Bossism” in America and Spain,55-6Bourbon, Princess Caroline of,175British rule in India, the,111Bulgaria, King Ferdinand of,184-5Caciquesin Spain,56et seq.Calomarde, Señor,50Campos, General Martinez,48Canovas, Señor,85Cara de Dios, la,98Carlo, Don, and the Spanish succession,49-51Caroline of Bourbon, Princess,178Charles III.,43Charles IV.,224Chicago: the World’s Fair,222Christian, King of Denmark,205,207Christiania, author at,190et seq.Cleveland, President,237Coburg, Duchess of,130Connaught, Princess Margaret of,204Princess Patricia of,130the Duchess of,130the Duke of,129Constantinople, the Kaiser’s visit to,151Court diplomats,87-9life, anomalies of,105et seq.life in England,110-12,129Cuba,222,225et seq.Spanish corruption in,229-30Democracyand arbitration,247and monarchy,244education and,180in Denmark,205,208in England,123,132in Norway,190et seq.in Russia,160Denmark, democracy in,205,208the King of,205,207Disarmament, the question of,246,248-9Dmitri, Grand Duke,175Echegaray, José de,73Edinburgh, the Duchess of (now Duchess of Coburg),131Education and democracy,180Edward VII., King,112and theentente cordinale,127and the Kaiser,114,134,137,138entertains the Author,129his American and Jewish friends,132his punctuality,129Elizabeth, Grand Duchess,174England and Germany, industrial and commercial rivalry between,114and Socialism,253and the English,106et seq.author’s visits to,108and the question of disarmament,248changing customs in,120country life in,116et seq.democracy in,123,132her international affairs,127love of extravagance in,115-16,132,247strikes and internal disorders in,113,248taxing the wealthy in,251the aristocracy of,110,115,132the charm of home and country,117the landlord system in,122the veneration of Royalty in,131English, author’s views of the,114Court, the, a canon of Court etiquette,131character of the,114,125diplomats,89Royal Family, the,111the, their superiority in diplomacy,126Entente cordiale, the,127Escurial, palace of the,26et seq.Alfonso XII. buried in,97arrival of Royal Family at,28interment of Queen Mercedes in,90Royal tombs in,28Eulalia, the Infanta, a guest at Sandringham,129a separation from her husband,238-9Alfonso XII. and,7,18,21,27,35,44-5,64,66,68,74,81,90et seq.and Court etiquette,31-2and democracy,179,244and Izzet Pasha,151and Edward VII.,128et seq.Eulalia and the death of Alfonso XII.,96et seq.and the English Royal circle,130et seq.and the language of eyes,65asserts herself,8,26,30,40at Rome,182at the convent of the Sacré Cœur,9et seq.,108at the Norwegian Court,193et seq.at the Ordensfest in Berlin,138,139,140at the palace of the Alcazar,36et seq.at Richmond,119-120death of her mother,239her engagement,69,74,99her father,17,189her First Communion,14her growing desire for solitude,238her irksome duties as a Princess,22et seq.,142et seq.her love of books,46et seq.her “mortal sin” and confession thereof,70her mother,2,4,14,18,19,24,25,26,27,30,31,35,38,45,75her sisters,5,6,9,10,14,15,25,40,41,44,52,60,61,68,81her sons, ix,189,238in America,232et seq.in Russia,160et seq.marriage of,100Prince Napoleon a playmate of,4the Kaiser and,134et seq.,140-41the King of Spain and,240visits Queen Victoria at Windsor,108-9“Faceof God, the,”98Ferdinand, King of Bulgaria,183-4Ferdinand VII. of Spain,15,50Ferrari, Philippo,215France and the Great War,242-3and the question of disarmament,248country life in,119Louis Philippe, King of,72Royalty in,107Francisco, Infante, father of Infanta Eulalia,17,189Frederick, Empress,130Frederick the Great, the library of,153French, the, diplomacy of,127Galliera, the Duke of,213,215Genoa, the Duke and Duchess of,217,219George V., King, the simplicity of his life,132George, Mr. Lloyd,253German Emperor, the (seeWilliam II.)Royal Family, the,136Germany and the Great War,246,255growth of Socialism in,137her greed for power and wealth,251industrial and commercial rivalry with England,114military party in,155,242Great Britain and the Great War,243Great War, the,115,125,132,133,179,184author’s reflections on,242good results of,252et seq.the Allies’ individual unity,255Tsar Nicholas II. and,176Gustav, King of Sweden,204Haakon, King of Norway,180,192,193et seq.Havana, author visits,224convicts as servants in,227the author’s curious predicament in,228Houlgate, an adventure at,7Humbert, King of Italy,216,217India, British rule in,111Infection, immunity of Spanish to, 84 (cf.Viaticum)Isabel the Infanta,44,53,95,151marriage of,69Isabelle II. (mother of the Infanta Eulalia),2,4,14,17,19,24,25,26,27,29,31,35,38,42,45,239an anecdote of,102attempted assassination of,46dethronement of,49intrigues against marriage of Alfonso XII.,42,71returns to Spain,20,22succeeds to the throne,50Isle of Wight,130,162,174Italian Court, the, and the Vatican, a quarrel between,95Italy before and after the unification,216dialect in,219King Humbert of,216,217King Victor Emmanuel of,49,182miniature Courts in,218Queen Margherita of,216,217the Courts of,213et seq.Izzet Pasha,151Kaiser, the, and his Court,134et seq.(see alsoWilliam II., Emperor)LaGranja, the summer palace of,86Las Palmas, the author at,224Leopold, King of Belgium,183London, the author in,109Louis XVI. and the Court of Versailles,144Louis Philippe, King,72,184Louise, Princess (seeArgyll, Duchess of)Luisa Carlota, the Infanta,50marriage of,69Madrid, a popular feast in,98an audience—and a kitten,60-1an embarrassing street decoration,43the Royal palace of,43Margaret, Princess of Connaught,204Margherita, Queen of Italy,216Maria Cristina (wife of Alfonso XII.),95,118,151Maria Cristina, Queen (wife of Ferdinand VII.),15,51character of,17romantic marriage of,16Maria Padilla, the bath of,38Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess,175Marie, Empress,175,206,209Mary, Queen of England,120her simple life,132Maud, Queen of Norway,180,190,193et seq.Mercedes, Queen,80death of,90Mohammedanism, Spain and,57Montagnini, Monsignor,221Montpensier, the Duc de,71,214a unique marriage,75and his orange crop,93and Isabella II.,71and Queen Victoria,109appearance of,77death of,238head of the Orleans party,72-3his religious ideas,76marriage of,72Monza, the Castle of,216Moors, the,57Morro Castle,224NapoleonIII. and Isabella II.,4Netherlands, the, war in,28Nicholas II., Tsar, and his people,157et seq.as host,169courage of,158,176,245happy married life of,166-167his autocratic power,164his children,166his great tenderness,177his love of simplicity,168,176his personality,158his strenuous days,170Normandy, the Spanish Court removes to,5Norway, democracy in,180,190education in,199free unions in,198Queen Maud of,190,193the King of,180,192,193Norway and Sweden, union of, repealed,192,200,205Olaf, Prince of Norway,193,196,197Ordensfest, the,138,139,140Orléans, Antoine d’,68et seq.,74,99Orleans family in France,104party, the,73the House of,183,184Oscar, King of Sweden,204-5Palais de Castile, the Infanta’s life in,4et seq.Paris, flight from: the Infanta’s recollections of,5the author in,107Paris, Comte de, exiled from France,105the Comte and Comtesse de, at Tunbridge Wells,105,116Patricia of Connaught, Princess,130Paul, Grand Duke,175Paz, the Infanta,44,53Pedro the Cruel,39Peter the Great,175Petersburg. (SeePetrograd)Petrograd,160,166the Twelfth Day ceremony at,161,163-4Philip II. and the Escurial,28Pilar, the Infanta,44,53death of,91Poland, the tragedy of,179Polish question, the,178Quirinal, the,216Recruitingin England and Germany,136Richmond, author’s visit to,119Romanoff, the House of, and democracy,171Rome, the Infanta Eulalia at,14,182the Pope of,182Russia and the Great War,243and the Orthodox Church,164creation of the Imperial Duma,160,165Empress of, her beauty,162her devotion to her children,167her natural timidity,246her religious instincts,164the Blessing of the Waters in,161,164-5the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses of,171et seq.the peasantry of,178Tsar Nicholas II.,157Russian Court, the, a charming custom at,169the mazurka a favourite dance at the,168Sacre Cœur, convent of,9,108Sagasta, Premier,85St. Lorenzo martyrdom, of,28Salic law in Spain, the,50San Jean de Luz,22Sandringham, a curious practice at,129Sans-Souci, the palace of,153Santander,86the Cathedral of,25,223Savoy, Prince Amadeo of,49Scandinavia, Socialism in,251the simple life of,252Scandinavian democracies, the,190et seq.diplomats,89Serge, Grand Duke, assassination of,174Seville,36et seq.Shakespeare, the Infanta Eulalia and,47Social reformversusSocialism,253Socialism in Belgium,183in England,253in Germany,136in Italy,182in Sweden,202the ethics of,250et seq.Spain, “anti-clerical” revolts in,57,58becomes a republic,1caciques in,56et seq.corruption in,55,94influence of the Duc de Montpensier in,72intricacies of Government in,55et seq.king-making in,48et seq.medical science in,90-92priests and their rule,56religion and politics in,57Republicanism in,58taxation in,56the aristocracy of,93the Catholicism of,98the church and courtship,66-7the claque in,52-3the Clerical party in,73the question of succession,42the Salic law in,50the Viaticum in,81et seq.tricks of deception in,54Spanish Court, the, life at,85the diplomats,87et seq.Strikes and Socialism,113,249Sweden, King Gustav of,204King Oscar of,204-5Socialism in,203the aristocracy of,201the Court of,204the Crown Prince of,203the Crown Princess of,130,204the Parliament of,202the Queen of,204Sweden and Norway, union of, repealed,192,200,205Switzerland, true Socialism in,251Teck, the Duchess of,120Tunbridge Wells, the Comte and Comtesse de Paris at,105,116Turin, the Courts of,217UnitedStates, “bossism” in the,55,56Universal peace, the ideal way of obtaining,251Vatican, the, and the Infanta Eulalia,182and the Italian Court: a quarrel,95Venice,220et seq.Versailles,32of Spain, the. (SeeLa Granja)Viaticum, the author’s experiences of,81et seq.Victor Emmanuel, King,49Victoria, Queen, and a problem of Court etiquette,131description of,109jubilee of,112,174Vienna, the Court of,95Vodka, prohibition of, in Russia,248Voltaire,153Wales, Albert Edward, Prince of, at the wedding of Alfonso XII.,129Prince (Edward) of, his birth,120Princess of (now Queen Mary), birth of her first son,120Whisky, the evil of England,248Wight, Isle of,130,162,174William II., German Emperor and Edward VII.,114,134,137,138and the divinity of kingship,135-6,140,154,165,243and the Great War,242-3as host,146-7at the Ordensfest,138-140his children,145his flattery of the author,141his literary tastes,153his love of Berlin,147-8his personality,134,137his punctuality,144his religious instincts,135-6,242the household of,134-5the Infanta Eulalia’s visit to,134Windsor Castle, the author at,109Woman, the equality of, in Norway,197et seq.World’s Fair, the,222Zamoyskifamily, the,178