37HHalévy, M.,154Hamilton, Duchess of,73Harry, M. Gérard,349,368Hastings, Marquis of,72,73Hatzfeldt, Count,155Haussmann, Baron,75,177,178,194Hériot and Chauchart, MM.,150Hérisson, Comte d’,231,259Hertford, Marquis of,152Hilliers, Marshal Baraguay d’,176,186,189,190,191Hirsch, Baron,158,159Hohenzollern, Princess Adelaide of,31Prince of,285Prince Leopold of,31Holland, King of,80,81,82,387Prince of,387Hope, Mr.,156Hortense, Queen,7,8,9,10,11,13,17,19,21,28,32Houssaye, Arsène,79Hugo, Victor,370IIsabelle,79,153Ismaïl Pasha,387Italy, King of,168,348,349,353,355Queens of,354JJablonowski, M. Maurice,385James, Sir Henry (Lord James of Hereford),221Jersey, Lord and Lady,31Joséphine, Empress,19Juarez, President,136KKératry, M. de,286LLaborde, Comtesse de,2,38Lafitte, M. Charles,79Lagrange, Comte de,79Lambert, Baron,133,162Lano, Pierre de,137,140,141,143,259Lansdowne, Marquis and Marchioness of,377Lebœuf, Marshal,75,107,170,177,181,187,188,189,192,193,195,199,201,204Lebreton-Bourbaki, Mme.,223,224,225,226,227Lebrun, General,183,189,199,201,212,213,214Legge, Edward,206,222Legouvé, M.,132Lejeune, Mme.,328Leopold II.,345,370,371Lhuys, Drouyn, de,35,36,37,111,271Mme.,128Lieven, Princesse de,153Ligne, Princesse E. de,353Lipton, Sir Thomas,389Lomas, Mr.,392Lonyay, Comtesse (Princesse Stéphanie),373,377Lorde, M. André de,392Louise (of Belgium), Princesse,378Louis XVIII., King,234,235Lyons, Lord,71,73MMackau, Baron de,279,280,295MacMahon, Marshal,169,170,174,176,182,195,210,211,214,215Magnan, Marshal,115,271Magne, M.,197,271Maillard, M. J.,236,237Malbert, M.,362Malmesbury, Lord,6,31Manchester, Duke and Duchess of,206Manning, Cardinal,398,399Manoel, King of Portugal,362,380Manzoni, Signor,230Marcello, Comtesse,154Maria Pia (the late), Queen,371,387Marie Henriette Anne (the late), Queen of the Belgians,345Marrast, M.,268Marx, Adrien,73,76,77Masera, Monsignor,352Massa, Marquis de,79,119,132,145,162Masson, M. Frédéric,236,369Mathilde, Princesse,32,36,41,42,62,72,128,174,218,361,383,384Mattachich, Count,378Mauget, M. Irénée,43,44,61Maupas, M.,270,271Maurey, M. Max,393Meilhac, M.,154Meissonier,135Mentschikoff, Prince,152Mercy-Argenteau, Comtesse de,245-258Mérimée, Prosper,1,3,61,66,230Mermillod, Cardinal,360Metternich, Princesse de,73,106,133,134,137,141,142,143,144,149,155,173,227,297,386Metternich, Prince de,79,133,141,142,173,175,197,227,228,229,297,298Mexico, Empress Charlotte of,90-94,371Mitchell, M. Robert,218Mocquard, M.,103Moltke, General von,208,387Montmorency, Duc and Duchesse,173Monts, General Count von,281,282Monaco, the late Prince of,387Moncalieri, the Mayor of,350Montijo, Comtesse de,1,4,32,42,43,48,61,129Morny, Duc de,35,36,79,122,153,271,276Duchesse de,72Mouchy, Duc de,80Duchesse de,376Moulton, Mrs.,73,155Murat, Prince,386Murat, Princes Achille and Lucien,21Prince Joachim,31Musard, Mme.,81Musset, Paul de,135NNapoleon 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 Emperordeplores 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,321-337Napoleon, General Prince Louis,379Prince (the late),41,72,128,294,297,298,326,345,358,383,384Princesse (the late Clotilde),100,345,347,350,352,354,358,359-361,381,382,384Prince (the Pretender),339-384Princesse (Clémentine),345,348,349,350,352,353,354,355,369-378Emperor (I.),8,9,12,13,16,19,347Naeyer, Comtesse de Smet de,353Ney, Edgar,35,115Niel, Marshal,181,200,279,280,323,333Nieuwerkerque, Comte de,41,79Nigra, Chevalier,124,227,228,229,230,298Noir, Victor,336OOffenbach, Jacques,79,151O’Hanlon, Rev. John,391Ollivier, M. Émile,68,168,178,180,276,277,281,282,283,284,287,292,293,294,295,296,297,301,303,324,369Orléans, Duc d’,344Princesse Hélène (Duchesse d’Aoste),382Ossuna, Duc d’,4,36,45Owl, The, and some of its writers,110PPadoue, Mlle. de,29Padwick, Mr.,72Pajol, General,209,211,213,215,216Palikao, General,89,186,187,188,190,192,194,201,296Mlles.,328Pallez, M. Lucien,372Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess,6Viscount,97Panizzi, Dr.,1Paoli, M. Xavier,389,390,