ILLUSTRATIONS
| LILLIE DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE | [ Frontispiece ] |
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| MRS. U.S. GRANT | [ 6 ] |
| SARAH BERNHARDT | [ 12 ] |
| DOM PEDRO | [ 12 ] |
| HENRY W. LONGFELLOW | [ 50 ] |
| JAMES G. BLAINE | [ 50 ] |
| OLE BULL | [ 82 ] |
| QUEEN MARGHERITA | [ 102 ] |
| KING VICTOR EMANUEL | [ 106 ] |
| TWO YOUNG QUEENS | [ 130 ] |
| THE PALACE, MONZA (FRONT) | [ 136 ] |
| PALACE AND GARDENS | [ 136 ] |
| NOTE FROM F. LISZT | [ 152 ] |
| AALHOLM. BUILT IN 1100 | [ 168 ] |
| INSCRIPTIONS IN ONE OF THE ROOMS AT AALHOLM, BEARING THE DATE 1585 | [ 168 ] |
| FRANCESCO CRISPI | [ 198 ] |
| KING OSCAR | [ 212 ] |
| THE KING OF SWEDEN | [ 220 ] |
| THE RIKSDAG OF SWEDEN | [ 224 ] |
| FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM GRIEG | [ 230 ] |
| A LETTER IN ENGLISH FROM KING OSCAR | [ 234 ] |
| JULES MASSENET AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER | [ 246 ] |
| A NOTE FROM MASSENET | [ 248 ] |
| FÉLIX FAURE WHEN PRESIDENT OF FRANCE | [ 252 ] |
| LINES FROM "LA PRINCESSE LOINTAINE" WITH ROSTAND'S AUTOGRAPH | [ 260 ] |
| BJÖRNSON | [ 270 ] |
| THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY ON HER FAVORITE MOUNT | [ 280 ] |
| EMPEROR WILLIAM IN THE UNIFORM OF THE GUARDS | [ 280 ] |
| TWO VIEWS OF ROYALTY | [ 282 ] |
| THE THRONE-ROOM OF THE ROYAL PALACE, BERLIN | [ 290 ] |
| QUEEN LOUISE OF DENMARK | [ 296 ] |
| THE ROYAL PALACE AND LUSTGARTEN, BERLIN | [ 306 ] |
| COUNT HATZFELDT | [ 326 ] |
| THE EMPEROR IN 1905 | [ 332 ] |