INDEX
A
Abdurrahman Khan, [316]
A deaf diplomat, [32]
Aehrenthal, Baron von, [306], [308], [309]
Agra Palace, India, [186]
A journalist outwitted, [310]
Akbar, [186]
Albuquerque, [237]
Alexander II, [116]; attempted assassination of, in 1880, [125], assassination of, [157] sqq.; sorrow of the people for, [159]; funeral of, [159] sqq.; King Edward and Queen Alexandra at, [162], [208], [349].
Alexander III, Order of the Garter conferred on, [162] sqq.; precautions for safety of, [164], [189].
Alexandra Colony, [269] sqq.
Ali Pasha and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [66].
Alsace, [15]
Ampthill, Lady, [27]; saves the life of William II, [73]
Ampthill, Lord, [26]
Andrassy, Count, and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [66]
An embarrassing situation, [114]
An exclusive Court, [63]
Argentine girls, beauty of, [260]
Aristocratic waitresses, [24-25]
Arisugawa, Prince, [336]
Arisugawa, Princess, [336]
Asuncion, [276] sqq.
Augusta, Empress, [34]
Austria, disappearance of the Court, [13]
Austrian aristocracy, characteristics of, [49]; interrelationship of, [50]
Austrian diplomat, a deaf, [32]
Awkward predicament, an, [137-138]
B
Bahia, [240]
Barmecides' feast, a, [25]
Bay of Chaleurs, [300]
Beaconsfield, Lord, and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [66], [67]
Bear hunt in Russia, a, [139-141]
Beauharnais, Countess Zena, [179]
Beethoven, [59]
Bieloselskaya, Princess, [179]
Bismarck, [16] sqq., [27], [28]; on male and female nations, [28]
Bismarck, Count Herbert, [30], [39], [308]
Biting-fish in South America, [274]
Blessing of the Neva, the, [122]
Botanic Gardens at Rio de Janeiro, the, [245]
Brazil, [238]
British Minister, a, in Carnival time, [250] sqq.
Broadminded Scots parents, [111]
Buckingham Palace and Berlin Schloss compared, [39-40]
Buenos Ayres, [248] sqq.; carnival at, [250]; masked balls in, [255]; sport in, [264] sqq.
Bulow, Hans von, [26]
C
Calcutta, the Maidan at, [321]
"Camp," the, Buenos Ayres, [249]
Campbell, Colonel, [234]
Canada, [300] sqq.
Carnival at Buenos Ayres, the, [249]
Cathedrals, three famous Moscow, [183]
Carolath-Beuthen, Princess, [39]
Catherine the Great, [192]; and the violet in Tsarskoe Park, [194]
Charlemagne, [50]
Cintra, [235]
Circus in Lisbon, [221]
Circus performer who became a Bishop, [225-226]
Classification of nationalities, Bismarck's, [28]
Clown, the author's personal experience as a, [223]
Commercial Court Chamberlain, a, [243]
Congress of 1878, the, in Berlin, [66]
Connaught, Duchess of, [43]
Conversational difficulties, [43-47], [166]
Courting in Portugal, a curious custom, [217]
"Croissants"--Viennese roll, origin of, [57]
Crown Prince, [79]
Culinary curiosities in Japan, [318-319]
Curious sporting incidents, [145] sq.
D
Darwin, [257]
Dawn in a Finnish forest, [174] sq.
"Deaf and dumb people," [134]
Deference paid to Austrian Archdukes, [63]
Delyanoff, M., Minister of Education, [127]; curious obsequies of, [127-129]
Delyanoff, Mme., [127]
Dentist, a polite, [205-206]
Depreciated currency in the Argentine, [275]
De Reszke, Edouard, [220]
De Reszke, Jean, [220]
De Reszke, Mlle., [220]
Diaz, [237]
Dolgorouki, Prince Alexander, [180]
Dolgorouki, Princess Kitty, [179]
Dolgorouki, Princess Mary, [179], [180]
Dom Fernando, [212], [213], [235]
Dom Luiz, [212-213]
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, [243-244-245-246]
Doré, Gustave, [234-235]
Dowdeswell, Admiral, [231]
Drunkenness in Russia, [141-142]
Duc de Croy, the, a Belgian and an Austrian subject, [53]
Dué, M., Swedish Minister to Russia, [128]
Dufferin, Marchioness of, [88-89], [129], [139], [154], [159], [160]
Dufferin, Marquis of, Ambassador to Petrograd, [88] sqq., [128], [129], [153]; his diplomatic methods, [156-157-310]
E
Easter Supper in Russia, the, [109]
Easy-going Austria, [49]
Edinburgh, Duchess of, [125]
Edinburgh, Duke of, [123]
Elector of Brandenburg, [52]
Emperor William I, [32-33]
Empress Marie, [208]
Empress Elisabeth, [63-64]
England, "Junker" Party's hostility to, [20]
Environs of Berlin, [70] sqq.
European Courts, disappearance of, [13]
Exciting salmon fishing, [166-167]
Expensive entertainment, an, [153]
Exquisite Russian church music, [92]
Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and Paraguay, [204]
F
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, Prince, [212]
Finland, [164-165] sqq.
Footman as entomologist, the, [246-247]
Formosa, [277]
Fortress Church, Petrograd, [89], [90]
Francis II, last of the Holy Roman Emperors, [50-51]
Franz Josef of Austria, [52], [308]
Frederick Charles of Prussia, Princess, [34]
Frederick Count of Hohenzollern, [52]
Frederick the Great, [27], [36], [74-75]
Frederick William I, [74]
French Ambassador's ball at Moscow, unusual incident at, [190-191]
G
Gapon, Father, [348]
Gargantuan dinner, a, [187-188]
Gatchina Palace, [208]; children's play-room at, [209-210]
George V, [186]
German "door-politeness," [219]
Germany, disappearance of the Court, [13]
Germany, music in, [22-23]
Ghika, Prince, Roumanian Minister to Russia, [128]
Giers, M. de, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, [103], [202], [203], [204]
Gigantic Court Pages, [40]
Gonçalves, [241]
Gortchakoff, Prince, and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [66], [67]
Gourmet, an ecclesiastical, [41-45]
Gran Chaco, the, [268]
Groote Constantia, [197]
Gulf between Russian nobility and peasants, [147]
> H
Harraka Niska, [164] sqq.
Henry the Navigator, Prince, [237]
Hilarious funeral, a, [127-128]
Hohenzollerns ever a grasping race, [52]
"Holy Roman Emperor," the, [50]
Hooveny M. van der, Netherlands Minister to Russia, [128]
Howard, Dick, [207], [281], [285]
Humbert, King, [326]
Hungary, invasion of, by the Turks in 1683, [56]
> I
Ice-boating on the Gulf of Finland, [176]
India, [186]
Indoor games, Russians' love for, [177]
Inelegant palaces, [75]
Inquisitive peasant, an, [135]
"Intelligenzia," the, [104]
Irritating customs in Vienna, [54-55]
Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, [201]
Ivan III, [184]
J
Japanese advertising, [338]
Japanese politeness, [334]
Jardine, Captain, [284] sqq.
Jena, [16]
Jomini, Baron, [103]
"Junker" Party, hostility of, towards England, [20]
K
Karolyi, Countess, Austrian Ambassadress in Berlin, [38], [63]
Katheodory Pasha and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [66]
Kiderlin-Waechter, Baron von, [306-307]
King Edward attends Alexander II's funeral, [162]
King of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles, [15]
Kingsley, Charles, [345]
Klepsch, Colonel, [309]
Koltesha, [167-168-169]
Koltesba, shooting at, [168] sqq.
Königgrätz, [15]
Kremlin, the, [182] sqq.; the Great Palace, [185]
Kyoto, the Emperor's palace, [321]
L
Ladies' unchangeable Court fashions in Russia, [117]
Lapp encampment on the Neva, [112-113]
Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, [307]
Lazareff and the great Orloff diamond, [124]
Leopold I, [52]
"Les Bals des Palmiers," [120]
Leuchtenberg, Duchess of, see Beauharnais
Liebknecht, Herr, [29]
Lisbon, [211]
Lisbon, beauty of, [229]
Lister, Lord, [192]
Liszt, [26]
Lobkowitz Palace, [59]
Lobkowitz, Prince, [59]
Lopez, Francisco, [277]
Lorraine, [15]
Louis XIV, [52]
Louis XVI, [57]
Louise Margaret of Prussia, Princess, [43]
Louise, Queen, of Prussia, [30-31]
Lovendal, Count, Danish Minister in Petrograd, [306-307]
Luncheon in pyjamas, [154]
Luxembourg Palace, the, [36]
M
"Making the Circle," trying ordeal of Prussian Princesses, [43]
Margherita, Queen, [326]
Maria II, Queen, [212]
Marie Antoinette, [57]
Mendelssohn, [31]
Midnight drive, an exciting, [150-151]
Militarism in Germany, [15] sqq.
Misguided midshipmen, [231-232]
Mitsu, Count, [333]
Moltke, Field-Marshal von, [30]
Montebello, Comte de, French Ambassador, [189-190]
Montebello, Comtesse de, [189]
Montferrand, M., Architect of St. Isaac's, Petrograd, [91]
Moscow, beauty of, [181-182] sqq.
Moscow cathedrals, three famous, [183]
Moscow, Imperial Treasury at, splendour of, [184]
Music, Germans as lovers of, [22]
"Musical chairs" in Japan, [319]
N
Napoleon I, [16]; coronation of, [50-51]; bribes electors of Bavaria, Württemberg, and Saxony, [51]
"Napoleon III," [36-37]
Narrow escape from drowning of William II, [73]
Natural beauties of Brazil, [246]
Neva, blessing of the, [121]
Newspaper enterprise, [316]
Nicholas I, [185-194]
Nicholas II, [158], [189], [347] sqq.
Nihilist friends, [104] sqq.
Nikko river, Japan, [331]
Nondescript waiters, [184]
Novel form of sport, a, [171-172] sq.
O
Old Schloss, Berlin, [34-35]; comparison with Buckingham Palace, [39-40]
Opera in Lisbon, [221]
Organ Mountains, the, [245], [248]
Oriental traits in Russian character, [101]
Orloff diamond, the, [124]
P
Paget, Sir Augustus, [327]
Palaeologus, Sophia, wife of Ivan III, [184]
Paraguay, [276] sqq.; Extradition Treaty between Great Britain and, [204]
Paraguayan race meeting, a, [281]
Paraguayan women, attractive, [282]
Parana river, the, [277]
Patiño Cué, [285] sqq.
Peace Congress between Russia and Turkey in Berlin, 1878, [66] sqq.
Peasant's house in Russia, a, [131-132] sqq.
Pernambuco, [240]
Peter the Great, [51], [95], [102-103] sq.
Peterhof, [196]; its charming park, [197]; a plethora of palaces round, [198]
Petrograd, transference to, [76]; a disappointing capital, [86]; English Embassy at, [89]; Palace ball, [119]; balls at, peculiarities of, [178]; famous Society beauties of, [179]; inclement climate of, [193]; revisited, [340] sqq.
Petropolis, diversions at, [245-246], [248]
Pombal, Marquis de, [230]
Portugal, two Kings of, [212]
Portuguese bull-fights, bloodless, [214] sqq.; comparison of with Spanish, [216]
Portuguese coinage, [228]
Portuguese politeness, [220]
Potemkin, [343]
Potsdam, [71-72] sqq.
Potsdam Palaces, [74-75]
Prussian militarism, [15] sqq.
Prussian Princesses, a trying ordeal, [43]
"Princesse Château," [95] sqq., [180]
Pugnacious Court Pages, [40-41]
Q
Quebec, [300]
Queen Alexandra attends Alexander II's funeral, [162]
Queen Victoria, queenly dignity of, [116]
Queen Victoria confers Order of the Garter on Alexander III, [162] sqq.
Quirinal at Rome, the, [14]
R
Radziwill, Princess William, [39]
"Rag-time" and Rubinstein, [25-26]
Rasputin, [348]
Rauch, [31]
Red-bearded priest, the, [110]
Richter, Gustav, [30]
Richter, Mme., [31]
River Plate, the, [299]
"Ring," the, in Berlin, [23]
Rio de Janeiro, beauty of, [240]
Rome, the Quirinal, [14]
Rubinstein and "Rag-time," [25-26]
Russia, disappearance of the Court, [13]
Russia and Turkey, Peace Congress in Berlin, [66]
Russian frontier police, [84]
Russian gipsies, [149-150]; their fascinating singing, [151-152]
Russian illusions, [198-199]
Russian Imperial Yacht Club, the, [100]
Russian ladies' unchangeable Court fashions, [117]
Russian language, difficulties exaggerated, [94]
Russian limitations, [102]
Russian police, [77]
Russian village habits, [146]
Russians really Orientals, [101]
S
Sadowa, [15]
St. Isaac's church, Petrograd, [91]; midnight Easter Mass at, [105] sqq.
Salisbury, Lord, and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [66-69]
Scandalized governess, a, [155]
Schleinitz, Mme. de, [25]
"Schlüssel-Geld," an unpopular tax, [55]
Schouvaloff, Count Peter, and the Peace Congress in Berlin, 1878, [66]; [180]
Schouvaloff, Countess Betsy, [179-180]
Secret Police in Russia, the, [99]
Seven Weeks' War, the, [15]
Shah Jehan, [186-196]
Shennan, Mr. David, [261-262]
Sigismund, [52]
Ski-ing, [168] sq.
Skobeleff, General, [179]
Slovenly Russian uniforms, [118]
Sobieski, John, King of Poland, routs the Turks, [56]
Spanish and Portuguese bull-fights, difference between, [216]
Sport in Russia, [128-129]
Strauss, Johann, [58]; an exacting conductor, [59]
"Street of toleration," the, [126]
Strousberg, Herr, railway magnate, [31]
Stürmer, M., destroyer of the Russian Empire, [158]
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, in Petrograd, [93]
T
Talleyrand, [50]
Tel-el-Kebir, [204]
Tetschen, [48]
Teutonic Knights, the, [16]
Tewfik, [201]
Tigre, the, [299]
Toboganning in Finland, [174-175] sq.
Tokugawa dynasty, [320]
Tokyo, [317]
Tokyo, Uyeno Park at, [325]; [332]
Trinidad, [345]
Tsarskoe Park, curiosities in, [193]
Tsarskoe Selo, [191] sqq.
Turkey and Russia, Peace Congress in Berlin, [66]
Turks, invasion of Hungary, by, in 1683, [56]
Turks routed by John Sobieski in 1683, [56]
U
Ultimatum to Russia, a young man's, [202]
Unusual occupants of a palace, [126]
Urbain, the cook, [42]
V
Van der Stell, Governor, [197]
Vasco de Gama, [237]
Victoria, Queen, [42]
Victor Emmanuel, [14]
Vienna, [48] sqq.
Vienna, delightful environs of, [64]
Viennese Court entertainments, [62]
Viennese orchestras, [55] sq.
Viennese restaurants and orchestras, excellence of, [55]
Viennese women, comeliness of, [57]
Villages in Russia, similarity of, [131-132]
Vladimir, Grand Duke and death of Alexander II, [159]
W
Waddington, M., and the Congress of Berlin, 1878, [67]
Wagner, the "Ring" in Berlin, [23-24], [25]
Waitresses, aristocratic, [24-25]
Water-throwing at Buenos Ayres Carnival, [249]
Wends, the, [16]
William IV, [72]
Winter Palace, Petrograd, the, [114-122] sqq.
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, [204]
Wolves as fellow travelers, [131]
Y
Yellow fever at Rio de Janeiro, [241-242-243]