INDEX
Acheron, Lake.
Adam, Major-General commands Light Brigade of General
Sir H. Clinton's division.
Aix-la-Chapelle:
Hotel-de-Ville;
Cathedral;
relics of Charlemagne;
Napoleon's benefactions;
overbearing demeanour of Prussian soldiers;
Faro bank;
interesting Tyrolese girl;
baths.
Albanot Villa Doria,
ancient monument.
Albany, Countess of,
her claim to be the legitimate Queen of England;
Alfieri's attachment to.
Alexandria: Austrian Government destroys fortifications of
Alfieri: compared with Shakespeare, Schiller, and Voltaire,
monument erected to, by Canova;
his sonnet to Countess of Albany.
Alsace-Lorraine: severance of, from France anticipated by Prussian
officers.
Andernach: ruins of palace of Kings of Austrasia,
church containing embalmed body of Emperor Valentinian;
crossing of Rhine by Julius Caesar at.
Angoulême, Duchesse d': temperament and religious fanaticism of.
Antwerp: English families fly from Brussels to.
Archenholz: historian of the Seven Years' War.
Army of the Loire: exemplary conduct of, when disbanded.
Arona: colossal statue of St Charles Borromeus at.
Austria: fluctuations in the value of the paper currency of
Napoleon's policy as regarded.
Avernus, Lake.
Baciocchi, Princess Elise: sister of Napoleon and Sovereign of Lucca.
Baffo, Venetian poet.
Baiae: baths of Nero,
ruins of temples;
the Styx;
Elysian Fields.
Belgium:
dislike to severance from France;
feeling towards Holland;
attachment to Napoleon;
preparations for the Campaign;
all inhabitants requisitioned for the repair of fortifications.
Berlin: occupation of, after Jena,
excellent conduct of French troops of occupation;
excesses committed by troops of Rhenish Confederation;
insolent conduct of troops raised by Prince of Isenburg;
art treasures of, respected by French Republican Armies;
Unter den Linden;
Brandenburger Thor;
public buildings;
streets;
statues of great men in the Wilhelm Platz;
Churches;
the officers of the Army;
anecdote of Blucher.
Bern: attempts in 1815 to regain possession of the Canton de Vaud.
Bigottini: fine performance at the Grand Opera, Paris.
Bingen: Mausethurm,
Bishop Hatto.
Blacas, Vicomte de: at Court of Louis XVIII at Ghent.
Blucher: popularity of, in London,
encourages the excesses of his soldiery;
nicknames of;
narrowly escapes capture at Ligny;
saves English at Hougoumont;
anecdote related of.
Bohemia: dialect of.
Bologna: arcades,
remarkable picture in gallery of Count Marescalchi;
leaning tower;
lady-professor of Greek;
Carbonari;
theatre;
women;
barbarous dialect.
Bonn:
Electoral palace;
Roman antiquity;
legends of the Sieben Gebirge;
Das Heimliche Gericht.
Bordas, M, politics of.
Borgo San Donino, remarkable highway robbery at.
Borromean Islands, splendid villa in Isola Bella.
Bourbons, the: want of patriotism of the Duc de Berri,
their injudicious conduct;
Louis XVIII and Monsieur at Ghent;
amusing nickname of Louis XVIII;
dislike of the French people to;
their atrocious policy;
send emissaries to South of France from Coblentz;
unpopularity of;
fulsome adulation of;
cause removal of Sismondi from Geneva;
character of royal families of France, Spain, and Naples.
Brussels: description of,
historical associations;
Place du Sablon, celebrated fountain;
theatres;
humanity of inhabitants of, to the wounded after Waterloo.
Caffarelli, Statue of, in Palais du Luxembourg.
Canova, works of, in St Peter's,
master-pieces in his atelier in Rome;
character of his genius.
Capellen, Baron de,
proclamation of, to the inhabitants of Brussels.
Capua,
thievishness of lower classes of.
Carbonari, degrees and initiation,
object;
meaning of name.
Castlereagh, Lord: insolent letter of, respecting King of Saxony.
Catalani: singing of.
Ceylon: Frye's travels in.
Chalon: affection felt for Napoleon in,
Austrian officers in.
Charleroy: defeat of Prussian army at.
Chateaubriand: at the Court of Louis XVIII at Ghent.
Chatham, Earl of: indignation of, at employment of Indians in the War
of Independence.
Clermont: Peter the Hermit preaches First Crusade in,
petrifying well;
Swiss regiment;
anonymous denunciations;
method of cleansing town.
Coblentz: monument to Marceau,
Bourbon intrigues with Jacobins and Brissotins.
Code Napoléon: simplicity and advantages of, as compared with
English criminal law.
Cologne: Cathedral,
the three kings;
the eleven thousand virgins;
etymology of the name;
Jean-Marie Farina.
Cremona: Gothic buildings,
Campanile of Cathedral.
Consalvi, Cardinal: character and abilities of.
Campagna: limbs of quartered malefactors hung up on roadsides,
armed peasants;
the malaria.
David: pictures by, in Palais du Luxembourg.
De l'Epée, Abbé: founder of the Institution of the Sourds-Muets.
Dessaix: Statue of, in Palais du Luxembourg.
De Watteville: disbands his army.
Delille, Abbé, his poetry.
De Boigne, General: his great services to Scindiah,
unjustly accused of treachery towards Tippoo Sahb.
Didier: handed over by the Sardinian Government to the French,
his execution at Grenoble.
Dijon: the town,
manufactories of.
Dionigi, Mme: literary and artistic attainments of.
D'Orfei, Mme.
Dresden: The Japanischer Palast,
music in;
Prince Galhitzin;
the King;
bridge over the Elbe;
Marshal Davoust;
Grosser Garten;
Ressource Club;
etiquette;
title of "Rath";
theatres;
beds;
scholars.
Duchesnois, Mlle: fine acting of.
Egypt: striking testimony to the good done by the French in. Ehrenbreitstein: flying bridge, great natural strength; beauty of women of. Ellis, Col. Sir H.: perishes at Waterloo. Emigrés, the: incorrigibility of; ingratitude to Napoleon; their foolish expectations; efforts to cause restoration of lands formerly theirs. Ens: whirlpool; the Waternixie. Erfurt: legend of Count Gleichen. Espinassy, General: republican principles of. Eton: principles instilled into boys at. Eustace, Mr: examples of his credulity and bigotry.
Ferrara:
Hugo and Parisina;
the Po;
relics of Ariosto;
MSS of Ariosto, Tasso, Guarini;
Hospital of St Anna.
Firmin: acting of.
Fleurus: Prussian army defeated at.
Florence:
the Duomo;
Battisterio;
il Sasso di Dante;
theatres;
public buildings;
statues;
Gallery;
Venus;
de Medici;
paintings and sculpture;
portraits of sovereigns;
Roman antiquities;
remarkable imitations in wax of human anatomy;
Ponte Vecchio;
street paving;
thickness of walls of houses;
Palazzo Pitti;
Canova's Venus;
Boboli Gardens;
Cascino;
beauty of the women;
Pegasus;
Italian fondness for gaudy colours;
Canova's monument to Alfieri;
Church of Santa Croce;
the Florentine Westminster Abbey;
academies;
La Crusca;
English travellers;
Lord Dillon;
story illustrating Florentine life.
Fouché: complains of the conduct of the Allies.
Frankfort:
Venus Vulgivaga;
Jews;
cathedral;
inauguration of Roman Caesars in the Römer;
the Golden Bull;
portraits of the Emperors;
theatre;
adaptation of German language to music;
political opinion in;
dislike to Austria.
French Revolution: worst excesses of, surpassed.
Galileo: monument erected to, in church of Santa Croce.
Gauthier, M.: exiled to Lausanne.
Geneva: scenery,
Fort de l'Écluse;
arcades;
J.J. Rousseau;
Calvin;
Servetus;
sentiments of Genevese towards Napoleon and the Revolution;
literary aptitude of Genevese;
attachment to their country;
the women;
French refugees refused an asylum in;
admitted into Helvetic Confederation.
Genoa: the women of,
peculiarities of the streets;
ducal palace;
Columbus;
bridge of Carignano;
churches.
Georges, Mlle: fine acting of,
her rendering of "Agrippina";
plays the part of "Clytemnestra," supported by her sister as "Iphigénie".
Ghent: Court of Louis XVIII at.
Girolamo, Signor: anecdote of.
Godesberg: interesting ruins near.
Granet: remarkable pictures by.
Grassini: singing of.
Grillparzer, author of the tragedy "Sappho".
Grotto of Pausilippo.
Grotto del Cane.
Guérin: pictures by, in Palais du Luxembourg.
Guillotine, the.
Helvetic Confederation: guaranteed by the Allied Powers in 1814,
Geneva admitted into.
Herculaneum.
Hockheim; Rhenish wines.
Holland: feeling towards the House of Orange,
regret at loss of Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon.
Hougoumont: Bulow and Blucher march to the assistance of the English at
devastation of.
Hulin, General: cashiers a Prussian officer in the French service.
India: Frye's travels in. Innspruck: the Hofkirche, statues of kings and princes connected with Maximilian I.
Kléber: statue of, in Palais du Luxembourg.
Klingmann, Philipp: plot of his tragedy "Faust".
Labédoyère: execution of.
Lacoste: acts as Napoleon's guide at Waterloo.
Lafayette: rebukes British Commissioner at the Conference.
Lafond: acting of.
Lafontaine, Augustus: comparison of works of, with the "Nouvelle Heloise"
of Rousseau.
La Harpe, General: influences Emperor of Russia in favour of the Vaudois.
Lamarque: sent by the Convention to arrest Dumouriez,
delivered over to the Austrians;
votes for Napoleon.
Landshut: Church of St Martin at.
Language: influence of, upon the poetry and plays of Italy, France,
England and Germany.
Lausanne: steep ascents,
beauty of environs;
Republican principles of;
intolerant discourse of minister.
Leipzig: Saxon troops go over to the Mies during the battle of,
the University;
unpopularity of the English in.
Leghorn: Hebrew families in,
Don Felipe III;
Smollett's tomb.
Liége: situation of,
coal-pits near;
commerce with Holland;
fortifications;
destroyed by Joseph II.
Linz: beauty of the women,
curious incident;
learned innkeepers.
Lodi: interesting model in the Hôtel des Invalides of battle of.
Louvre: works of art in,
stripping of, by the Allies.
Lucca: female servants,
the amoroso;
Dante's mountain.
Lyons: buildings,
scenery;
feelings towards Napoleon;
character of inhabitants;
manufactures.
Maastricht: situation,
Montagne de St Pierre.
Machiavelli: entombed in church of Santa Croce.
Mâcon: quai,
wine;
grisettes.
Maffei: his "Polyphonte" compared with that of Voltaire.
Maitland, Captain: Napolean surrenders to.
Mantua: situation,
Cathedral;
monuments of the Gonzagas;
the T palace and gardens.
Marengo: the Battle of,
Commemoration column thrown down.
Maria Louisa: ordered to quit papal territory,
enthusiastic reception of, at Bologna;
victim of a strange theft.
Mars, Mlle: graceful acting of.
Massieu: pupil of the Abbé Sicard.
Mayence: Cathedral,
Citadel.
Michel Angelo: anecdote of.
Milan: Teatro della Scala,
the Duomo;
the women of;
dialect;
the Zecca;
palace;
Ambrosian Library;
hospital;
Teatro Olimpico;
Porta del Sempione;
Italian comedy and audiences;
Teatro Girolamo;
Milanese twang;
ballet;
acting of La Pallerini.
Mittenwald: great raft,
interesting journey.
Mölk: tradition of the Devil's Wall,
ruins of Castle of Dierenstein;
Richard Coeur de Lion.
Mont Cenis: description of the Chaussée.
Mont St. Jean: dreadful sight on plateau of.
Montefiascone: story of the Vino d'Est.
Morice, Colonel: death at Waterloo.
Munich: the King,
national theatre;
social life in;
female head-dress.
Murat: Italian opinion of.
Namur: situation of,
Citadel demolished by Joseph II;
complaints against.
Prussian soldiery.
Napoleon: takes tribute of works of art from vanquished Governments,
calumniated by the émigrés;
unjust aspersions on;
narrow escape from capture;
confident of success before Waterloo;
constructs Chaussée of Mont Cenis.
Naples:
life of a man of fashion in;
Etruscan vases and papyri in museum;
theatres;
Pulcinello;
social advantages;
lazzaroni;
dialect;
effect of general ignorance.
Nelson, Lord: conduct towards Caraccioli,
Neuwied: University of.
Ney, Marshall: Wellington and Emperor of Russia refuse to interfere
in favour of
Padua:
University;
Church of St Anthony;
Palazzo della Giustizia;
tomb of Livy.
Paris: Louis XVIII in,
Kotzebue on the Palais Royal;
Café Montausier;
the Louvre;
statues and paintings collected by the French Government;
productions at the Grand Opera;
Column of the Place Vendôme;
Gardens of the Tuileries;
Chamber of Deputies;
the Invalides;
models of the fortresses of France;
Picture Gallery of the Palais du Luxembourg;
frequency of quarrels between French and Prussian officers in the;
Palais Royal;
behaviour of English officers in;
masterpieces performed in the Théâtre français;
Ney shot in the Gardens of the Luxembourg.
Parma: "L'Amfiteatro Farnese",
paintings;
birthplace of Cassius.
Passau: junction of the Danube, Inn and Illst.
Perugia.
Pescia,
advantages of living in.
Picton, Lieut-Genl Sir T.: perishes at Waterloo.
Piedmont: character of the lower classes of.
Pillnitz:
the palace;
Treaty of.
Pisa.
Pitt: credited with the invention of the sinking fund.
Pius VII: character and virtues of.
Pompeii:
amphitheatre;
houses;
Temple of Isis;
Praetorium;
antiquities removed to Museum of Portici.
Pontine Marshes.
Prague: situation,
bridge over the Mulda;
remarkable statue;
Jews;
palaces of the Wallensteins and Colloredos;
St John Nepomucene;
Joseph II's ingenious method of extorting money from the Jews;
Catalani;
story of the Duchess Libussa.
Rafaelli: mosaic work of.
Rho: ancient tree.
Rome: censorship of books at the Dogana,
Coliseum;
Arch of Constantine;
Via Sacra—excavations;
Tarpeian Rock;
Capitol;
St Peter's;
anecdote of Michel Angelo;
statue of St Peter;
masterpieces of sculpture in Capitoline Museum;
Transteverini;
effect of the settling of foreign artists in;
Santa Maria Maggiore;
Church of St John Lateran;
Egyptian obelisk;
La Scala Santa;
Quirinal;
fountains;
Column of Trajan;
baths of Diocletian;
theatres;
masterpieces of art in the Vatican Museum;
statue of Jupiter Capitolinus;
stanze di Rafaello;
Appian Road;
social life in;
the Avvocati;
Papal Government;
post office defalcations;
the Carnival;
races in the Corso;
masquerades;
Sovereigns and persons of distinction living in Rome in 1818;
Easter in;
Swiss Guard;
Noble Guard;
papal benediction;
illumination of St Peter's;
fireworks from Castle of St Angelo;
the brigand Barbone;
his wife.
Savoy: character of inhabitants of.
Schönbrunn: anecdote of Napoleon's son.
Schuyler, General: his reproof of General Burgoyne.
Scindiah: career of.
Sgricci, Signor: his genius for improvisation.
Sicard, Abbeé; director of the Institution of the Sourds-Muets,
eulogises Sir Sidney Smith.
Sienna: cathedral,
Piccolomini monument;
dialect.
Simplon: road over the,
Chaussée;
maisons de refuge.
Sismondi,
the historian banished from Geneva.
Smith, Lucius F.: friend of De Boigne.
Smith, Sir Sidney: his eulogy of the Abbé Sicard.
Spoleto: ruins of ancient buildings.
St Cloud: favourite residence of Napoleon.
St Eustatius: pillaged by Admiral Rodney.
St Germain: depôt for articles plundered by Prussian officers.
St Helena: injustice of Napoleon's banishment to.
Stewart, Lord: conduct of, at Conference of French Commissioners
with the Allies.
Taddei, Rosa: her talent for improvisation.
Talma, his ailing at the Théâtre Français.
Thorwaldsen: character of his genius.
Tivoli: the Villa d'Este,
Adrian's Villa.
Tölz: remarkable groups of figures in wood, representing
history of Christ.
Tournay,
citadel of.
Trévoux: scenery on the road between Mâcon and,
hotel-keeper's beautiful daughter.
Turin: Chapelle du Saint Suaire,
remarkable works of art in;
the King of Sardinia.
Tuscany: contrast with papal dominions,
pronunciation;
peasantry;
fondness of Tuscan women for dress;
feeling towards Napoleon in;
character of the people;
house of Americo Vespucci.
Tyrol, the: general description of,
dress of the peasant women.
Valais: crétins of.
Vaud, Canton de: character of inhabitants of,
gratitude to France;
democratic spirit;
La Harpe;
defends its independence;
hatred of French Royalists to.
Velino: remarkable cascade.
Venice: Canale Grande,
Rialto;
palaces of great families;
the Merceria;
water-fête;
Piazza di San Marco;
Church of St Mark;
Campanile;
variety of costumes in;
dialect;
social life in;
Doge's palace;
theatres;
gondolas.
Verbruggen, H.: work of, in church of St Gudule, Brussels.
Verona: amphitheatre,
Palladio;
Scala family;
social advantages in.
Versailles: magnificence of.
"Vertraute Briefe" the.
Vesuvius: eruptions,
lava.
Vicenza.
Vienna: Art treasures of, respected by French Republican armies,
great raft;
streets;
Cathedral;
Hofburg;
Congress of;
Wechselbank;
Belvedere Palace;
Prater;
theatres.
Visconte, Galeazzo: builds church of the Certosa.
Volnais, Mlle: Acting of.
Voltaire: his play, "Mérope",
his benefactions to Ferney;
relics of;
portraits of contemporaries in his château.
Walker, Adam: his lectures to Etonians stopped.
Wardle, Col.: republican principles of,
anonymous denunciation of.
Waterloo: French officer's remarks on.
Wellington: his confidence in the result of the campaign,
gallantry of;
checks frequency of corporal punishment in the army.
Wilson, Maj.-Genl: accompanies Frye on a tour through the theatre of War.
Wilson, Sir R.: his charges against Napoleon.
Wirion: removed from office by Napoleon.
York, Duke of,
opposes frequent corporal punishment in the Army.
Zedera, Chevalier: political dispute with Genevese, his journey with Frye to Italy; his parting with Frye.