This Book was First Published August25th 1914
Second EditionSeptember14th 1914
Third EditionSeptember29th 1914
Fourth EditionOctober23rd 1914
Fifth EditionDecember15th 1914
Sixth EditionFebruary1st 1915

This Edition, at 2s. 6d. net, First Published in 1915

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]ARRIVAL AT THE PRUSSIAN COURT[1]
[II.]HOMBURG-VOR-DER-HÖHE[17]
[III.]THE NEW PALACE[36]
[IV.]DIVERSIONS OF THE KAISER’S DAUGHTER[51]
[V.]CHRISTMAS AT COURT[69]
[VI.]BERLIN SCHLOSS[86]
[VII.]DONAU-ESCHINGEN AND METZ[101]
[VIII.]EDUCATION[117]
[IX.]THE BAUERN-HAUS AND SCHRIPPEN-FEST[128]
[X.]ROYAL WEDDINGS[144]
[XI.]WILHELMSHÖHE[159]
[XII.]CADINEN[174]
[XIII.]ROMINTEN[190]
[XIV.]THE KAISER AND KAISERIN[205]
[XV.]CONCLUSION[221]
[INDEX]: [A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Z][241]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The German Emperor in English Admiral’s Uniform
(Photo, E. Bieber, Berlin.)[FRONTISPIECE]
FACING PAGE
The Kaiser’s Daughter, Princess Victoria Louise(now Duchess of Brunswick) at the Age of Nine[12]
(Photo, T. H. Voigt, Homburg.)
The Emperor and Empress with Members of theirFamily, taken at the New Palace, Wildpark[44]
(Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)
The Kaiser and his Two Eldest Grandsons, PrincesWilhelm and Louis Ferdinand of Prussia[76]
(Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)
The Crown Prince and his Heir, Prince Wilhelm[122]
(Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)
The Kaiser and his Eldest Grandson[136]
(Photo, Selle and Kuntze, Potsdam.)
The Emperor’s Daughter, taken on the Day whenshe was Made Colonel of the “Death’s Head”Hussars[232]
(Photo, A. Topham.)
The Duke and Duchess of Brunswick[238]
(Photo, T. H. Voigt, Frankfort.)

MEMORIES OF THE KAISER’S COURT

CHAPTER I
ARRIVAL AT THE PRUSSIAN COURT

TOWARDS the middle of August 1902, on a very hot, dusty, suffocating day, I was travelling, the prey of various apprehensions, to the town of Homburg-vor-der-Höhe, where the Prussian Court was at that time in temporary residence.