France from Behind the Veil: Fifty Years of Social and Political Life

by Princess Catherine Radziwill

Count Vassili’s wish was realised. He died just before his intended departure from the Paris he had loved so well.

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Z]

A
Abzac, Marquis d’, [151];
influence in Germany, [152]
Adam, Edmond, [191]
——, Mme. Juliette, [188], [189];
her antagonism to Bonapartism, [196];
and Boulangism, [248], [253];
and Gambetta, [192], [232]
Agoult, Comtesse d’, [190]
Alexander III., death of, [285]
Amélie of Portugal, marriage of, [126]
André, Mme. Edouard, [177], [180]
Aosta, Duchess of, [46]
Arnim, Count, [383]
Aumale, Duc d’, banishment annulled, [139];
biography of, [133];
cause of banishment, [138];
offered the Presidency, [145];
in the Army, [137];
popularity of, [124];
and Trochu, [82]
——, Duchesse d’, [141]
B
Bartet, Mme., [379]
Bazaine, Marshal, [64];
trial of, [129]
Beaulaincourt, Comtesse de, [23], [30]
Beauvoir, Marquis de, and Boulangism, [247]
Bernhardt, Madame Sarah, [379]
Berryer, M., [48]
Biron, Vicomte de Gontaut, [161];
and Bismarck, [162]
——, Comte de Gontaut, [349]
Bisaccia, Duc et Duchesse de la Rochefoucauld, [169]
Bismarck and Gambetta, [238];
and Jules Favre, [73];
and Vicomte de Gontaut Biron, [162]
Bonaparte, Prince Pierre, private life of, [40]
——, Prince Victor, shoots Victor Noir, [39]
——, Princess Marie, marriage of, [41]
Bonnat, Joseph Leon, [142]
Bonnemains, Madame de, and Boulanger, [247], [256]
Bontoux, M., and the Union Générale, [227]
Boulanger, General, [244];
elected to Chamber, [247];
flight of, [255];
retirement of, [246];
returns to Paris in disguise, [247];
suicide of, [256]
—— Plot, the, [244]
Boulangism, the beginnings of, [246]
Boulangists and the Comte de Paris, [125]
Bourget, Paul, [377]
Briand, Aristide, career of, [366];
political future of, [363];
and the Socialists, [368]
Brisson, Barnabé, Nicholas II. visits, [289]
Broglie, Duc de, [147];
an ardent Orleanist, [158];
biography of, [156];
and Feuillet, [158]
——, Prince Amédée de, [159]
——, Princesse de, [160]
Bülow, Prince von, [385]
C
Caillavet, Madame de, [332]
Canrobert, Marshal, candidature for Presidency, [145]
Carnot, Sadi, [245];
as President, [271];
becomes candidate for Presidency, [229];
murder of, [271]
Castellane, Comte de, affairs of, [316]
Castellane, Comtesse Jean de, [350]
——, Marquis de, [349]
Castelnau, General, and the Prince Imperial, [60]
Castiglione, Comtesse de, [53]
Cavaignac, M., and the Dreyfus affair, [328]
Chambord, Comte de, biography of the, [112];
death of, [116];
funeral of, [122];
dispute with MacMahon, [218];
home life of, [112];
and Marshal MacMahon, [115-118];
and the Monarchical restoration, [115];
and the Republic, [88];
and Versailles, [116]
Chantilly, bequeathed to the French Academy, [139];
glories of, [124], [134]
Chanzy, General, defeated at Orleans, [81]
Chartres, Duc de, characteristics of, [128];
marriage of, [130];
and the Franco-Prussian War, [128]
Claretie, Jules, [217], [376]
Clemenceau, Georges, influence of, [309];
and Baron Mohrenheim, [280];
and Comtesse d’Aunay, [310];
and Edward VII., [361];
and Fallières, [358];
and Russia, [279];
and the Commune, [92];
and the Dreyfus affair, [312], [321]
Cléry, Maître, [140]
Clotilde of Savoy, Princesse, [45];
and Empress Eugénie, [14]
Commune, the, fight with Thiers’ troops at Père-la-Chaise, [95];
opinions on, [94];
outbreak of the, [87];
stamping out the, [97]
Compiègne, life at, [9], [25]
Conneau, Dr., contrives Napoleon’s escape from Ham, [21];
Napoleon’s friendship with, [20]
Constant, M., and General Boulanger, [255]
Conti, M., [23]
D
Darboy, Archbishop, assassination of, [95]
Daudet, Alphonse, [215]
——, Ernest, [217]
——, Leon, [216]
——, Lucien, [216]
——, Madame Alphonse, [335]
Débats, Journal des, [299]
Decazes, Duc, [147];
as Minister of Foreign Affairs, [160];
biography of, [156]
Delahaye, Jules, denounces Panama affairs in Chamber, [263]
Déroulède, Paul, and Boulangism, [248], [252]
Dillon, Count, and Boulangism, [247]
Donnersmarck, Count Henckel von, [238]
Dorian, Madame Ménard, [332]
Dreyfus affair, [318];
a family incident, [336];
the religious element, [328];
the verdict, [319];
and Faure, [295];
and Zola, [323]
——, Captain, in the dock, [318];
personality of, [323]
Dumas, Alex., [211]
——, Colette, [213]
——, Jeannine, [213]
E
Empire, last days of the, [48]
Esterhazy, Col., and the Dreyfus affair, [326]
Eugénie, Empress, [3], [9], [26], [65];
as Regent, [63];
attitude before the Franco-Prussian War, [59];
bravery as a nurse, [11];
flight of, [71];
leaves St. Cloud, [63];
unpopularity during war, [59];
and her son, [12];
and Marshal MacMahon, [64];
and peace negotiations, [78];
and the 4th of September, [37];
and Thiers, [104].
(See also under [Napoleon III.])
F
Fallières, André, [365]
——, Armand, at St. Petersburg, [362];
elected to the Presidency, [358];
and Clemenceau, [358];
and the Vatican, [359]
——, Madame, [364]
Falloux, Comte de, [214]
Faure, Félix, at the Elysée, [283];
death of, [294];
early career, [276];
elected to Presidency, [276];
supposed overtures to Germany, [296];
visits Nicholas II., [294];
and Nicholas II., in Paris, [284];
and the Russian Fleet, [277]
Favre, Jules, makes a false move, [90];
and Bismarck, [73];
and the Franco-Prussian War, [75]
Ferry, Jules, advocates the Republic, [68];
and Esterhazy, [326]
Feuillet, Octave, [28]
Flaubert, Gustave, personality of, [375]
Fleury, General, [23]
Flourens, Pierre, and the Panama scandal, [267]
Fontainebleau, life at, [25]
Fortoul, M. de, [150]
France, Anatole, personality of, [374]
France, estimation of patriotism in, [96]
Franco-Prussian War, capitulation of Paris, [83];
defeat of army of Chanzy, [81];
effect on Monarchy, [63];
first disasters in, [63];
peace negotiations at Versailles, [84];
Prince Imperial at, [62];
Prussian troops enter Paris, [84];
the Emperor’s review outside Paris, [86];
the eve of the, in Paris, [56];
troops’ return from captivity, [94]
Franco-Russian misunderstanding, [313]
—— entente, the, [278], [285]
French court life under Napoleon, [111]
Freycinet, M. de, [224], [229]
G
Galliera, Duchesse de, [177]
Galiffet, Marquise de, [29]
Gambetta, Leon, as Prime Minister [236];
biography of, [231];
death of, [241];
forms his Cabinet, [236];
his chief ambition, [233];
his early social errors, [194];
his estimation of MacMahon, [224];
his projected marriage, [239];
in 1871, [88];
the mystery of his accident, [239];
and Bismarck, [238];
and Comte de St. Vallier, [237];
and European politics, [233];
and Germany, [233];
and Madame Juliette Adam, [192];
and the 4th of September, [65]
Gaulois, the, [303]
Gortschakoff, Prince, and the Russian canard, [164]
Gonne, Miss Maud, and Boulangism, [253]
Gramont, Duc de, [46];
at Vienna, [47]
——, Duchesse de, [351]
Granier, Jeanne, Madame, [380]
Grévy, Jules, as President, [225];
resigns the Presidency, [228];
and Daniel Wilson, [227]
H
Hading, Jane, Madame, [380]
Hanotaux, Gabriel, as a writer, [297]
Harcourt, Vicomte Emmanuel d’, [149]
Henry, Colonel, and the Dreyfus affair, [327]
Herz, Cornelius, and the Panama Canal [259]
Hohenlohe, Prince, [383];
as Ambassador, [276]
Hohenzollern, Prince Leopold of, and the Spanish throne, [52]
Hugo, Georges, [334]
Humbert, Madame, [355]
I
Imperial, Prince, and the Franco-Prussian War, [60]
J
Jacquemard, Mlle. Nelly, [180], [182]
Jaurès, M., and the Socialists, [369]
Journal, the, [299]
L
Lacroix, Madame, [58], [188]
Laguerre, George, and Boulangism, [248], [251]
Lamartine, M. de, [48]
[Lambert, Madame Juliette], [190].
(See also [Adam, Juliette].)
Lanterne, the, [304]
Lasteyrie, Marquis Jules de, [194]
Lecomte, assassination of, [91]
Legitimists, position of, under Third Republic, [168]
Lemaitre, Jules, [141]
Léon, Princesse de, [179]
Lesseps, Ferdinand de, mental breakdown of, [264];
sentenced to imprisonment, [265];
and the Panama Canal, [258].
(See also [Panama scandal].)
——, Charles de, [259];
his affection for his father, [264].
(See also [Panama scandal.])
Loti, Pierre, personality of, [376]
Loubet, Emile, achievements during Presidency, [313];
elected to the Presidency, [308];
in London, [314];
in Rome, [314];
Nicholas II. visits, [289];
refuses to visit the Pope, [315];
and the Catholic rupture, [311];
and the Dreyfus affair, [312]
Luynes, Duchesse de, [169], [172]
Lyons, Lord, [383]
M
MacMahon, Marshal, at the Elysée, [147];
coup d’état of, [159];
death of, [155];
dispute with Comte de Chambord, [218];
elements of failure as President, [221];
fall of, [218];
his letter to Jules Simon, [149];
overthrow of, [154];
Presidency of, [144];
proceeds to join Marshal Bazaine, [64];
retires from Presidency, [226];
and the Comte de Chambord, [115], [118];
and d’Harcourt, [149];
and the coup d’état of May 16th, [223];
and Thiers, [110]
Magenta, Duc de, [148]
——, Duchesse de, [148]
Maillé, Duchesse de, [186]
Mathilde, Princess, [14];
and Taine, [209]
Matin, the, [298]
Maupassant, Guy de, personality of, [376]
May, the 16th of, [218]
Mazas, prison invaded by mob, [83]
Mérimée, M., [27]
Messine, Mlle. Juliette la, [190].
(See also [Adam, Juliette,] and [Lambert, Juliette.])
Metternich, Prince, [382];
and Adolphe Thiers, [102]
—— Princess Paul, [2], [17]
Meyer, Arthur, career of, [301];
starts the Panama revelations, [262];
and Boulangism, [247];
and Charles de Lesseps, [260]
Millevoye, Lucien, and Boulangism, [248], [252]
Mirbeau, Octave, career of, [372]
Mocquard, M., [21]
Mohrenheim, Baron de, and Clemenceau, [280];
and Faure, [277]
Monaco, Princesse de, [175]
Monarchist restoration, chances of, in 1871, [88]
Montagnini, Mgr., and the Catholic crisis, [360]
Montalembert, Charles de, [49]
Montebello, Comtesse Jean de, [346]
Morès, Marquis de, and Russia, [279]
Mouchy, Duc de, marries Princess Anna Murat, [167]
Mun, Count Albert de, and Boulangism, [248], [250]
Munster, Count, as Ambassador, [275], [385];
and the Dreyfus affair, [274]
Murat, Princess Anna, and Empress Eugénie, [16]
Muravieff, Count, [387]
N
Napoleon III., at the Franco-Prussian War, [58];
end of his dynasty, [70];
in 1868, [3];
influence of, [67];
leaves St. Cloud, [60];
personal characteristics, [6];
and Italian secret societies, [6]
——, Prince, and Empress Eugénie, [14]
——, Prince Louis, [45]
——, Prince “Plon Plon,” [43]
National Assembly, first meeting of the, [225];
ratifies peace, [87]
—— Guard, the disarmament trouble begins, [90]
Nelidoff, M. de, [387]
Nerville, Madame Aubernon de, [188]
Nicholas II. at Chalons, [290];
at the Russian Embassy, [290];
visits Brisson, [289];
visits Loubet, [289];
visits Paris, [284], [287]
Nigra, Count, [32], [382];
a significant prophecy, [33]
Noailles, Comtesse Mathieu de, [337]
Noir, Victor, shot by Prince Pierre, [39]
O
Ollivier, Emile, [24], [38];
changes in Cabinet of, [46];
Ministry of, distrusted, [48];
urges Napoleon’s return to Paris, [64]
Orleanism, hopes of, [220]
Orleans, Duc d’, [127]
—— family, [131]
Orleanist cause, the, [123]
Orleanists and the confiscated millions, [123];
and the Republic, [88]
Orloff, Prince, [386]
P
Panama Scandal, money becomes scarce, [258];
the Canal scheme, [257];
the lottery is suggested, [258];
the public trial, [265];
and the Republic, [269]
Paris, Bismarck and the Peace of, [73];
capitulation of, [83];
during the siege, [73];
experiences of, during revolution, [78];
invasion of Mazas by the mob, [83];
news of Sedan reaches, [66];
on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War, [56];
population fraternises with Prussians, [85];
prepares for the siege, [71];
Prussian troops enter, [84];
September 4th in, [65];
settles down after Commune, [97];
society after the fall of the Empire, [166];
society in 1868, [1];
society of to-day, [343];
society under Loubet, [315];
the Commune, [87];
Thiers returns after the Commune, [97];
visit of Nicholas II., [284], [287];
food during siege, [80]
——, Comte de, personality of, [125];
and the Boulangists, [125]
Peace negotiations of Franco-Prussian War, [84]
Pellieux, General de, and the Dreyfus affair, [327]
Périer, Casimir, early career of, [272];
elected President, [273];
strength of character, [273];
why he resigned Presidency, [274]
Père-la-Chaise, the fight at, [95]
Petit Parisien, the, [300]
Plebiscite, the, first suggested, [41]
“Plon Plon,” Prince, [43]
Pobedonosteff, M., and Boulangism, [254]
Poilly, Baronne de, [30]
Pourtalès, Comtesse Mélanie de, [17], [19], [180]
Press, the French, [297]
Presse, the, [304]
Prévost, Marcel, personality of, [378]
Psichari, Madame, [335]
R
Radziwill family, the, [352]
Reinach, Baron Jacques, and the Panama Scandal, [261]
Réjane, Madame, [380]
Renan, Ernest, [205]
——, Henriette, [206]
Republic, the Third, birth of the, [69];
disbelief in its stability, [88];
Jules Ferry incites revolt, [68];
the mistake of the, [74]
Revolution, excesses during the, [77];
of 1870, start of the, [69]
Rochefort-Luçay, Henri, Marquis de, as a journalist, [305];
and Boulangism, [248]
Rochefoucauld, Comte de la, [174]
——, Comtesse Aimery de la, [174]
——, La, family of, [173]
Rochette, career of, [355];
scandal, [355]
Rodin and Mirbeau, [373]
Rohan, Duchesse de, [179]
Rostopschine, Countess Lydie, [388]
Rothschild, Baron Henri de, [339]
Rouher, M., [38];
character sketch of, [42];
and the Plebiscite, [42]
Rouvier, Maurice, as candidate for the Presidency, [308];
characteristics of, [340];
and the Panama Scandal, [267]
S
St. Vallier, Comte de, and Gambetta, [237]
Sagan, Prince and Princesse de, [183]
——, Princesse de, [128]
Sedan, fall of, news received in Paris, [66]
September 4th in Paris, [65]
Siege of Paris, [73];
food during, [80]
Simon, Jules, as Prime Minister, [221]
Socialism in France, [368]
Sorel, Cecile, [379], [380]
Spain, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern and the throne of, [52]
T
Taine, Hippolyte, [209]
Talleyrand, Duc de, [186]
Temps, the, [298]
Thiebaud, George, and Boulangism, [247]
Thiers, Adolphe, as a historical writer, [100];
characteristics of, [99];
death of, [110];
elected head of National Assembly, [89];
explains his severity during the Commune, [108];
flight of, to Versailles, [9];
imprisonment of, [103];
M. and Madame, at the Elysée, [167];
Ministry overturned, [144];
negotiates for peace, [84];
opposes the Plebiscite, [41];
returns to Paris after Commune, [97];
his troops defeat Communards at Père-la-Chaise, [95];
and Empress Eugénie, [104];
and Marshal MacMahon, [110];
and Prince Metternich, [102];
and the Bonapartists, [109];
and the Commune, [106];
and the Empire, [104];
and the situation in 1871, [89]
Thomas, Clément, assassination of, [91]
Tornielli, Comtesse, [388]
Tradern, Comtesse de, [350]
Trochu, General, [65];
conduct during the siege of Paris, [81];
and Duc d’Aumale, [82]
Tsartoryski, Prince Ladislas, [351]
Tuileries, the, forced by the mob, 1870, [70];
life at, [24]
U
Union-Générale collapse, [226]
Uzès, Duchesse d’, and Boulangism [248], [269], [251]
V
Valovska, Countess, [17]
Viollet-le-Duc, M., [29]
Vogué, Vicomte de, [377]
W
Wilson, Daniel, and President Grévy, [227]
Wimpffen, General, [76]
Z
Zola, Emile, [214], [336];
burial in the Panthéon, [324];
and the Dreyfus affair, [323]
——, Madame, [336]

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