d'Aosta, Duke, 223
Apponyi, Count, 73
Arbuthnot, Miss, 26
d'Asoli, 271
d'Asoli, Princess, 254
d'Aubigny, M. and Madame, 45
d'Aulnay, 62, 116
d'Aulnay, Comtesse, 57
Austria, Emperor of, 177
d'Autas, 295
Baddeley, Mr., 280
Bailey, Mrs., 76
Bailleul, Madame de, 230;
received by the Queen, 240, 244, 257
Bandini, Prince, 144
Bandini, Princess, 51, 54, 63, 69, 145;
gives musicale, 146
Beauharnais, Comtesse de, 116
Bertheny, Countess de, 262
Bibra, 62, 69, 143, 145
Bicletis, Monsignor, 249, 250, 251, 255
Bishop, Mr. and Mrs., 299
Bonghi, 105
Borghese, Giovanni, 266
Brancaccio, Princess, 93
Brandt, Otto, 102
Brinquant, 21
Bruce, Mrs., 41, 50, 51;
gives dinner, 68-69, 89, 106, 169, 174
Brusatti, General, 275
Bruschi, Countess, 306
Bunsen, Charles de, 14, 34;
arrives at Rome, 108, 110, 114, 118;
returns to Florence, 119, 180
Bunsen, Madame de, 14, 15, 34, 179, 180, 254, 288
Cabat, M., 117
Cabriac, Marquis de, 71
Cairoli, 45, 52, 64, 80;
speaks in Chamber, 83;
gives dinner, 96-98
Cairoli, Madame, 45, 51, 64, 68;
gives dinner, 96-98
Calabrini, 51, 56, 62, 63, 67, 81
Calice, Countess, 67
Cameron, Mrs., 311
Caprannica, Bianca, 142
Caprannica, Marchesa, 142
Cardenas, the, give dinner, 144
Cavaletti, Maurizio, 69
Cavour, 84, 223, 224
Celleri, Countess, 80, 99
Cenci, 54
Cesarini, Marquise Villa, 253
Chambord, Comte de, 117
Charles Albert, King of Savoy, 220
Charette, 120
Chigi, Marquise, 89
Cialdini, 67
Coello, Count, 148
Colobiano, Count, 222
Colonna, Prince, 282, 283, 306
Colonna, Princess, death of, 30
Comandi, 29
Cook, 91, 95
Crosby, Schuyler, 37
Curtis, Bessie, 61, 230
Daudet, M., 200
Del Monte, 108, 148;
walk with, 172
Despretis, Madame, 51
Desprez, 45, 55, 57, 71, 92, 144
Diemor, 248
Director of Museum at Milan, 186, 199, 212, 216
Doria, 100
Doria, Gwendoline, 81
Edwards, Mrs., 65
Edwards, Hon. Sylvia, 65
Elena, Queen of Italy, gives audience, 240-242;
at the court ball, 243, 253, 299;
at the opera, 310;
gives reception in honour of President Loubet, 312
English, Monsignor, 63, 66, 79;
brings Pope's photograph, 155
d'Eu, Comte and Comtesse, 250
Evans, Father, 268
Field, Mr., 245
Field, Mrs., 237, 305
Forbes, Misses, 26, 184
Frankenstein, Countess, 309
Freycinet, 5, 60
Freycinet, Madame de, 6
Fua, Teresina, 248
Gabriac, Marquis de, 144
Garibaldi, 120, 122
Genoa, Duchess of, 287, 288
Geoffroy, 62, 63, 64, 89, 117, 168
Geoffroy, Madame, 117
Germany, Crown Princess of, 101, 104, 108, 109, 207;
daughters of, 210
Gianotti, Count, 243, 262
Gianotti, Countess, gives afternoon tea, 262
Gittone, 275
Gosselins, 108, 109
Gounod, 296
Grants, 51
Gravina, 96
Greppi, Comte, 275
Grevy, Madame, 9, 11
Guadagni, Madame, 34
Guery, Don, 272, 279
Guglielmi, Marquis, 298
Helena, Queen of Italy, see Elena
Hoffman, Mr., 216, 222, 223
Hohenlohe, Cardinal, 165
Hooker Mr., 51, 66, 120;
gives dinner, 142, 174;
recollections, 176
Howard, Cardinal, 50, 61, 70, 75, 109, 147
Hubert, 225
Hubert, Madame, 13, 47, 58, 63, 71, 168, 185, 188, 196, 200, 203, 216, 221
Humbert, King of Italy, 65, 66;
birthday, 76, 79, 91
Ireland, Monsignor, 23
Ismail, Pasha, ex-Khedive of Egypt, 76
Kahn, Malcolm, 275
Keats, John, 286
Keudell, 101-103, 106, 108
Keudell, Madame, 102, 103, 108
King, Charles, 30;
death of, 119-120
King, Fanny, 176
King, Henrietta, 124, 134, 218
King, Mrs., 123, 132, 134, 137, 139
King, William, 124, 132
Kruft, 5
Lanciani, 44, 63, 88, 89, 159
Landi, Madame, 40
Law, Mrs., 275
Leuchtenberg, Duke of, 116
Loubet, President, 305;
reception of, 306-307;
at the opera, 309-310;
at the reception at the Farnese Palace, 312, 314
Lovatellis, 51, 94
Low, Mr. and Mrs. Seth, 273
Lucchesi-Palli, 117
Lyons, Lord, 7
MacMahon, Madame de, 10, 11
MacMahon, Marshal, 10, 73
Maffei, 64, 97, 108, 159
Malatesta, Felice, 59, 61, 86, 94, 108
Malatesta, Countess, 75
Maquay, George, 32, 35, 184
Maquay, Louisa, 36, 184
Maquay, Nina, 36, 184
Marcello, Comtesse, 93, 95, 98
Margherita, Queen of Italy, 220, 234;
gives audience, 253, 285, 287
Marina, Marquise Villa, 253, 285, 287
Massari, 87, 105
Massimo, Prince, 74, 218, 255, 272
Mathieu, Cardinal, 254, 255, 304, 306
Medici, Catherine de', 33
Menabrea, 67
Meyers, the, give dinner, 304
Michelangelo, 59
Minghetti, 52, 56, 69, 81, 105, 181-183
Minghetti, Madame, 51, 52, 56, 57, 69, 81;
receives, 105, 108
Mirafiori, Comtesse, 183
Mohl, Madame, 50
Murrays, 209, 210-211
Mustel, M. Alphonse, 279, 280, 285;
plays before Queen Margherita, 287
Naples, Prince of, 86, 94
Napoleon, Louis, 84, 223
Nassau, Duke of, 28
Nevin, Dr., 48, 88, 242
Nina, Cardinal, 61, 80
Nisard, M., 240
Noailles, Marquis de, 45, 48, 87, 98
Noailles, Marquise de, 48, 51, 56, 57;
gives dinner, 64, 87, 96, 100;
receives, 107, 108;
gives farewell dinner to the Waddingtons, 159
Norton, Mrs., 139-142
Orloff, Prince, 10
Orsini, Prince, 295
"Ouida," 27;
description of, 28
Ouronsoff, Prince, 244
Paget, Sir Augustus, 51, 64, 82, 102, 109
Paget, Lady, 51, 57, 64;
receives, 89, 102, 109
Palfy, Count, 52, 70, 92;
conversation with, 174
Pallavicini, Princess, 51, 54, 67;
gives reception, 86-87, 246;
receives, 277
Pannissera, Madame, 107
Pasetti, Baron, 242
Paul, Duchess of Mecklenburg, 297
Pecoul, Therese, 273
Perret, 68
Peruzzi, Edith, 18, 36, 108, 184
Peruzzi, Ubaldino, 181, 206
Pierson, 4
Pietro, 267, 310
Pietro, Cardinal di, 79
Poggio-Suasa, Princess di (nee Curtis), 230, 238, 244, 248;
gives dinner, 259, 262, 266;
gives dinner, 273, 285, 286, 291, 292, 294, 304, 305, 313
Poggio-Suasa, Princess di (nee Talleyrand-Perigord), 305
Polk, Antoinette, 160
Pontecoulant, Comte de, 8, 12
Pope Leo XIII, 58;
audience with, 59;
described, 59, 60, 71, 146;
in his garden, 155, 156, 250
Pope Pius IX, 56, 58, 59, 69;
how he was received in the streets when he rode out, 146;
description of the blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's,
157-158, 250, 264, 315
Pope Pius X, audience with, 249-251;
description of, 250
Primoli, 144
Queen of Naples, Dowager, death of, 30
Ramee, Mlle. de la, 27
Rampolla, Cardinal, 295
Recamier, Madame, 168
Rignano, Madame, 99
Ripaldi, Duke di, 57, 100, 159
Ristori, Madame, 142
Roccagiovine, Marchese, 266
Rodmans, 233
Rossi, de, 89
Rothschild, Madame Alphonse, 99
Rudini, Marchesa, gives fete, 272
Ruspoli, Camillo, 289, 291, 298
Ruspoli, Don Emanuele, 231, 263
Ruspoli, Victoria, 255;
gives dinner, 276, 315
St. Asilea, 87, 98
Sand, George, 38
Sant' Onofrio, Madame de, 96
Savonarola, 39
Savoy, Princes of, 94
Saxe-Weimar, Grand Duchess, 259, 297
Say, Leon, 60
Schuyler, Eugene, 35, 41, 42, 44, 56, 69, 77, 110, 112, 142
Schuyler, Mrs. Eugene ("Gert"), 35, 41, 42, 44, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 69;
trouble with maid, 76-78, 79, 80, 82, 89, 92, 108, 110, 113, 118, 124,
132, 142;
at Tivoli, 161;
gives farewell dinner, 174, 197
Sciarra, Princess, 49, 89
Seckendorff, Count, 103, 105, 108
Sella, 81, 84, 105
Sermoneta, Duke of, 54
Serristori, 35
Sibbern, Madame, 5
Smith, Father, 55, 79, 87, 91;
presents a medal, 160, 174;
conversations with, 177
Somaglia, Countess, 81, 87, 98, 117;
her daughters, 117
Spencer, Mrs. Lorillard, 83
Stael, Madame de, 168
Stanley, Dean, 50
Stanley, Lady Augusta, 50
Sternberg, Mlle. de, 15, 18
Story, Mrs., 286
Story, Waldo, 239, 304
Story, W. W., 18, 109, 239
Sulmona, 72-73
Sulmona, Princess, 73, 87, 144
Sutteroth, M. Alphonse, 5, 8, 200, 227
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles de, 26
Talleyrand-Perigord, Madame de, 27, 61
Talleyrand-Perigord, Marquise de (nee Curtis), 230, 237, 242, 244;
audience with the Pope, 249-251, 262, 266, 267, 275, 285, 290, 302, 304;
leaves Rome, 307
Tchaitcheff, Madame de, 16, 25
Teano, Prince, 51, 54, 56, 105
Teano, Princess, gives ball, 99, 272
Theoduli, Marchesa, 83
Thomar, 71
Thurn, Princess de, 54
Tosti, 145;
described and criticised, 147
Townshend, Mrs. Charles L., 95
Trocchi, 48;
sends flowers, 169
Troubetzkoi, Princess Lise, 98
Turin, Comte de, 243
Turkam, Pasha, 76, 101
Uffizi, 36
Uxkull, 64, 81
Val, Cardinal Mery del, audience with, 251-252
Valery, Dr., 30, 77, 120
Van Loo, 62
Vannutelli, Cardinal Serafino, 295
Vannutelli, Cardinal Vincenzo, 240;
dinner given for, 273, 295, 306
Van Rensselaer, Mrs., 67, 118
Van Schaick, Lottie, 16, 17, 35, 40, 184
Venosta, Visconti, 52;
speaks in Chamber, 80, 83, 105, 159
Venosta, Madame Visconti, 64, 81, 89, 107
Vera, 108
Vicovaro, Princess, 83, 85
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, 218, 220, 231
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, at the court ball, 243, 277, 299;
receives President Loubet, 306-307;
at the Opera, 310;
gives reception in honour of President Loubet, 312
Villamarina, Marquis de, 81, 87
Virgo, M., 245, 266, 279
Visconti, 89
Vitali, Count, gives dinner for French Ambassador, 240
Vitelleschi, 67, 69, 87, 279
Vitelleschi, Marchesa, gives tea, 278
Waddington, Evelyn, 61
Waddington, Francis, has Christmas tree, 5;
left in Paris, 12, 108, 225, 251
WADDINGTON, Madame, leaves Quai d'Orsay, 3-4;
calls on Madame de Freycinet, 6;
formal receptions, 8;
receives Mesdames Grevy and MacMahon, 11;
arrives at Florence, 12;
arrives at M. de Bunsen's, 14;
atypical Florentine party, 18;
a visit from Alberti, 20;
recalls picnic at Segna, 20-22;
visits the Ponte Vecchio, 24;
drives to Santa Maria Novella, 25;
tea at Camerata, 26;
dines with Talleyrand-Perigord, 26;
takes tea with "Ouida," 27;
impressions of "Ouida," 28;
drives to Villa Careggi, 31;
drives to the Certosa and Casa Guadagni, 34;
decides to go to Rome, 35;
Maquay dinner, 35;
drives out Fiesole way, 37;
visits Fra Angelico's and Savonarola's cells at San Marco, 39;
musical evening with the Landis, 40;
arrives at Rome, 41;
her father's illness, 42;
calls on Eugene Schuyler, 44;
invitations from Embassies, 44;
drives along the Via Appia, 45;
visit to the Vatican, 47;
visit from the Marquis de Noailles, 48;
Princess Sciarra's ball, 49;
recollections of Dean Stanley and Cardinal Howard, 50;
reception at the Schuylers', 51;
reception at Princess Pallavicini's, 54;
pointed out as distinguished strangers, 55;
dinner at the Teanos', 56;
breakfast at the Noailles', 57;
audience with the Pope, 58-60;
dinner at the of, 63;
dinner at the Noailles', 64;
attends the opera, 69;
dines at the Portuguese Embassy, 71-74;
dines with the Pagets, 81;
dinner at the Calabrinis', 84;
attends American Church, 88;
walk on Good Friday, 90;
service at St. Peter's, 90;
service at St. John Lateran, 91;
note from the Quirinal, 92;
audience with the Queen of Italy, 92-95;
meets the Prince of Naples, 94;
breakfast with the Noailles, 95;
sees Farnese Palace, 95;
visits the Bakers' tomb, 96;
dines with the Cairoli, 96-98;
day at the races, 98-99;
protests against "valise" regulations, 98;
attends Teano ball, 99;
visits the Trevi Fountain, 100;
tea with the Duke di Ripaldo, 100;
dines at German Embassy and meets German Crown Princess, 102-105;
attends reception at the Noailles', 107;
musical evening at the Schuylers', 108;
dinner with the Wimpffens, 108;
meets Crown Princess again, 109;
excursion to Frascati, 110;
fails to visit Tusculum, 112, 113;
trip to the Vatican, 114-115;
ball at the British Embassy, 116;
dinner at Villa Medici, 117;
recollections of 1867, 119;
goes to Naples, 119;
sees Vesuvius in eruption, 123;
ascends Mt. Vesuvius, 124-125;
a long wait at an inn, 126-130;
fete at the Stella del Mare, 135;
the nun, 135;
sail to Capri, 136;
Capri, 137;
a Capri fisher-girl, 139-141;
dinner at Mr. Hooker's, 142;
visit to the Doria Gallery, 143;
dines at the Spanish Embassy, 144;
musicale at Princess Bandini's, 146;
hears Lohengrin in Italian, 148;
drives to Albano, 149-153;
last turn in the Vatican, 154;
receives the Pope's photograph, 155;
drives to the Villa Madama, 157;
farewell dinner at the Noailles', 159;
a day at Tivoli, 161-165;
a lonely road, 167;
last drive in the country, 169;
walk with Del Monte, 173;
arrives at Milan, 180;
attends the races, 183;
holds small reception, 184;
a drive about Milan, 187;
a visit to the Brera, 188-189;
visit to the Duomo, 190;
a second visit to the Brera, 192-193;
describes the Piazza dei Mercanti, 201, 202;
an afternoon at Monza, 204-206;
leaves Milan and arrives at Turin, 211;
trip to La Superga, 219-221;
returns to Paris, 225;
Rome revisited, 229;
attends a ball at the Storys', 239;
dinner at Count Vitali's, 240;
received by the Queen, 240-242;
attends the court ball, 243-244;
in the garden of the Vatican, 247;
music at the French Embassy, 248;
audience with the Pope, 249-251;
audience with Cardinal Mery del Val, 251-252;
audience with Queen Margherita, 253;
breakfast with Princess d'Arsoli, 254;
at the Pope's audience, 255-256;
an expedition to the Catacombs, 257;
dines with Princess Poggio-Suasa, 259;
automobile excursion with Countess de Bertheny, 262-265;
trip to Tusculum, 267;
special guards, 269;
fete at the Massimo Palace, 271;
fete given by Marchesa Rudini, 272;
dines with Malcolm Kahn, 275;
dines with the Ruspolis, 276;
Holy Thursday at St. Peter's, 281;
visits her father's grave, 285;
a musical evening at the Palace, 287-288;
excursion to San Gregorio, 289-291;
attends ceremony at St. Peter's, the 13th anniversary of Pope Gregorio
Magno, 292-296;
children's ball, 297-298;
auto trips with the Bishops, 299-301;
reception at the Villa Medicis, 303;
dines with the Meyers, 304;
dines with the Grand Duchess, 305;
reception of President Loubet, 306-307;
attends gala night at the opera, 309-310;
reception at the Farnese Palace, 312-313
_Waddington_, M. William H., resigns as Premier, 3;
refuses London Embassy, 6;
leaves Paris and arrives at Florence, 12;
arrives at M. de Bunsen's, 14;
attends the Peruzzis' party and meets Bentivoglio, 18;
dines with Talleyrand-Perigord, 26;
calls on Madame Guadagni, 34;
arrival at Rome, 41;
talks with Eugene Schuyler, 44;
various invitations from Embassies, 44;
visit to the Vatican, 47;
visit from Marquis de Noailles, 48;
reception in his honour at the Schuylers', 51;
pointed out as a celebrated man, 55;
has audience with the Pope and converses about politics, 50-60;
the Pope's opinion of him, 63;
dinner at the Noailles', "Cotelettes a la Waddington," 64;
has audience with King Humbert, 65-66;
meets Cardinal Howard, 70;
curiosity to meet him, 75;
attends the Chambre des Deputes, 80;
second visit to the Chambre des Deputes, 83;
goes to San Clemente, 87;
walk on the Campagna, 88;
audience with the Queen of Italy, 92-95;
insists on "valise" reform, 98;
delighted with di Ripalda's frescoes, etc., 101;
conversation with Turkam Bey, 101;
received by the German Crown Princess, 103;
dines with de Rossi, 118;
change of mental atmosphere, 147;
trip to Albano, 149-153;
last visit to the Vatican, 154;
conversation with Father Smith, 177;
speech-making, 181;
visits the cabinet de medailles at Milan, 186;
a visit to the Brera, 192-193;
receives Mr. Hoffman, 223-224;
arrives in Paris, 225
Wales, Princess of, 242
Wallace, Sir Donald, 281
Weling, Mlle. de, 28
Westenberg, Madame, 68
Wilbrahams, the, 69
Wimpffen, Count, 64, 81, 89, 107, 242
Wimpffen, Comtesse, 56;
gives dinner, 62, 64, 68, 83;
gives reception, 84-87, 89, 98, 105;
dinner to German Crown Princess, 108-109
Wurts, Mr. and Mrs., 69;
give dinner, 248, 284, 285
Zuylen, Cornelie, 83
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Transcriber's note:
Spelling has been made consistent throughout but reflects the
author's preference. Hyphenation has been made consistent.