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[Illustration: MADAME CHARLES MOULTON]
IN THE COURTS OF MEMORY
1858-1875
FROM CONTEMPORARY LETTERS
BY
L. DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE
ILLUSTRATIONS
MADAME CHARLES MOULTON
THE FAY HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
EMPEROR NAPOLEON III
EMPRESS EUGÉNIE
DANIEL FRANÇOIS ESPRIT AUBER
FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM THE DUKE DE MORNY
JENNY LIND
THE MAIN FAÇADE--CHÂTEAU DE COMPIÈGNE
SALLE DES FÊTES--CHÂTEAU DE COMPIÈGNE
CHÂTEAU DE PIERREFONDS
THE MUSIC HALL--CHÂTEAU DE COMPIÈGNE
FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM JENNY LIND
FACSIMILE OF LISZT LETTER
MÉRIMÉE'S SIGNATURE AND ANSWERS TO MADAME MOULTON'S QUESTIONS
LA SALLE DES PREUX--CHÂTEAU DE PIERREFONDS....
PRINCE METTERNICH'S SIGNATURE AND ANSWERS TO MADAME MOULTON'S QUESTIONS
NAPOLEON'S SIGNATURE AND ANSWERS TO MADAME MOULTON'S QUESTIONS
EMPRESS EUGÉNIE'S SIGNATURE AND ANSWERS TO MADAME MOULTON'S QUESTIONS
ELIHU WASHBURN
RUE DE RIVOLI, WHERE THE HÔTEL CONTINENTAL NOW STANDS
RAOUL RIGAULT
FACSIMILE OF PASSPORT ISSUED TO MADAME MOULTON DURING THE COMMUNE
FACSIMILE OF THE GOVERNMENT PERMIT TO KEEP COWS
PLACE VENDÔME AFTER THE FALL OF THE COLUMN
FACSIMILE OF TICKET TO PLACE VENDÔME
FACSIMILE OF ENVELOPE ADDRESSED BY THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE TO PRINCE
METTERNICH
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
PREFACE
These letters, written by me in my younger days to a dear and indulgent
mother and aunt, were returned to me after their death. In writing them I
allowed myself to go into the smallest details, even the most
insignificant ones, as I was sure that they would be welcome and
appreciated by those to whom they were addressed. They were certainly not
intended to be made public.
If I have decided, after much hesitation, to publish these letters, it is
because many of my friends, having read them, have urged me to do so,
thinking that they might be of interest, inasmuch as they refer to some
important events of the past, and especially to people of the musical
world whose names and renown are not yet forgotten.