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- XXII (1857-58.) THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND HIS SMART SUBORDINATE—AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE—SOME POPULAR PENNY PUBLICATIONS—THE YATES AND THACKERAY SQUABBLE—A TALK WITH CHARLES READE—THE CHERBOURG FETES
- XXIII (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
- XXIV (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
- XXV (1859-63.) ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN DURING THE EXPLOSION—THE DROWNING OF INGRAM IN LAKE MICHIGAN—A BIRD OF ILL-OMEN ON BOSTON STUMP—“WELCOME ALEXANDRA!”—THE PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING AT WINDSOR
- XXVI (1863.) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT CAMPDEN HOUSE AND AN ACTION AGAINST THE “SUN” OFFICE—MY BROTHER FRANK'S EVENTFUL CAREER AS WAR CORRESPONDENT—HIS PRESUMED DEATH IN THE SOUDAN
- XXVII (1863-65.) THE SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE AND MR. THACKERAY—REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUILDFORD-STREET GATHERINGS—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND CHARLES READE—A CHANGE IN MY POSITION—T. W. ROBERTSON, NEEDY AND AFFLUENT
- XXVIII (1865.) FRENCH APARTMENTS—AT AUTEUIL—FANTASTIC FASHIONS—FÉTES IN THE ENVIRONS—JOURNALISTIC DUELS—A GARDEN PARTY
- XXIX (1865.) ODD WAYS OF GETTING A LIVING IN PARIS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
- XXX (1866.) NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS—THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF TWO RHINE KURSAALE—A FASHIONABLE NORMANDY WATERING PLACE
- XXXI (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
- XXXII (1868.) AT THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE—A NIGHT AMONG THE PARIS CHIFFONNIERS—TWO BARRIÈRE BALLS
- XXXIII (1868.) WITH THE COURT AT COMPIÉGNE—ARTIFICIAL EYES
- XXXIV (1868-69.) ON AND ABOUT THE BOULEVARDS—THE HOUR OF ABSINTHE—THE ECCENTRIC DUKE OF BRUNSWICK—A FINANCIAL AND A GASTRONOMIC BARON—HYMEN'S AMBASSADOR—THE MAUBREUIL SCANDAL
- XXXV (1868-69). IN BRITTANY—AT A BRETON PARDON—THE TRADE IN LOCKS—HORSE À LA MODE
- XXXVI (1868.) THE ITALIAN COLONY—ITINERANT MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS' MODELS—THE BAL DU VIEUX CHÊNE—GANGS OF PARIS THIEVES—HÔTELS GARNIS—THE CARRIÈRES D'AMÉRIQUE
- XXXVII (1869.) BOULEVARDIAN JOURNALISTS AND BOULEVARD REMINISCENCES—SOME PARIS ARTISTS
- XXXVIII (1869.) IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE MÉDOC—A BORDEAUX SPADASSIN
- XXXIX (1869.) A CONFLAGRATION AMONG THE BORDEAUX SHIPPING—LIGHTED PETROLEUM AFLOAT—THE WHITE WINES OF THE GIRONDE—ANOTHER BORDEAUX SPADASSIN—ST. ÉMILION, PÉRIGUEUX, AND LIMOGES—THE BURGUNDY VINEYARDS—A STATE BALL
- XL (1869-70.) THE PANTIN TRAGEDY—THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TROPPMANN
- XLI (1870.) AT TROPPMANN's EXECUTION—ROCHEFORT AND “LA LANTERNE”
- XLII (1870 et seq.)
XXXI - (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- XXII (1857-58.) THE FRENCH DETECTIVE AND HIS SMART SUBORDINATE—AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S MARRIAGE—SOME POPULAR PENNY PUBLICATIONS—THE YATES AND THACKERAY SQUABBLE—A TALK WITH CHARLES READE—THE CHERBOURG FETES
- XXIII (1858.) AN EXPEDITION TO HOMBURG—EARLY SUCCESSES AND SUBSEQUENT DEFEAT—PHILOSOPHIC INDIFFERENCE—GARCIA THE GAMBLER—BOHEMIAN BILLETS-DOUX—A HYPOCHONDRIACAL HUMOURIST
- XXIV (1858-59.) THE PAPER DUTY AGITATION, AND THE REPEAL OF THE IMPOST—A CONVIVIAL CLUB AND SOME OF ITS MEMBERS—THE BOOZING CARPENTER AND POPULAR EDUCATOR—IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND ON THE STUMP—A SALE AND WHAT SPRUNG FROM IT
- XXV (1859-63.) ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN DURING THE EXPLOSION—THE DROWNING OF INGRAM IN LAKE MICHIGAN—A BIRD OF ILL-OMEN ON BOSTON STUMP—“WELCOME ALEXANDRA!”—THE PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING AT WINDSOR
- XXVI (1863.) A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT CAMPDEN HOUSE AND AN ACTION AGAINST THE “SUN” OFFICE—MY BROTHER FRANK'S EVENTFUL CAREER AS WAR CORRESPONDENT—HIS PRESUMED DEATH IN THE SOUDAN
- XXVII (1863-65.) THE SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE AND MR. THACKERAY—REMINISCENCES OF SOME GUILDFORD-STREET GATHERINGS—THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AND CHARLES READE—A CHANGE IN MY POSITION—T. W. ROBERTSON, NEEDY AND AFFLUENT
- XXVIII (1865.) FRENCH APARTMENTS—AT AUTEUIL—FANTASTIC FASHIONS—FÉTES IN THE ENVIRONS—JOURNALISTIC DUELS—A GARDEN PARTY
- XXIX (1865.) ODD WAYS OF GETTING A LIVING IN PARIS A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO
- XXX (1866.) NEW YEAR'S DAY IN PARIS—THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF TWO RHINE KURSAALE—A FASHIONABLE NORMANDY WATERING PLACE
- XXXI (1867-68.) EUROPEAN POTENTATES IN PARIS—ABSURD CONCESSIONS OF THE EXHIBITION COMMISSIONERS—OPENING CEREMONY—THE CZAR UNDER FIRE—PRIZE DAY AT THE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE—SEIZED FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS
- XXXII (1868.) AT THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE—A NIGHT AMONG THE PARIS CHIFFONNIERS—TWO BARRIÈRE BALLS
- XXXIII (1868.) WITH THE COURT AT COMPIÉGNE—ARTIFICIAL EYES
- XXXIV (1868-69.) ON AND ABOUT THE BOULEVARDS—THE HOUR OF ABSINTHE—THE ECCENTRIC DUKE OF BRUNSWICK—A FINANCIAL AND A GASTRONOMIC BARON—HYMEN'S AMBASSADOR—THE MAUBREUIL SCANDAL
- XXXV (1868-69). IN BRITTANY—AT A BRETON PARDON—THE TRADE IN LOCKS—HORSE À LA MODE
- XXXVI (1868.) THE ITALIAN COLONY—ITINERANT MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS' MODELS—THE BAL DU VIEUX CHÊNE—GANGS OF PARIS THIEVES—HÔTELS GARNIS—THE CARRIÈRES D'AMÉRIQUE
- XXXVII (1869.) BOULEVARDIAN JOURNALISTS AND BOULEVARD REMINISCENCES—SOME PARIS ARTISTS
- XXXVIII (1869.) IN THE VINEYARDS OF THE MÉDOC—A BORDEAUX SPADASSIN
- XXXIX (1869.) A CONFLAGRATION AMONG THE BORDEAUX SHIPPING—LIGHTED PETROLEUM AFLOAT—THE WHITE WINES OF THE GIRONDE—ANOTHER BORDEAUX SPADASSIN—ST. ÉMILION, PÉRIGUEUX, AND LIMOGES—THE BURGUNDY VINEYARDS—A STATE BALL
- XL (1869-70.) THE PANTIN TRAGEDY—THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TROPPMANN
- XLI (1870.) AT TROPPMANN's EXECUTION—ROCHEFORT AND “LA LANTERNE”
- XLII (1870 et seq.)
Summary
The year 1867 was an especially grand one for Paris, as, besides the crowd of ordinary visitors attracted to the Exposition Universelle, no less than eight reigning potentates and about a dozen heirs apparent and presumptive accepted Napoleon III's invitation to the French capital. It was rumoured at the time that the emperor wrote himself to invite the Czar, the Sultan, and the Emperor of Austria, but left it to his secretary to indite the necessary letters to sovereigns of inferior rank. On the latter inquiring respecting the formula to be employed in writing to the King of Prussia, the emperor is said to have tersely replied, “The same as for the King of Bavaria,” intending, it was supposed, an official slight to the sovereign whose star, since the recent victory of Sadowa, promised almost to eclipse his own.
When the sovereigns arrived in Paris, the authorities, with an overstrained sense of delicacy, sought to prevent them from paying chance visits to particular localities, the names of which might possibly jar upon their feelings. Thus it had to be suggested to the Russian embassy that when the czar drove abroad his coachman should be warned to avoid the Avenue de l'Alma, the Rue de Crimée, the Boulevard de Sebastopol, the Avenue d'Eylau, and the Cité de la Moskowa. In like manner the Emperor of Austria had to be kept from straying into the familiar Rue de Rivoli, or across the Pont d'Austerlitz, and the King of Prussia from passing along the Avenue de Friedland. Owing to its proximity to the Exhibition, it was scarcely possible to close the Pont d'Iéna to the lastnamed potentate.
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- Glances Back Through Seventy YearsAutobiographical and Other Reminiscences, pp. 187 - 207Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1893