Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1White, Andrew Dickson
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Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
White, Andrew Dickson
Cornell University; Diplomats -- United States -- Biography; White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
Previous experience on the Educational Jury at the Philadelphia
Exposition. Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil; curious revelation of
his character at Booth's Theater; my after acquaintance with him.
Don Juan Marin, his fine characteristics; his lesson to an
American crowd. Levasseur of the French Institute. Millet.
Gardner Hubbard. My honorary commissionership to the Paris
Exposition. Previous troubles of our Commissioner-General at the
Vienna Exposition. Necessity of avoiding these at Paris.
Membership of the upper jury. Meissonier. Tresca. Jules Simon.
Wischniegradsky. Difficulty regarding the Edison exhibit. My
social life in Paris. The sculptor Story and Judge Daly. A
Swiss-American juryman's efforts to secure the Legion of Honor.
A Fourth of July jubilation; light thrown by it on the
``Temperance Question.'' Henri Martin. Jules Simon pilots me in
Paris. Sainte-Clair Deville. Pasteur. Desjardins. Drouyn de
Lhuys. The reform school at Mettray. My visit to Thiers; his
relations to France as historian and statesman. Duruy; his
remark on rapid changes in French Ministries. Convention on
copyright. Victor Hugo. Louis Blanc, his opinion of Thiers.
Troubles of the American Minister; a socially ambitious American
lady; vexatious plague thus revealed.
CHAPTER XXX. AS MINISTER TO GERMANY--1879-1881
Am appointed by President Hayes. Receiving instructions in
Washington. Mr. Secretary Evarts. Interesting stay in London.
The Lord Mayor at Guildhall. Speeches by Beaconsfield and
others. An animated automaton. An evening drive with Browning.
Arrival in Berlin. Golden wedding festivities of the Emperor
William I. Audiences with various members of the imperial
family. Wedding ceremonies of Prince William, now Emperor
William II. Usual topic of the American representative on
presenting his Letter of Credence from the President to the
Prussian monarch. Prince Bismarck; his greeting; questions
regarding German-Americans. Other difficulties. Baron von
B<u:>low; his conciliatory character. Vexatious cases. Two
complicated marriages. Imperial relations. Superintendence
of consuls. Transmission of important facts to the State
Department. Care for personal interests of Americans. Fugitives
from justice. The selling of sham American diplomas; effective
means taken to stop this. Presentations at court; troublesome
applications; pleasure of aiding legitimate American efforts and
ambitions; discriminations. Curious letters demanding aid or
information. Claims to inheritances. Sundry odd applications.
The ``autograph bed-quilt.'' Associations with the diplomatic
corps. Count Delaunay. Lord Odo Russell. The Methuen episode.
Count de St. Vallier, embarrassing mishap at Nice due to him.
The Turkish and Russian ambassadors. Distressing
Russian-American marriage case. Baron Nothomb, his reminiscences
of Talleyrand. The Saxon representative and the troubles of
American lady students at Leipsic.
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