[Illustration: H. R. H., THE INFANTA EULALIA Photograph by Henrie Manuel, Paris] COURT LIFE FROM WITHIN BY H. R. H. THE INFANTA EULALIA OF SPAIN “The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things, “Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, “Of cabbages and kings.” ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1913, 1914 BY THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING CO. COPYRIGHT, 1914 BY THE CENTURY CO. COPYRIGHT, 1915 BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE SEEDS OF REVOLT 1 II IRKSOME DUTIES OF A PRINCESS 22 III PULLING THE STRINGS OF SOVEREIGNTY 43 IV LOVE AND ENNUI 63 V MY MARRIAGE--IN MOURNING 85 VI ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH 106 VII THE KAISER AND HIS COURT 134 VIII THE TSAR AND HIS PEOPLE 157 IX THE REGAL POSE 181 X THE SCANDINAVIAN DEMOCRACIES 190 XI THE COURTS OF ITALY 213 XII ADVENTURES IN AMERICA 222 XIII AFTER THE WAR 242 ILLUSTRATIONS H. R. H. The Infanta Eulalia of Spain _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The King’s Study in Escurial 26 Gardens of the Alcazar, Seville 38 Royal Palace, Madrid 50 The Infanta Eulalia 72 Alfonso XIII of Spain 96 Dowager Queen Alexandra of England, Queen Maud of Norway and Prince Olaf, Crown Prince of Norway 108 King George V, the Late King Edward VII and the Prince of Wales 120 Infanta Eulalia on Horseback 138