On the whole, then, the outlook has its bright side. We are appalled at the loss of life, at the desolation of territory, at the complicated wastage of war. But the Allies will come out of it stronger in many ways, not only with recovered territory--France with her long-lost children returned, and Russia no doubt with her southern port (which means her emancipation)--but with ancient instincts of race reawakened and sharpened, with broader views, particularly on the part of France and Great Britain; for this war has killed the distance across the English Channel, and England, losing her insularity, will become more and more closely attached to her great Republican neighbour. INDEX Abdul Hamid, Sultan, 151, 152 Absinthe, sale of, prohibited in France, 248 Albert, King of the Belgians, 183 Alcazar, the palace of the, 35 description of, 36 life at, 37 _et seq._ Alcohol, the War and, 248 Alexander II., Tsar, assassination of, 176 Alexandra, Queen, 129, 131, 175, 194, 205, 209 Alexis, Grand Duke, 172 Alfonso XII., King, 2, 28 a family reunion, 27 a love match, 74 a visit to the French hospital, 60 and the Spanish aristocracy, 93 at the Escurial, 27-28 buried in the Escurial, 97 death of, 96, 97 grief at death of his wife, 90 _et seq._ his activities, 93 _et seq._ his children, 96 his education, 46 his popularity, 52 his second marriage, 95 ill-health of, 91 marries Mercedes, daughter of the Duc de Montpensier, 80 proclaimed King, 20, 48, 49, 58 the Infanta and, 5, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 34-5, 44-6, 64, 66, 68, 81, 89, 90 _et seq._ Alfonso XIII., King, birth of, 96, 104 Amadeo of Savoy, Prince, 49 Amber, a Royal search for, 211 America, a democratic crowd in, 235-6 the author in, 222 _et seq._ the Press of, 232, 235 the railways in, 233 Antoine of Orléans, Archduke, 68 _et seq._, 74, 99 marries the Infanta Eulalia, 100 separated from his wife, 238-239 Aosta, the Dowager Duchess of, 218 _et seq._ Aosta, the Duke and Duchess of, 217, 221 Aranjuez, the palace of, 100 Arbitration, democracy and, 247 Argyll, Duchess of, 130 Armada, dispatch of the, 28 Atoche, the church of, 104 Austria before the War, 181 Belgians, Albert King of the, 183 Belgium, King Leopold of, 183 Berlin, Court life in, 134 _et seq._ “Blood Royal,” prerogatives of, 3-4, 11, 31, 32 _et seq._, 62, 63, 84 Boer War, the, 113, 136 Bologna, 215 Bonaparte, Princess Lætitia (_See_ Aosta, Dowager Duchess) “Bossism” in America and Spain, 55-6 Bourbon, Princess Caroline of, 175 British rule in India, the, 111 Bulgaria, King Ferdinand of, 184-5 Caciques in Spain, 56 _et seq._ Calomarde, Señor, 50 Campos, General Martinez, 48 Canovas, Señor, 85 _Cara de Dios_, la, 98 Carlo, Don, and the Spanish succession, 49-51 Caroline of Bourbon, Princess, 178 Charles III., 43 Charles IV., 224 Chicago: the World’s Fair, 222 Christian, King of Denmark, 205, 207 Christiania, author at, 190 _et seq._