Courts and courtiers; Europe -- Social life and customs
Eulalia and the death of Alfonso XII., 96 _et seq._
and the English Royal circle, 130 _et seq._
and the language of eyes, 65
asserts herself, 8, 26, 30, 40
at Rome, 182
at the convent of the Sacré Cœur, 9 _et seq._, 108
at the Norwegian Court, 193 _et seq._
at the Ordensfest in Berlin, 138, 139, 140
at the palace of the Alcazar, 36 _et seq._
at Richmond, 119-120
death of her mother, 239
her engagement, 69, 74, 99
her father, 17, 189
her First Communion, 14
her growing desire for solitude, 238
her irksome duties as a Princess, 22 _et seq._, 142 _et seq._
her love of books, 46 _et seq._
her “mortal sin” and confession thereof, 70
her mother, 2, 4, 14, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 35, 38, 45, 75
her sisters, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 25, 40, 41, 44, 52, 60, 61, 68, 81
her sons, ix, 189, 238
in America, 232 _et seq._
in Russia, 160 _et seq._
marriage of, 100
Prince Napoleon a playmate of, 4
the Kaiser and, 134 _et seq._, 140-41
the King of Spain and, 240
visits Queen Victoria at Windsor, 108-9
“Face of God, the,” 98
Ferdinand, King of Bulgaria, 183-4
Ferdinand VII. of Spain, 15, 50
Ferrari, Philippo, 215
France and the Great War, 242-3
and the question of disarmament, 248
country life in, 119
Louis Philippe, King of, 72
Royalty in, 107
Francisco, Infante, father of Infanta Eulalia, 17, 189
Frederick, Empress, 130
Frederick the Great, the library of, 153
French, the, diplomacy of, 127
Galliera, the Duke of, 213, 215
Genoa, the Duke and Duchess of, 217, 219
George V., King, the simplicity of his life, 132
George, Mr. Lloyd, 253
German Emperor, the (_see_ William II.)
Royal Family, the, 136
Germany and the Great War, 246, 255
growth of Socialism in, 137
her greed for power and wealth, 251
industrial and commercial rivalry with England, 114
military party in, 155, 242
Great Britain and the Great War, 243
Great War, the, 115, 125, 132, 133, 179, 184
author’s reflections on, 242
good results of, 252 _et seq._
the Allies’ individual unity, 255
Tsar Nicholas II. and, 176
Gustav, King of Sweden, 204
Haakon, King of Norway, 180, 192, 193 _et seq._
Havana, author visits, 224
convicts as servants in, 227
the author’s curious predicament in, 228
Houlgate, an adventure at, 7
Humbert, King of Italy, 216, 217
India, British rule in, 111
Infection, immunity of Spanish to, 84 (_cf._ Viaticum)
Isabel the Infanta, 44, 53, 95, 151
marriage of, 69
Isabelle II. (mother of the Infanta Eulalia), 2, 4, 14, 17, 19,
24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 35, 38, 42, 45, 239
an anecdote of, 102
attempted assassination of, 46
dethronement of, 49
intrigues against marriage of Alfonso XII., 42, 71
returns to Spain, 20, 22
succeeds to the throne, 50
Isle of Wight, 130, 162, 174
Italian Court, the, and the Vatican, a quarrel between, 95
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