FROM MEMORY’S SHRINE [Illustration: Carmen Sylva] FROM MEMORY’S SHRINE THE REMINISCENCES OF CARMEN SYLVA (H. M. QUEEN ELISABETH OF ROUMANIA) _Translated from the German, by Her Majesty’s desire, by her former Secretary_ EDITH HOPKIRK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration:_colophon] PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1911 COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY Published March, 1911 PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 I. CLARA SCHUMANN 13 II. GRANDMAMMA 30 III. ERNST MORITZ ARNDT 60 IV. BERNAYS 69 V. TWO OLD RETAINERS 85 VI. FANNY LAVATER 97 VII. BUNSEN 119 VIII. PERTHES 139 IX. A FAITH-HEALER 151 X. MARY BARNES 175 XI. THE FAMILY VALETTE 181 XII. KARL SOHN, THE PORTRAIT-PAINTER 192 XIII. WEIZCHEN 203 XIV. A GROUP OF HUMBLE FRIENDS 217 XV. MY TUTORS 232 XVI. MARIE 243 XVII. MY BROTHER OTTO 251 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Carmen Sylva _Frontispiece_ Madame Schumann 16 H. M. King Charles of Roumania 28 Royal Palace at Bucarest 64 A Queen at Her Loom 94 H. M. Queen Elisabeth of Roumania 140 H. M. Queen Elisabeth of Roumania 182