OFFENBACH, JACQUES, composer, writes the music for a play by the Duke de Morny. Old family origins. PATTI, reminiscences of. Petit Val, the Moultons' country seat; its princely neighbors and guests; Napoleon builds a bridge for; the nightingale in the cedar; in the path of the German army; Madame views ruin all around; dining with the invaders; conquering with song; rescued by the American Minister Washburn. Picnic at Grand Trianon. Pierrefonds, ancient château, excursion to; restored by Architect Viollet-le-Duc; second visit to. Prince Imperial as "Pan"; leaves for the war with the Emperor; "le baptême du feu". Prince Oscar's tributes of punch, bracelets, and poetry; duet with; visits Delsarte. RIGAULT, RAOUL, Communard prefect of Paris, insults Madame; decrees many arrests; gives orders for the massacre of forty hostages. Roman days with the Haseltines; Sculptor Story and his family; an Italian "Mrs. Malaprop"; audience with the Pope; visit to Garibaldi; an accident, a dream, and a lottery ticket; presented to the royal family; a typical nobleman; President Polk's widow entertains; Madame a guest at the Quirinal; Tosti as accompanist. Rossini, Gioachino, his home and his wigs; highly praises Madame's voice; severely criticizes Wagner but praises "Tannhäuser;" approves of Gounod. Rothschild, Baroness Alphonse, gives a concert with no one to hear it but herself and Madame. Rue de Courcelles and the Moulton Hotel during the siege; Père Moulton's prevision; farming and dairying in the conservatory; visited by Courbet, the Communard artist; Auber tells of the saturnalia; Mère Moulton leaves for Dinard; a notable dinner party has peas from Petit Val; Massenet and Auber at the piano; Whist under difficulties; shut in; despoiled of horse, but the cow is saved; under fire; succoring a wounded fugitive; refuge at Dinard. SCHOOL-DAYS at Cambridge under Professor Agassiz; Character sketches of the tutors, the best in Harvard. Skating on the lake at Suresnes with baby Nina; meets and teaches Napoleon and Eugénie; in the Bois. Strauss, at the Metternich ball, conducts "The Blue Danube" waltz. Sullivan's "Prodigal Son." THEATER at Compiègne. Three famous artists amuse the invalid. "Three Little Kittens." Tips a burden at Compiègne; Père Moulton objects and they are abolished. VIRGINIA reel with the Emperor; Madame de Persigny gets a fall.