Waddington, Mme., meets Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, 3; M. Waddington appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Moscow, to represent France at the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 4-6; preparations for Moscow, 6-12; arrives at Berlin, 13, 14; impression of Berlin, 15; visits the de Bunsens, 17, 19; goes to the races, 18; departure from Berlin, 22; dines at Alexandrownow with a Hessian Prince, 23; reaches Warsaw, 24; describes the city, 24; visits a chateau, 25; the trip from Warsaw to Moscow, 26-31; arrival at Moscow, 31, 32; description of the Maison Klein, 32, 33; experiences with a Court train, 36; drives through Moscow, 37-39; the Emperor's entrance into the Kremlin, 42-46; received by the Empress, 47-52; visits Princess Obolenski, 52; goes over the palaces at the Kremlin, 54; famous paintings and jewels in the Church of the Assomption, 54; visits Princess Radziwill and Countess Pahlen, 55; at the reception of the Arch Duke and Duchess Albert of Austria, 56-58; attends reception at M. de Giers', 58; audience with Grand Duchess Michel, 59, 60; with the Grand Duchess Constantine, 60, 61; with the Duchesse d'Oldenburg, 61; and the Grand Duchess Wladmir, 61; dines with the permanent French Embassy, 62; the Coronation of Emperor Alexander, 63-67, 70, 71; the Coronation breakfast, 67-70; at the presentation of felicitations to the Emperor and Empress, 71-73; presented to the Queen of Greece, 71, 72; appearance of the Embassies, 72, 73; goes to the Court ball, 73-75; dances with the Emperor and Grand Duke Wladimir, 74, 75; the Fete Populaire, 76, 82; gives a Russian dinner, 76, 77; the great ball at the Palace, 77, 78; goes shopping, 78, 95; attends the Opera, 79, 80; tea with the Empress, 80; gives a diplomatic dinner, 83, 96, 99, 100; photographing the whole establishment, 83, 84; at the Palace ball, 85-90; sees the Tresor, 91; the gala dinner, 92-94; the institution of the "Enfants Trouves," 95, 96; gives a reception, 100, 101; the revue at the Tribune Imperiale, 102-104; sightseeing in Moscow, 106; preparations for leaving Moscow, 107, 108, 109; takes a moonlight drive to the Kremlin, 109, 110; departure from Moscow, 111; the journey to Petersburg, 111, 112; description of Petersburg, 113, 114; the Hermitage, 113, 115, 116; "La Pointe," 114, 115; the pictures at the Hermitage, 116, 117, 118; makes an excursion to Peterhof, 116, 117; dinner at the Hunts', 120; entertained by Admiral Baldwin on board the flagship Lancaster, 120-123; visits the Thorntons, 124, 125; shopping in Petersburg, 126; the voyage by steamer to Stockholm, 126-134; description of Helsingfors, 129, 130; Abo, the old capital of Finland, 132; the approach to Stockholm, 134; drives through Stockholm, 135-139; to Drottningholm, 138, 139; shopping in Stockholm, 141, 142; journeys from Stockholm to Copenhagen, 144, 145;