The news of the Crown Prince’s death. Sojourn in Mentone. Octave Mirbeau. A winter in Venice. Old acquaintances. Princess Tamara and Marietta Saibante. Visit of Felix Moscheles to the widow “Tillings.” Moscheles as peace propagandist. Formation of a section in Venice through Marquis Pandolfi. The Grelix. The Princess of Montenegro. Princess Hatzfeld, born Von Buch. A memory of Cosima Wagner. PART SIX XXVIII. THE AUSTRIAN INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP IS FORMED 325 Return. Skeptical reception of my reports. Resumption of our literary labors. Pandolfi suggests enlisting recruits in the Austrian parliament for the conference at Rome. Correspondence with members: Baron Kübeck, Pernerstorfer, Dr. Jaques, Dr. Exner. The group is formed, Baron Pirquet turning the scale. XXIX. FOUNDING OF THE AUSTRIAN PEACE SOCIETY 335 Appeal in the _Neue Freie Presse_. Response from the public. Adhesions and contributions of money. Prosper von Piette sends a thousand florins. Dr. Kunwald. Preliminary meeting. Joining the International League. Circular for the formation of a national union. Letter from the Duke of Oldenburg. Permanent organization. Voices from members of the world’s intellectual aristocracy. XXX. UNION FOR RESISTANCE TO ANTI-SEMITISM 348 A. G. von Suttner, Count Hoyos, Baron Leitenberger, and Professor Nothnagel found the Union. Article in the _Neue Freie Presse_. XXXI. THE CONGRESS IN ROME 356 Frame of mind. Life together in the Hotel Quirinal. General Türr and his career. Little revolution against Bonghi. Alsace-Lorraine. The Grelix couple. Baron Pirquet. Opening festival on the Capitol. Ruggero Bonghi as chairman. Weighty words. Founding of the Bern Central Bureau. Echoes. The monthly _Die Waffen nieder_ is launched. A. H. Fried. “The Important Thing.” PART SEVEN XXXII. HOME AND FRIENDS 377 We two. Business troubles. Deaths. Family life at Castle Stockern. Home theater. The twelfth of June. Visit of Prince André Dadiani. XXXIII. LETTERS FROM ALFRED NOBEL 384 XXXIV. IN BERLIN AND HAMBURG 389 My review. Invitation to Berlin. A. H. Fried and his plans. The reading. The Berlin _Tageblatt_ on a letter from Frédéric Passy. A banquet. Voices from the press. Evening at Spielhagen’s. Dinner at Mosse’s. The Empress Frederick. Professor W. Meyer does us the honors of “Urania.” Excursion to Hamburg. An evening tea with Hans Land, Dr. Löwenberg, Otto Ernst, and Detlev von Liliencron. A letter of Liliencron’s. XXXV. MORITZ VON EGIDY 400