+===============================================+ | Etext transcriper's note: | | German has not been corrected. | | Some typographical errors have been corrected;| | a list follows the text. | +===============================================+ MEMORIES OF THE KAISER’S COURT [Illustration: THE GERMAN EMPEROR IN ENGLISH ADMIRAL’S UNIFORM] MEMORIES OF THE KAISER’S COURT BY ANNE TOPHAM WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS SEVENTH AND CHEAPER EDITION METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _This Book was First Published_ _August 25th 1914_ _Second Edition_ _September 14th 1914_ _Third Edition_ _September 29th 1914_ _Fourth Edition_ _October 23rd 1914_ _Fifth Edition_ _December 15th 1914_ _Sixth Edition_ _February 1st 1915_ _This Edition, at 2s. 6d. net, First Published in 1915_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. ARRIVAL AT THE PRUSSIAN COURT 1 II. HOMBURG-VOR-DER-HÖHE 17 III. THE NEW PALACE 36 IV. DIVERSIONS OF THE KAISER’S DAUGHTER 51 V. CHRISTMAS AT COURT 69 VI. BERLIN SCHLOSS 86 VII. DONAU-ESCHINGEN AND METZ 101 VIII. EDUCATION 117 IX. THE BAUERN-HAUS AND SCHRIPPEN-FEST 128 X. ROYAL WEDDINGS 144 XI. WILHELMSHÖHE 159 XII. CADINEN 174 XIII. ROMINTEN 190 XIV. THE KAISER AND KAISERIN 205 XV. CONCLUSION 221 INDEX 241 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE GERMAN EMPEROR IN ENGLISH ADMIRAL’S UNIFORM (Photo, E. Bieber, Berlin.) FRONTISPIECE FACING PAGE