MY LORRAINE JOURNAL [Illustration] BOOKS BY EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY A DIPLOMAT’S WIFE IN MEXICO. Illustrated. DIPLOMATIC DAYS. Illustrated. HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK [ESTABLISHED 1817] [Illustration: DUCAL PALACE, NANCY] MY LORRAINE JOURNAL _by_ EDITH O’SHAUGHNESSY [MRS. NELSON O’SHAUGHNESSY] AUTHOR OF _“A Diplomat’s Wife in Mexico” and “Diplomatic Days”_ ILLUSTRATED [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MY LORRAINE JOURNAL Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1918 _To Mrs. William H. Crocker_ _In memory of a lost battle and in appreciation of her work in Lorraine_ ILLUSTRATIONS DUCAL PALACE, NANCY _Frontispiece_ VERDUN AND VICINITY _Facing p._ 4 PLACE STANISLAS, NANCY ” 12 AUTHOR AT VITRIMONT ” 30 CEMETERY, VITRIMONT ” 30 THE BRIDGE AT LUNÉVILLE ” 30 FOUNTAIN OF AMPHITRITE BY JEAN LAMOUR, PLACE STANISLAS, NANCY ” 38 SOUVENIR MENU OF LUNCHEON AT VERDUN, JUNE 17, 1917 ” 46 OUR PARTY ON THE BATTLE-FIELD AT VERDUN, JUNE 17, 1917 ” 50 IN THE BOYAUX, VERDUN, JUNE 17, 1917 ” 50 SISTER JULIE ” 124 BAS-RELIEF OF THE REFUGEES ” 124 MISS POLK’S WEDDING ” 162 CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD xi PART I CHAP. I. HOW ONE MAY HAPPEN TO GO TO THE FRONT 3 II. NANCY 12 III. LUNÉVILLE 18 IV. VITRIMONT 22 V. LUNÉVILLE AGAIN 28