The Real England--The St. James's Hall Meeting--Remarkable Enthusiasm--Mr. Gladstone's Speech--He Escorts Me Home--Newspaper Comment--Lord Salisbury and General Ignatieff--Mutual Regard--The Turks Displeased--An Embarrassing Tribute--The End of the Constantinople Conference--Mr. Gladstone Compromised--War Declared--"What Will England Do?"--Bismarck's Policy--Prince Gortschakoff's Opinion CHAPTER IV MR. GLADSTONE His Last Utterance.--His Fearlessness---His Opinion of _Russia and England_--A Christian Revolution--Cardinal Manning's Tribute--Gladstone and the Old Catholics--The Question of Immortality--Mr. Gladstone's Remarkable Letter--A Delightful Listener--His Power of Concentration--Hayward and Gladstone--Their Discussion--Miss Helen Gladstone--We Talk Gladstone--The Old Lady's Delight--I Miss my Train {12} CHAPTER V SOME SOCIAL MEMORIES My Thursdays in Russia--Khalil Pasha's Death--Lord Napier and the Lady-in-Waiting--Madame Volnys--My Parents-in-law's _ménage_--An Exceptional Type--Prince Vladimir Dolgorouki's Embarrassment--The Grand Duchess Helen--A Brilliant Woman--The Emperor's Enjoyment--The Campbell-Bannermans--A Royal Diplomatist--Mark Twain on Couriers--In Serious Vein--Verestchagin--"The Retreat from Moscow"--The Kaiser's Remarkable Utterance CHAPTER VI THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS I A Pacific Emperor--An Imperial Fault--The Pauper's Funeral--The Emperor's Visit to my Mother--My Dilemma--The Emperor's Kindness--He is Snubbed by an _Ingénue_--The Emperor's Desire for an Alliance with England--Prince Gortschakoff's Rejoinder--The Slav Ideal--Russia and Constantinople--Bismarck's Admiration--He Discomfits a Member of the Reichstag CHAPTER VII "AS OTHERS SEE US" "A Russian Agent"--"To Lure British Statesmen"--A Charming Tribute--The Press at Sea--Wild Stories--A Musical Political Agitator--"An Unofficial Ambassador"--Baron de Staal's Indifference--Prince Lobanoff's Kindness--Count Shouvaloft's Dislike of my Work--Prince Gortschakoff and the Slavs--Baron Brunow and the French Ambassador--English Sportsmanship--A Shakespeare Banquet CHAPTER VIII JEWISH RUSSOPHOBIA The Jews and the War--Their Attitude in 1876--Their Hatred of Slavism--The Problems of Other Countries--English Sympathy--The Guildhall Meeting--The Russian Government Blamed--Tolstoy and the Jews--My Jewish Friends--A Curious Tradition--Self-protection CHAPTER IX ENGLAND AND THE GREAT FAMINE IN RUSSIA My Russian Home--The Horrors of Famine--The Peasants' Heroism--Starving yet Patient--The Society of Friends--I am Invited to Meeting--Magnificent Munificence--Among the Starving--Terrible Hardships--Some Illustrations--Living in Dug-outs--The Stoical Russian--Cinder Bread {13} CHAPTER X MUSICAL MEMORIES