ARRIVAL IN LONDON--THE GENERAL’S DEBUT IN THE PRINCESS’S THEATRE--ENORMOUS SUCCESS--MY MANSION AT THE WEST END--DAILY LEVEES FOR THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY--HON. EDWARD EVERETT--HIS INTEREST IN THE GENERAL--VISIT TO THE BARONESS ROTHSCHILD--OPENING IN EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY--MR. CHARLES MURRAY, MASTER OF THE QUEEN’S HOUSEHOLD--AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY--A ROYAL RECEPTION--THE FAVORABLE IMPRESSION MADE BY THE GENERAL--AMUSING INCIDENTS OF THE VISIT--BACKING OUT--FIGHT WITH A POODLE--COURT JOURNAL NOTICE--SECOND VISIT TO THE QUEEN--THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCESS ROYAL--THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS--THIRD VISIT TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE--KING LEOPOLD, OF BELGIUM--ASSURED SUCCESS--THE BRITISH PUBLIC EXCITED--EGYPTIAN HALL CROWDED--QUEEN DOWAGER ADELAIDE--THE GENERAL’S WATCH--NAPOLEON AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON--DISTINGUISHED FRIENDS,......173 CHAP. XII.--IN FRANCE. GOING OVER TO ARRANGE PRELIMINARIES--PREVIOUS VISIT TO PARIS--ROBERT HOUDIN--WONDERFUL MECHANICAL TOYS--THE AUTOMATON LETTER-WRITER--DION BOUCICAULT--TAX ON NATURAL CURIOSITIES--HOW I COMPROMISED--THE GENERAL AND PARTY IN PARIS--FIRST VISIT TO KING LOUIS PHILIPPE--A SPLENDID PRESENT--DIPLOMACY--I ASK A FAVOR AND GET IT--LONG CHAMPS--THE GENERAL’S EQUIPAGE--THE FINEST ADVERTISEMENT EVER KNOWN--ALL PARIS IN A FUROR--OPENING OF THE LEVEES--“TOM POUCE” EVERYWHERE--THE GENERAL AS AN ACTOR--“PETIT POUCET”--SECOND AND THIRD VISITS AT THE TUILERIES--INVITATION TO ST. CLOUD--THE GENERAL PERSONATING NAPOLEON BONAPARTE--ST. DENIS--THE INVALIDES--REGNIER--ANECDOTE OF FRANKLIN--LEAVING PARIS--TOUR THROUGH FRANCE--DEPARTURE FOR BRUSSELS,......186 CHAP. XIII.--IN BELGIUM. CROSSING THE FRONTIER--PROFESSOR PINTE--QUALIFICATIONS OF A GOOD SHOWMAN--“SOFT SUP”--GENEROUS DISTRIBUTION OF MEDALS--PRINCE CHARLES STRATTON--AT BRUSSELS--PRESENTATION TO KING LEOPOLD AND HIS QUEEN--THE GENERAL’S JEWELS STOLEN--THE THIEF CAUGHT--RECOVERY OF THE PROPERTY--THE FIELD OF WATERLOO--MIRACULOUSLY MULTIPLIED RELICS--CAPTAIN TIPPITIWITCHET OF THE CONNECTICUT FUSILEERS--AN ACCIDENT--GETTING BACK TO BRUSSELS IN A CART--STRATTON SWINDLED--LOSING AN EXHIBITION--TWO HOURS IN THE RAIN ON THE ROAD--THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY--A STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST--STRATTON’S HEAD SHAVED--“BRUMMAGEM” RELICS--HOW THEY ARE PLANTED AT WATERLOO--WHAT LYONS SAUSAGES ARE MADE OF--FROM BRUSSELS TO LONDON,......208 CHAP. XIV.--IN ENGLAND AGAIN.