Austria, a medley of races, not a nation, vi; its history only to be understood in conjunction with the personality of its sovereign, vi, vii; its position in the Holy Roman Empire, 2; the formation of the Empire its chief problem, 4; a Teuton Power when Francis Joseph commenced his reign—its Italian provinces, 7; opposed to the liberal ideas of the period, 33; all its statesmen policemen at heart, 34; the revolution in Lombardy, 36-38; the popular demand for a constitution, 40; risings in Vienna, 41; wonderfully favoured by accidents, 54; bungling policy of, in connection with the Crimean War, 70; at war with France and Italy, 123-130; like all Germans, can only govern in a state of siege, 124, 125; tortured her Italian subjects in prison, 125, 126; an Italian’s opinions of, 126, 127; at war with Prussia, 134-137; surrenders Venetia to Italy, 134; her attitude in the Franco-Prussian War, 148-157; her future not in Italy or Germany, but in the Balkans—occupies Bosnia, 158; her coming troubles in the Balkan States, 342-346 Austrian Alpine Club, 125 _Austrian Court of the Nineteenth Century_, _see_ Rumbold, Sir Horace Bach, Alexander A., Baron von, 66 Baden, 162 Balfour, Jabez, 257 Baltazzi, Alexander, 201, 211, 214, 224 Baltazzi, Evelyn, 201 Baltazzi, Hector, 201 Ban of Croatia, the, _see_ Jellaçiç, Baron Von Barclay’s brewery, Marshal Haynau’s reception by the draymen at, 61-64 Barr, Robert, 219 Barrès, Maurice, 79 Batthyany, Elemar, 57 Batthyany, Louis, 57, 58 Bavaria, 155 Bazaine, Marshal, 173 Beck, Baroness von, on the cynicism of the Court during the Hungarian War, 59 Beckford, William, 190 Benedek, General, 135-142 Berlin, 134, 155 _Berliner Lokal Anzeiger_, interviews Frau Schratt on the rumour of the morganatic marriage of Francis Joseph, 109; story of the death of Crown Prince Rudolf in, 219, 220 Berry, Duchesse de, 238 Bertha, Count Alexander von, 82 Berzeviczy, General, 263 Beust, F. F. von, 83, 155 Biarritz, 133, 264, 266 Bismarck, Prince, 68, 132, 133, 135, 140, 162, 272 Bohemia, 46, 51, 136, 155 Boigne, Mme. de, 88 Bomba, _see_ Francis II., King of Naples Bombelles, Count, 218 Bosnia, Austrian occupation of, 158 Brabant, Marie, Duchess of, 23 Bratfisch, coachman to the Crown Prince Rudolf, 219 Bruckenau, 266 Brussels, 63, 108, 197, 198, 294, 322 Buda-Pesth, 52, 53, 146, 161, 211, 239, 287 Buenos Ayres, 255 Burg, Charles, 71, 291; _see also_ Archduke Ferdinand Charles Byron, Lord, 6; _Don Juan_, 6 Cairo, 203 Calvi, Colonel, 126, 127 Capet, Hugues, 20 Cap Martin, 119, 264 Capua, Prince of, 237 Carlos, Don, 322 Castiglioni, Countess, 123 Castlereagh, Lord, 5 Caux, 266 Cavour, Count, 122, 123 Chaco, 255 Charles II. of Spain, 24 Charles III. of Spain, 21 Charles V., Emperor, 24