Rudolf, Crown Prince, reproaches Countess Marie Larisch for acting as go-between for the Empress, 90; errors about, in _The Martyrdom of an Empress_, 101-103; directed to write to General Benedek, 140; his the only life between Maximilian and the throne of Austria, 168; the fatality of the name Rudolf—his literary and artistic tastes, 193; his quarrel with the German Emperor—conspiring for the throne of Hungary, 194, 206, 210; capable of both affability and hauteur, 194, 195; popular with the people, a spoiled child and precociously cynical, 195; whilst seeking a wife had a lady as provisional companion travelling with him—rejects the suit of Princess Mathilde of Saxony and asks the hand of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, 196; neglects her for Mary Vetsera, 200, 201; whom he says he could not shake off, 203; asks Countess Marie Larisch to bring Mary to him at the Hofburg, says he is in political danger, hands the Countess a steel casket, 204; the person to whom it is to be delivered, 205; his hunting box at Meyerling, 208; the Princess taken there, 208, 209; the Princess follows him when he goes to visit Mary Vetsera and changes his carriage for hers, 209; his death, 60, 161, 212—and the various official accounts, 212-214; his last letter, 216; various accounts of the tragedy, 218-231; his association with Archduke John Salvator, 234, 235; was the latter concerned in his death? 246 Rumbold, Sir Horace, _The Austrian Court of the Nineteenth Century_, v, 299 Ruskberg, 56 Russia, 156 Russo-Turkish War, 158 Saarbrücken, 154 Sadowa, Battle of, 134, 137, 144, 146, 151, 160, 174, 176, 179 Saint-Nazaire, 178 Salzburg, 254, 274, 321 San Remo, 266 Santa Lucia, Battle of, 37 Sardinia, 124, 129 Schleswig-Holstein, 125, 133 Schlictling, General, von, 136 Schönnbrunn, 29, 109, 192, 266, 341 Schratt, Frau Katti, 104-113, 162, 271, 289, 350 Schwartzenberg, Felix, 45, 47, 48, 52, 58 Seefried zu Buttenheim, Baron Otto von, 292, 293 Servia, and Austria’s Servian subjects, 159, 342-345 _Siècle, Le_, on Frau Schratt’s mission to Rome, 108 Slav problem not solved by the granting of the Hungarian Constitution, 145, 158 Smith, Penny, 237 Sobieski, John, King of Poland, 70 Sodich, Captain, 253 Solferino, Battle of, 66, 124