THE SUNNY SIDE OF DIPLOMATIC LIFE 1875-1912 By L. DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE Author of "In The Courts of Memory" ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS, FACSIMILES, ETC. Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London MCMXIV 1913, 1914 By Harper & Brothers Printed in The United States of America Published October, 1914 [Illustration: LILLIE DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE Reproduced from the portrait painted in 1880 by B.C. Porter.] CONTENTS PAGE NOTE vii THE ALPHABET OF A DIPLOMAT ix WASHINGTON, 1875-1880 1 ROME, 1880-1890 89 STOCKHOLM, 1890-1897 201 PARIS, 1897-1902 237 BERLIN, 1902-1912 277 ILLUSTRATIONS LILLIE DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE _Frontispiece_ MRS. U.S. GRANT _Facing p._ 6 SARAH BERNHARDT " 12 DOM PEDRO " 12 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW " 50 JAMES G. BLAINE " 50 OLE BULL " 82 QUEEN MARGHERITA " 102 KING VICTOR EMANUEL " 106 TWO YOUNG QUEENS " 130 THE PALACE, MONZA (FRONT) " 136 PALACE AND GARDENS " 136 NOTE FROM F. LISZT " 152 AALHOLM. BUILT IN 1100 " 168 INSCRIPTIONS IN ONE OF THE ROOMS AT AALHOLM, BEARING THE DATE 1585 " 168 FRANCESCO CRISPI " 198 KING OSCAR " 212 THE KING OF SWEDEN " 220 THE RIKSDAG OF SWEDEN " 224 FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM GRIEG " 230 A LETTER IN ENGLISH FROM KING OSCAR " 234 JULES MASSENET AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER " 246 A NOTE FROM MASSENET " 248 FÉLIX FAURE WHEN PRESIDENT OF FRANCE " 252 LINES FROM "LA PRINCESSE LOINTAINE" WITH ROSTAND'S AUTOGRAPH " 260 BJÖRNSON " 270 THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY ON HER FAVORITE MOUNT " 280 EMPEROR WILLIAM IN THE UNIFORM OF THE GUARDS " 280 TWO VIEWS OF ROYALTY " 282 THE THRONE-ROOM OF THE ROYAL PALACE, BERLIN " 290 QUEEN LOUISE OF DENMARK " 296 THE ROYAL PALACE AND LUSTGARTEN, BERLIN " 306 COUNT HATZFELDT " 326 THE EMPEROR IN 1905 " 332 NOTE