Sherman on Cuba--Visit Italy--Garibaldi’s Wonderful Reception at Rome--The Artist Freeman--First American Painter to Live in Rome--Rome in 1840--See Victor Emmanuel--Joaquin Miller--His Conversation and Appearance--New Swiss Constitution--More Letters from General Sherman--Too Many Commanders in Washington for Him--Will Go to St. Louis--His Views of War Histories. 95 CHAPTER XII. 1875. Letters from Mrs. Sherman and the General--He Tells Me He is Writing His Life--The Negro Question--A Chateau by Lake Zurich--I Write a Book on Switzerland--Also Write a Play--A City of Dead Kings--Go to London--Meet Colonel Forney--Dinner at George W. Smalley’s--Kate Field--Visit Boucicault--Conversations with the Newer Shakespeare--The Beautiful Minnie Walton--Breakfast at Her Home--Professor Fick--His Home Built in the Old Roman Wall--Lectures-- Holidays at the Consulate--Mrs. Congressman Kelley--A Student Commerz--Beer Drinking--Dukes of the Republic-- Duels--Letter from General Sherman--Prussian Army Maneuvers. 104 CHAPTER XIII. 1876. Storm in the Alps--Mr. Benjamin--Kate Sherwood Bonner-- Icebergs--A Scotch Poet--Horatio King’s Literary Evenings-- Colonel Forney--Mr. Robert--A New York Millionaire’s Home-- A Christmas Night Hurricane at Sea--The Tilden-Hayes Fight-- Civil War Feared in Washington--Dennison, the Inventor--A Strange Murder--The Wreck of the Schiller and Loss of Miss Dimmick. 119 CHAPTER XIV. 1877. General Grant Visits Lake Luzern--Conversations with Him-- How I Brought the Good News of Sherman’s Successes in the Carolinas to General Grant at Richmond--Grant’s Simplicity in His Travels--A Strange Experience on the Rigi--London Papers Amazed at the Population of the United States--First Telephone. 128 CHAPTER XV. 1877. General Grant and the Swiss President--Banquet to Grant at Bern--Good Roads--Am Chargé d’Affaires for Switzerland-- Writing for the Magazines. 134 CHAPTER XVI. 1877. Franz Liszt at Zurich--Swiss Great Lovers of Music--Wagner Once Lived Here--His Singular Ways--Dr. Willi--Madame Lucca’s Villa--Liszt’s Kissing Bees--Jefferson Davis’ Daughter--A Laughable Mistake. 140 CHAPTER XVII. 1878. Some Recollections of Mine about General Grant in the War-- Grant at Champion Hills--Sherman’s Letter on Confiscation by Taxation in America--Grant at Ragatz--I Give a Banquet in His Honor at Zurich. 145 CHAPTER XVIII. 1878.