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Mary King Waddington. My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
Table of Contents
I. WHEN MACMAHON WAS PRESIDENT II. IMPRESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES III. M. WADDINGTON AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IV. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF A MINISTER'S WIFE V. A REPUBLICAN VICTORY AND A NEW MINISTRY VI. THE EXPOSITION YEAR VII. THE BERLIN CONGRESS VIII. GAIETIES AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY IX. M. WADDINGTON AS PRIME MINISTER X. PARLIAMENT BACK IN PARIS XI. LAST DAYS AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. INDEX. ILLUSTRATIONS
MONSIEUR THIERS. MARSHAL MACMAHON. SITTING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES. THE FOYER OF THE OPERA. MEETING OF OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AND OF DELEGATES OF THE NEW CHAMBERS, IN THE SALON OF HERCULES, PALACE OF VERSAILLES. THEODOR MOMMSEN. PALACE OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PARIS. FRANZ LISZT. WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. LORD LYONS. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, IN 1876. PRINCE HOHENLOHE. M. WILLIAM WADDINGTON. IN THE UNIFORM HE WORE AS MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND AT THE BERLIN CONGRESS, 1878. NASR-ED-DIN, SHAH OF PERSIA. PRINCE BISMARCK. THE BERLIN CONGRESS. M. JULES GRÉVY, READING MARSHAL MACMAHON'S LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. M. JULES GRÉVY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE SENATE AND CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MEETING AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. THE ELYSÉE PALACE, PARIS. HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, ABOUT 1879. M. DE FREYCINET. MME. SADI CARNOT. PRESIDENT SADI CARNOT. MY FIRST YEARS AS A FRENCHWOMAN
I
WHEN MACMAHON WAS PRESIDENT
II
IMPRESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES
III
M. WADDINGTON AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
IV
THE SOCIAL SIDE OF A MINISTER'S WIFE
THE SOCIAL SIDE
V
A REPUBLICAN VICTORY AND A NEW MINISTRY
VI
THE EXPOSITION YEAR
VII
THE BERLIN CONGRESS
VIII
GAIETIES AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY
IX
M. WADDINGTON AS PRIME MINISTER
X
PARLIAMENT BACK IN PARIS
XI
LAST DAYS AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE
INDEX
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Mary King Waddington
Published by Good Press, 2019
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There is very little informal receiving, no more evenings with no amusement of any kind provided, and a small table at one end of the room with orangeade and cakes, which I remember when I was first married (and always in Lent the quartet of the Conservatoire playing classical symphonies, which of course put a stop to all conversation, as people listened to the artists of the Conservatoire in a sort of sacred silence). Now one is invited each time, there is always music or a comédie, sometimes a conference in Lent, and a buffet in the dining-room. There is much more luxury, and women wear more jewels. There were not many tiaras when I first knew Paris society; now every young woman has one in her corbeille.
[Illustration: The foyer of the Opéra.]
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