Indiscretions' of Lady Susan

`Indiscretions` of Lady Susan 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV `Indiscretions` of Lady Susan [Lady Susan Townley] D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK [Lady Susan Townley] 2 MCMXXII Copyright, 1922, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America. * * * TO STEVE THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, BEING SOME MEMORIES OF TWO HAPPY LIVES IN WHICH HE PLAYED A GREAT PART * * * CONTENTS * CHAPTER I LOOKING BACK I raise the Curtain with tales of my grandfather, and stories of my father and his family, including myself. * CHAPTER II LISBON Lisbon in the days of King Carlos People I met there, and how I once diplomatically fainted to avoid trouble with a German swashbuckler. * CHAPTER III BERLIN Berlin society as I knew it Recollections of the Emperor Frederick, and of the ex-Kaiser before and after he came to the throne How Cecil Rhodes directed the Kaiser`s ambitions towards Baghdad What the English in Berlin suffered during the Boer War, and how the Kaiser wanted to show us how to win it. * CHAPTER IV ROME We are transferred to Rome [Lady Susan Townley] 3 The tragedy of King Humbert I see the pagan relics of Rome with Professor Boni, and have a private audience with the Pope. * CHAPTER V PEKING The fascination of China Humours of my Chinese cooks that were not always amusing I become friendly with the famous Empress-Dowager and am admitted to the intimacy of her Palace The pitiful little Emperor The belated, fantastic funeral of Li Hung Chang A lightning trip, and the bet I won of Sir Claude Macdonald. * CHAPTER VI AN INTERLUDE * CHAPTER VII CONSTANTINOPLE Constantinople from within Abdul Hamid, the little wizened old despot, his subtle cruelties and cowardice in private and public life The secrets of the harem, and the bitter cry of the Turkish women. * CHAPTER VIII IN THE HOLY LAND A tour through the Holy Land Wonders of the Holy City A caravan journey to Damascus Pilgrims returning from Mecca How the Kaiser looted Palestine. * CHAPTER IX AMERICA [Lady Susan Townley] 4 Washington, the Mecca of diplomatists We are eulogized at first by the American Press What America is like Its hurry and social ambition American wives and their husbands A visit to the Bowery Opium dens A lost Englishwoman How I offended some American journalists What they said of me and what I think of them. * CHAPTER X THE ARGENTINE Racing in the Argentine "The wickedest city in the world" The prudishness of Argentine women Love-making as it is done A delightful visit to a great estancia A remarkable Devonshire family and how the father of it was tamed. * CHAPTER XI BUCHAREST When Carmen Sylva was Queen of Rumania What she did for her people The beauty and charm of Princess Marie, now Queen of the Rumanians Social life Peculiar views of marriage The Huns in Bucharest Mr. Lloyd George on M. Clemenceau, and M. Clemenceau on Mr. Lloyd George. * CHAPTER XII [Lady Susan Townley] 5 PERSIA To Persia Strange tales of Shah Nasr-ed-Din The boy who did not want to be king His coronation Pictures of Teheran An exciting and perilous journey to London and back. * CHAPTER XIII BELGIUM My work for the Censorship in London We go to The Hague British prisoners of war A visit to Zeebrugge I follow up the retiring Germans Bruges The underground club of the U-boat officers An eye-witness of how Captain Fryatt went to his death The devastation of War The tragic glory of Ypres, and how the King of the Belgians re-entered the martyred town. * CHAPTER XIV HOLLAND The end of the War How the fugitive ex-Kaiser came to Maarn, and how by chance I saw him arrive The story of the little Dutch soldier who would not let him cross the frontier The outcast Emperor Where the Germans had been Rejoicing in Antwerp and Brussels The Belgian King has his own again Tales of the German Revolution ... - tailieumienphi.vn