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| My scrap-booksA female politician of other daysSouvenirs of past elections The Nottingham Lamb Bernal Osborne and his Irish friendTaxesPolitical caricaturesSir F. Carruthers GouldSir Frank LockwoodLord Vernon and the PopeOld menusWeddings of the pastSome anecdotesMrs. NortonThe Duchess of Somerset The Owl The Fourth PartySir Henry Drummond WolffThe Comte de Paris and the Primrose LeagueLord Randolph Churchill and his resignation of office |
| II |
| SocietyConversation and the lack of itMiss Gordon Cumming and Munro of NovarThe Duke of Wellingtons hatred of publicitySir Robert Peels wedding at Apsley HouseMr. DelaneAn eccentric patronA curates witThe Stock Exchange and the West EndPrince Edward of Saxe-Weimars drive homeAmerican influenceLionsMr. Watts and the crinoletteMatchmakingLady BeaconsfieldSome anecdotesLord Henry Lennox and the Duchess of ClevelandMaria, Marchioness of AilesburyFrances, Lady Waldegrave |
| III |
| Country housesLetter from Lord BeaconsfieldPolitical influence of landownersGuests down with the fishLongleatHinchingbrookeGoodwoodOld-time country visitorsColonel Nelthorpe and Wulliamthe Norfolk Militia in the fiftiesMy father and CasanovaA good-natured giantOld Lady SuffieldLord George BentinckAdmiral RousGeorge Payne and Lord Alexander LennoxReligion of the formerThe Duchess of Cleveland and Battle AbbeyAnecdotesDuke William of Normandy |
| IV |
| Lady Hollands girlhood at Battle AbbeyHer court at Holland HouseHer relationship to myselfHer waysHer insolenceAnecdotesLady PalmerstonCobden and Lord PalmerstonLord John RussellLady Jersey and Lady LondonderryTheir social influence exerted in favour of Mr. DisraeliLetters from Lady BeaconsfieldHer dinnersLord Lyndhurst and Mr. DisraeliInteresting letter from the latterHis difficulties in early lifeHis opinion of Mr. GladstoneAn ingenuous diplomatist |
| V |
| A memorandum by NapoleonEnglish opinions concerning him in other daysHis effigy burnt at NorwichThe Chevalier de BardelinInteresting relics at HighclereMy sight of Marie LouiseThe Emperor at MassHis love of church bellsSir Henry Drummond Wolffs visit to ElbaHears recollections of Napoleons gardenerAnecdotesThe Emperor and General LecourbeBaron von KleistMr. ManningNapoleon in LondonThe Midnight Review |
| VI |
| The BourbonsMdlle. Flicie de Fauveau and her vowMarie Antoinette at the Petit TrianonA buried treasureMadame du Barry and her bankersHer lost jewelsA possibility of existence at some bankHer destroyersZamor and the Englishman GrieveMrs. Atkyns and the DauphinHer gallant effort to save the QueenNaundorffAn American DauphinEleazar WilliamsMystery surrounding the death of Louis XVII |
| VII |
| Travelling abroadMunichLack of comfortsBaths and bathing, then and nowA careless travellerA carriage on a railway truck in recent yearsThe last of the Sedan-chairsAn eccentric menuAbraham HaywardAcclimatising crayfishEnglish trufflesChange in dinner hourOld English fareCareless housekeepingCookery booksSoyer and his wifeAn obsolete customThe triumph of tobacco |
| VIII |
| London of the pastEccentricities of modern architectureDreary modern streetsDecay of the picturesqueThe dignity of old LondonThe only running footmanBerkeley Square and its memoriesLady CowperLord and Lady HavershamCharles Street and MayfairCurzon Street and PiccadillyWimborne HouseA great partyChanges since the sixtiesThe last of the apothecariesLady LondonderryThe Sultan and his AmbassadressShadows of the past |
| IX |
| The London parksOld printsRural LondonDeer in Hyde ParkIts gatesProposed railway station in the ParkRiotsOrigin of the name Rotten RowAn unlucky suitor and his trousersLady Diana Beauclerk and the Baron de GrambDecadence of dressThe vis--vis The end of duellingLord Camelfords willHis burial-placeThe first Lord CamelfordHis Lines on Lady Hervey |
| X |
| Family picturesNelson and the WalpolesA group by DevisA fine old French picture saved by Mr. CobdenEccentricity of Lord HertfordDr. Schliemans bequestSome beautiful books in Lord Carnarvons collectionFashion in artSir Patrick Grant and the red cloakMr. GravesLord LeightonMr. AidA genial artistSir David WilkieScene-painting and artStewart relicsSilhouettesAnecdotes of William IV.Lady Georgiana Curzon and Ugly MugsWatch-papersThe origin of Christmas cards |
| XI |
| CollectingOld watchstandsSamplersNeedlework picturesOld military printsFrench engravingsFrench furnitureThe Htel de MnarsMr. Alfred Rothschilds collectionThe Tilsit table at Hertford House and its historyA 20,000 commode in dangerEccentricity of Mr. HawkinsOld English furniture inadequately represented in National CollectionsChippendale and the austere SheratonAn apostle of good tasteLady Hamiltons cabinetFurniture supportsKnole and its treasuresOrigin of the dumb-bellA gifted lady |
| XII |
| Favourites of the pastSiamese catsSir William GregoryA feline tragedyA dogs last farewellChinese dogs at GoodwoodA reluctant swainMr. Mallocks epitaphSandringhamRiding and drivingAnecdote of a parrotStrange diet of a storkMy choughs and their nestsDisappointed hopesAn unwelcome arrivalMr. Darwins interest in my gardenMr. Cobdens letter from AlgiersHis interest in my silkwormsGarden booksSome pretty verses by Mr. Lowe |
| XIII |
| A Diorama of FlorenceVauxhall GardensCauses of their end in 1855 Fte at CremorneThe ColiseumRinks and Roller-skatingAquariumsZazel and Mr. WattsNelly FarrenThe rise of the Music HallA visit to EvansPaddy Green as a collectorThe Opera in old daysTaglioni and CeritoPaul BedfordMr. TooleHis joke upon Sir Henry IrvingThe Exhibition of 1851Houdin, the Prince of ConjurersTheatre at RomeOld days at TplitzA libel upon the Queen |
| XIV |
| ChangesOld customsCountry housesA dispirited ConservativeWigsThe last Bishops to wear themSome witty repliesNightcapsDr. Burney and NelsonPosy ringsMutton-fat candles in 1835Belvoir CastleOld-world |
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