My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879

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 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

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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