PART FIVE

XXII. AT HOME 263

Departure from the Caucasus. First destination, Görz. Return to Harmannsdorf. Family life and neighborly visits. Literary correspondence. Writers’ convention in Berlin.

XXIII. A WINTER IN PARIS 275

_Schriftstellerroman_ and _Das Maschinenzeitalter_. Journey to Paris. Renewed acquaintance with Alfred Nobel. The Schnäbele affair. Madame Adam’s salon. Princess Tamara of Georgia in Paris. Max Nordau. A ball in the _palais_ of the _Revue des deux mondes_. Victor Cherbuliez. Ludovic Halévy. Alphonse Daudet.

XXIV. THERE IS A PEACE MOVEMENT 287

Return from Paris. International Peace Association. _Das Maschinenzeitalter_ by “Jemand.” Anonymity attains its end. Bartholomäus von Carneri. At the Carneri table. In the hotel Meissl.

XXV. _DIE WAFFEN NIEDER_ 294

How the plan for the book originated. Study of sources. The model of my hero. Satisfaction in writing the word “End.” Unanimously rejected by the editors. The publisher’s scruples. Publication. How the book was received. Favorable and hostile criticisms. Personal contact with the peace movement resulting from the novel. The Peace Congress of 1889 in Paris. Founding of Interparliamentary Union.

XXVI. INTERCOURSE WITH FRIENDS 303

In port. Trip to Vienna. Literary circles. Balduin Groller. Theodor Herzl. Letter from Count Hoyos. Letter from Friedrich Bodenstedt.

XXVII. MENTONE AND VENICE 312

The news of the Crown Prince’s death. Sojourn in Mentone. Octave Mirbeau. A winter in Venice. Old acquaintances. Princess Tamara and Marietta Saibante. Visit of Felix Moscheles to the widow “Tillings.” Moscheles as peace propagandist. Formation of a section in Venice through Marquis Pandolfi. The Grelix. The Princess of Montenegro. Princess Hatzfeld, born Von Buch. A memory of Cosima Wagner.