PART SEVEN

XXXII. HOME AND FRIENDS 377

We two. Business troubles. Deaths. Family life at Castle Stockern. Home theater. The twelfth of June. Visit of Prince André Dadiani.

XXXIII. LETTERS FROM ALFRED NOBEL 384

XXXIV. IN BERLIN AND HAMBURG 389

My review. Invitation to Berlin. A. H. Fried and his plans. The reading. The Berlin _Tageblatt_ on a letter from Frédéric Passy. A banquet. Voices from the press. Evening at Spielhagen’s. Dinner at Mosse’s. The Empress Frederick. Professor W. Meyer does us the honors of “Urania.” Excursion to Hamburg. An evening tea with Hans Land, Dr. Löwenberg, Otto Ernst, and Detlev von Liliencron. A letter of Liliencron’s.

XXXV. MORITZ VON EGIDY 400

His confession of faith. Further development. Candidacy for the Reichstag. From his address to the electors. On the fear of revolution. Idealists in act. My first meeting with Egidy. Visit at his home. Consistency of preaching and practice. A letter from Egidy.

XXXVI. VARIOUS OPINIONS 414

Letters from Alphonse Daudet, Paul Heyse, the Bishop of Durham, Ruggero Bonghi, and Count Kamarofski.

XXXVII. THE BERN SESSIONS 420

Journey to Switzerland. Poem by Count Hoyos. Letter from Prince Camillo Starhemberg. Opening of the Congress. First impulse to arbitration treaties, from America. League of European states. Social life of the Congressists. Arturo de Marcoartu. Alfred Nobel complies with my invitation. On the lake of Lucerne. A parable by Ruchonnet. Protest against distorted reports. A lively debate. Arrival of the Interparliamentarians. The Conference. A prophetic toast.

XXXVIII. VISIT TO ALFRED NOBEL 435

Arrival at Zurich. Nobel begins to take an interest in the peace movement, and joins us. Trips on the lake. A glimpse into his views of life. His first project for an act in furtherance of the cause of peace.

XXXIX. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GERMAN PEACE SOCIETY IN BERLIN 440