CHAPTER IV

Amiens, May 16, 1840--Travel in Belgium--Aix-la-Chapelle--The Art of Travel--Berlin--Life in Berlin--Princess Albert--The King's Illness--Tegel--Death of the King--The King's Will--The Funeral--Silesia--Günthersdorf--Wartenberg--News from Paris--Countess Dohna--Start for Berlin--At Berlin--Court of Condolence--Dresden--The Castle--Carlsbad--Löbichau--Nuremberg--Baden--Egyptian Question--Umkirch--France and England--Foreign Politics--Mgr. Affre--Peace or War?--The Lafarge Case--Events in Prussia--Madame Lafarge--French Politics--Prospects of Peace--Queen Christina--The New Ministry--The King's Speech--Thiers and Guizot--News from Berlin--Napoleon's Funeral--Russian feeling. 190

APPENDIX I 321

APPENDIX II 332

APPENDIX III 335

APPENDIX IV 343

APPENDIX V 357

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 361

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