Twenty Years in Europe A Consul-General's Memories of Noted People, with Letters From General W. T. Sherman

BRET HARTE--LETTERS FROM HIM--VISITS US--STAY AT BOCKEN-- CONVERSATIONS--MRS. SENATOR SHERMAN--EVENINGS AT BOCKEN--WE ALL GO TO THE RIGI--HOW WE GOT THE “PRINCE’S” ROOMS--HARTE...

VISIT NORTHERN ITALY--AMERICAN INDIANS IN ZURICH--DEATH OF THE POET KINKEL--LETTERS FROM CARL SCHURZ AND THE POET’S WIFE-- LETTER FROM SHERMAN AS TO THE BOUNTEOUS MISSISSIPPI VA...

START FOR ITALY--THE CHOLERA--TEN DAYS IN QUARANTINE ON LAKE MAGGIORE--A HEROIC KING--WE ARE PRESENTED TO QUEEN MARGARET--AMERICAN ARTISTS IN ROME--THE ROYAL BALLS-- RECEPTIONS...

LETTER FROM GENERAL SHERMAN--VISIT AMERICA--SANDS OF BREMEN-- STORMS AT SEA--ELIHU WASHBURNE--BANQUET TO HIM ON SHIP--I AM A GUEST AT THE SHERMAN HOME--MRS. SHERMAN--ARRANGE TO...

GO TO SWITZERLAND AS CONSUL GENERAL--AN OCEAN VOYAGE THEN AND NOW--A GLIMPSE OF BURNS’ HOME--THE HIGHEST CITY IN EUROPE-- A NOVEL REPUBLIC--LIFE IN THE HIGHER ALPS--HEADQUARTERS...

AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM GENERAL GRANT--SHERMAN LIVING IN NEW YORK--HIS IMMENSE POPULARITY WITH ALL AMERICANS--LETTERS FROM HIM--EXHIBITED LIKE A CIRCUS--NO UNION MAN LEFT IN...

A LITTLE STAY BY THE MEDITERRANEAN--AM OFFERED A POSITION IN CHINA--AN ARTICLE ON THE SWISS RHINE--ALSO ONE ON MY EXPERIENCES IN THE REBEL ARMY--TWO LETTERS FROM GENERAL SHERMAN...

LETTERS FROM MRS. SHERMAN AND THE GENERAL--HE TELLS ME HE IS WRITING HIS LIFE--THE NEGRO QUESTION--A CHATEAU BY LAKE ZURICH--I WRITE A BOOK ON SWITZERLAND--ALSO WRITE A PLAY-- A...

STILL IN ROME--PRESENTED TO POPE LEO XIII--STORY, THE POET SCULPTOR--RANDOLPH ROGERS--TILTON--ELIHU VEDDER--ASTOR RESIGNS--SECRETARY OF LEGATION DIES WITH ROMAN FEVER--I AM PUT...

THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW ENGAGES ME TO EDIT SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF THE SHERMAN CORRESPONDENCE--SHERMAN WRITES AS TO MAGAZINES AND HIS BOOK--THE GENERAL INVITES ME TO COME AND STAY...

ELM AND ALL ITS PEOPLE DESTROYED BY AN AVALANCHE--A FOOT TRIP IN IRELAND--FENIANS--REDCOATS--POVERTY--THE QUEEN HOOTED-- OUT OF JAIL AND A HERO--MUCKROSS ABBEY BY MOONLIGHT--AN...

LETTER FROM GENERAL SHERMAN--LOSS OF THE “ATLANTIC”--THE BOYHOOD HOME OF NAPOLEON III. AND OF HIS MOTHER, QUEEN HORTENSE-- A COMPANION TELLS OF THE PRINCE’S PRANKS AND STUDIES--...

_August, 1872._--General Sherman had written me late in the previous Autumn of his intention to visit Europe. Admiral Alden was appointed to the command of our squadron at Villa...

SOME INTERESTING LETTERS FROM GENERAL SHERMAN--REQUESTS FOR SOUVENIRS--HIS “FLAMING SWORD”--ONE ON THE PRESIDENCY--I AM APPOINTED CONSUL GENERAL FOR ITALY--AN AMERICAN FOURTH OF...

SHERMAN ON CUBA--VISIT ITALY--GARIBALDI’S WONDERFUL RECEPTION AT ROME--THE ARTIST FREEMAN--FIRST AMERICAN PAINTER TO LIVE IN ROME--ROME IN 1840--SEE VICTOR EMMANUEL--JOAQUIN MIL...

STORM IN THE ALPS--MR. BENJAMIN--KATE SHERWOOD BONNER-- ICEBERGS--A SCOTCH POET--HORATIO KING’S LITERARY EVENINGS-- COL. FORNEY--MR. ROBERT--A NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE’S HOME--A CHR...

THE PARIS HORRORS--SOME EXCURSIONS WITH LITERARY PEOPLE--BEER GARDENS--A CHARACTERISTIC FUNERAL--FUNERAL OF A POET’S CHILD--CAROLINE BAUER, THE ACTRESS--A POLISH PATRIOT-- CELEB...

SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF MINE ABOUT GENERAL GRANT IN THE WAR-- GRANT AT CHAMPION HILLS--SHERMAN’S LETTER ON CONFISCATION BY TAXATION IN AMERICA--SILVER NO “CURE ALL”--GRANT AT RAGA...

AMERICAN ARTISTS AT MUNICH--I MEET MARK TWAIN--TAKE HIM TO AN ARTISTS’ CLUB--CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM--BEER DRINKING-- HE READS THE ORIGINAL OF “WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE GERMAN LANGU...

THE SOURCE OF THE RHINE--STRANGE VILLAGES THERE--A REPUBLIC FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OLD--THE “GRAY LEAGUE”--“THE LEAGUE OF THE HOUSE OF GOD”--LOUIS PHILIPPE’S HIDING PLACE--A TOUR IN...

IN THE ORSINI CAFE--GREAT NEWS FROM FRANCE--WHAT THE EXILES THINK--LETTER FROM GENERAL SHERMAN--I GET PERMISSION TO GO AND LOOK AT THE WAR--IN THE SNOW OF THE JURAS--ARRESTED--...

We stayed in Paris for a week. Then, one night, we crossed the plains of France, and at daylight saw with beating hearts the Jura Mountains. They were as a high wall of cliff an...

GENERAL GRANT VISITS LAKE LUZERN--CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM-- HOW I BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS OF SHERMAN’S SUCCESSES IN THE CAROLINAS TO GENERAL GRANT AT RICHMOND--GRANT’S SIMPLICITY I...

_July 27, 1877._--General Grant arranged to visit the Swiss capital on the 24th. Our minister being absent, I, as senior consul, went up to Bern to offer him the courtesies of t...

_May 9, 1872._--On this day Louis Blanc, the French statesman and historian, called. It was to thank me for a favor I had done on a time for his nephew, but the visit resulted i...

_September, 1877._--The Swiss have almost as much love for music as the Italians, though they have no composers of great reputation. Every city, town, and hamlet has its Music G...

In the State Department at Washington, there is on file a plain little visiting card, signed by President U. S. Grant. That card was the Secretary’s authority for commissioning...

_June 4, 1879._--Two weeks since, friends invited us to accompany them on an extended drive through the Black Forest. Such a drive, through charming scenery, and with perfect Ju...

We spent this summer of 1872 at beautiful Bocken, an old castle-like chateau, sitting high above the lake, ten miles out from the city. It was once the home of the Zurich burgom...

_October, 1878._--The great tunnel through the St. Gothard Alps is reaching completion. Nothing like it was ever accomplished before in the world. It happens that Mr. Hellwag, t...

A Little Stay by the Mediterranean--Am Offered a Position in China--An Article on the Swiss Rhine--Also One on My Experiences in the Rebel Army--Two Letters from General Sherman...

Visit Northern Italy--American Indians in Zurich--Death of the Poet Kinkel--Letters from Carl Schurz and the Poet’s Wife--Letter from Sherman as to the Bounteous Mississippi Val...

An Interesting Letter from General Grant--Sherman Living in New York--His Immense Popularity with All Americans-- Letters from Him--Exhibited Like a Circus--No Union Man Left in...

The North American Review Engages Me to Edit Several Chapters of the Sherman Correspondence--Sherman Writes as to Magazines and His Book--The General Invites Me to Come and Stay...

Bret Harte--Letters from Him--Visits Us--Stay at Bocken-- Conversations--Mrs. Senator Sherman--Evenings at Bocken-- We All Go to the Rigi--How We Got the “Prince’s” Rooms-- Hart...

Letters from Mrs. Sherman and the General--He Tells Me He is Writing His Life--The Negro Question--A Chateau by Lake Zurich--I Write a Book on Switzerland--Also Write a Play--A...

Start for Italy--The Cholera--Ten Days in Quarantine on Lake Maggiore--A Heroic King--We Are Presented to Queen Margaret--American Artists in Rome--The Royal Balls-- Receptions...

Letter from General Sherman--Visit America--Sands of Bremen-- Storms at Sea--Elihu Washburne--Banquet to Him on Ship-- I am a Guest at the Sherman Home--Mrs. Sherman--Arrange to...

Still in Rome--Presented to Pope Leo XIII--Story, the Poet Sculptor--Randolph Rogers--Tilton--Elihu Vedder--Astor Resigns--Secretary of Legation Dies with Roman Fever--I Am Put...

Some Interesting Letters from General Sherman--Requests for Souvenirs--His “Flaming Sword”--One on the Presidency-- I Am Appointed Consul General for Italy--An American Fourth o...

Go to Switzerland as Consul General--An Ocean Voyage Then and Now--A Glimpse of Burns’ Home--The Highest City in Europe-- A Novel Republic--Life in the Higher Alps--Headquarters...

Storm in the Alps--Mr. Benjamin--Kate Sherwood Bonner-- Icebergs--A Scotch Poet--Horatio King’s Literary Evenings-- Colonel Forney--Mr. Robert--A New York Millionaire’s Home-- A...

American Artists at Munich--I Meet Mark Twain--Take Him to an Artists’ Club--Conversations with Him--Beer Drinking-- He Reads the Original of “What I Know about the German Langu...

Letter from General Sherman--Loss of the “Atlantic”--The Boyhood Home of Napoleon III and of His Mother, Queen Hortense--A Companion Tells of the Prince’s Pranks and Studies--Jo...

Sherman on Cuba--Visit Italy--Garibaldi’s Wonderful Reception at Rome--The Artist Freeman--First American Painter to Live in Rome--Rome in 1840--See Victor Emmanuel--Joaquin Mil...

General Grant Visits Lake Luzern--Conversations with Him-- How I Brought the Good News of Sherman’s Successes in the Carolinas to General Grant at Richmond--Grant’s Simplicity i...

In the Orsini Café--Great News from France--What the Exiles Think--Letter from General Sherman--I Get Permission to Go and Look at the War--In the Snow of the Juras--Arrested--...

Elm and All Its People Destroyed by an Avalanche--A Foot Trip in Ireland--Fenians--Red Coats--Poverty--The Queen Hooted--Out of Jail and a Hero--Muckross Abbey by Moonlight--An...

The Source of the Rhine--Strange Villages There--A Republic Four Hundred Years Old--The “Gray League”--“The League of the House of God”--Louis Philippe’s Hiding Place--A Tour in...

The Paris Horrors--Some Excursions with Literary People--Beer Gardens--A Characteristic Funeral--Funeral of a Poet’s Child--Caroline Bauer, the Actress--A Polish Patriot-- Celeb...

Some Recollections of Mine about General Grant in the War-- Grant at Champion Hills--Sherman’s Letter on Confiscation by Taxation in America--Grant at Ragatz--I Give a Banquet i...