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BAYER SOME STAATS
DIL OTHER MUENCHEN
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
PIERRE M. IRVING,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
CHAPTER I.
Letter to Miss Catherine Irving.-Passages from Letters to Mrs.
Paris. The Queen giving Audience. - Diplomatic Conversation
with Royalty.- Insurrection in Barcelona - Departure of the
Regent. The Solitary Raven. -Attacks of the "Southern Lit-
erary Messenger" and "Graham's Magazine."-Letters on the
Subject.-Literary Occupation...
CHAPTER II.
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Letter to Miss Sarah Irving.--Indisposition of the Author.-Letter
to Mrs. Paris. - Alarming Aspect of Political Events.-Gloomy
Soirée of the Regent, preparatory to his Departure. --Letters to
Mrs. Storrow. In the Midst of Conspiracies and Insurrections.
-A City in a State of Siege. - Sallies forth. -Striking Scenes. -
Note of the Diplomatic Corps in Behalf of the Queen... 31
CHAPTER III.
Letter to Mrs. Paris. -Incorrect Accounts of the Interposition of the
Corps Diplomatique.-His Version. -Espartero driven out.-Im-
patience to declare the Queen of Age. -Scenes and Ceremonials
in the Royal Palace. - Visits the Duchess of Victoria (the Regent's
Wife) in her Reverse of Fortune..
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CHAPTER IV.
Leaves Madrid for Change of Air. - Excursion to Versailles and Paris.
-Grisi in "Norma." - Bordeaux. - Letter to Henry Brevoort.-
Regrets about the Interruption of his Literary Plans. -Allusion
to the Diplomatic Intervention for the Safety of the Queen. -
Meeting with Rogers.-Return to Madrid. - Letter to Mrs. Paris.
-The Young Queen's Accession to the Throne. - Madame Cal-
deron.-Passages from a Letter to Mrs. Grinnell.
...
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CHAPTER V.
Extract from Various Letters. - The Past Year a Literary Blank.-
The Queen's Entrance upon her Reign.-Preparations for the Ar-
rival of the Queen-mother. Her Return. - Letter to Mrs. Paris.
-The Royal Meeting. -Entrance of Queen Christina into Ma-
drid.-Besa Manos at the Royal Palace....
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CHAPTER VI.
Departure of Hamilton. - Loneliness. - The New American Minister
at Paris.-Heartsick with the Politics of Spain. -The Retiro.-
A New Secretary of Legation. - Letter from Barcelona. -The
Turkish Minister.-Audience of the Queen.-Reminiscence of
the Palace. Its Peculiar Interest to him. Count De Espagne.-
Letter to Pierre M. Irving. - Temporary Leave of Absence granted him.---Intends to Visit Paris...
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CHAPTER VII.
From Barcelona to Paris. - Marseilles. - Avignon. - Lyons.--Ver-
sailles. Havre. - Leaves Havre for London.-- Slips through
London quietly. -At the Shrubbery. --Back to France. Visit to
King Louis Philippe. - Letter to Mrs. Paris. --Court Gayeties.-
Musings in the Royal Pile...
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CHAPTER VIII.
Extract from a Letter to Mrs. Paris. -Narvaez.-Passages from Let-
ters to Mrs. Storrow. - Letter to Mrs. Paris. - Transfer of his
Establishment, intending to send in his Resignation. -Resolves
on a Brief Visit to Paris. -Lingers there to see Mr. McLane, the
American Minister at the Court of St. James. - Transmits his
Resignation. Visits London. -The Oregon Dispute. Letter to
Pierre M. Irving. - Return to Madrid.
CHAPTER IX.
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Historical Extract from a Diplomatic Dispatch.-Hears of the Ap-
pointment of a Successor. - His Feeling in Regard to the War
with Mexico.-Allusion to the Settlement of the Oregon Ques-
tion. Arrival of General Saunders. - Audience of Leave.-
Return to Sunnyside. The Addition.-Preparing a Complete
Edition of his Works.-Letter to Gouverneur Kemble. 106
CHAPTER X.
A Literary Freak. -The Old Moorish Chronicles. - The Saddle-horse.
-Completion of his Improvements. - New York as it was and
is.-His Last Job.-Hard at Work on the "Life of Washington."
Letter to Miss Catherine Irving.......
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CHAPTER XI.
Dinner at John Jacob Astor's. Conversation about Ghosts. The
Opera-house, one of the Great Charms of New York. - The Pro-
jected Railroad along the Banks of the Hudson.-Impending
Desecration of Sunnyside. - Letter to Hackett.-Arrangement
with Mr. Putnam for the Republication of his Works. -" Knick-
erbocker."- Author's Remarks about the Revised Edition. -
Notice of Henry T. Tuckerman.-A German Commentator cit-
ing "Knickerbocker." - Scheffer's "Christus Consolator."-
Notices of the Republication of the "Sketch Book."- Liberal
Reception of the Revised Series.
CHAPTER XII.
Unprecedented Sale of Revised Edition of the "Sketch Book."-
Engaged upon a "Life of Goldsmith."-Its Publication.-Rip-
ley's Notice. Critique of George W. Greene.-Appearance of
"Mahomet and his Successors." - The Revised "Alhambra" and
"Conquest of Granada."-Anxiety to begin anew on "Life of Washington."
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CHAPTER XIII.
Letters to Gouverneur Kemble. Durand's Picture. - The Horrors of
the Steam Whistle. -Letter to George Ticknor. The "Embo- zado."-Letter to Mrs. Storrow. - Death of President Taylor.-
Visit to James K. Paulding.-Jenny Lind.-Letter to Miss Ham- ilton. The Author's Hegira.........
CHAPTER XIV.
Application for an Original Thought. - Boring Letters. - Letter to Jesse Merwin, the Original of Ichabod Crane.-His Last Portrait. -Let-
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