New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-25
Literary .Nesvs and Criticism,

ing it found it contained the ashes Of my
letters to her which she had burned together
with ring which she had broken" From
Castle Johannisberg. the Rhine residence of the
Metternichs he sends this letter:
My bonnie Dorqtnee: They ten that my vine
cellent In two or three years VII SEND some es
vexed With me, and viii drink my health. have
big register wherein visitors 20 the VINEYARDS ana
Ave weeks absence three hundred persons have
been here. Ny worthy Germans especially OF me
est proyocation. There is ltany OF bad verses 10
only ne that interests me is that OF Of bsst
writer's. Jean Paul Richter. VINO wrote. Pleasant t
recollections constitute the only paradise rom
which We may not be driven away
He never ceases &c urge her to be bonnie ct
douce' with her husband Above all avoid
auarrels with him Squabbles do more harm
than good. I abhor them. If you feel angry.
think OF me- your best friend. and say TO your
self. Clement viii blame me- Later he writes:
Il grateful to you for the KING way in which
you treat your husband. Continue to be kind
and afectionate towards him. have not his
rights any more than he has those that belong
to me- His line is quite different from mine.
They do not cross l have never entangled
inenGqe OF family life. l am respecter of laws,
and like TO see them observed. Hasten
and tell me upon what day of the week you were
born ! shall reserve that day for my best &C
tons" The lovers were frequently separated.
Extraordinary precautions were taken in regard
to their letters, each Of which was carefully
numbered Those which were seized and copied
by the secret police of the 'cabiPct noir'' of
Louis XVIII were under four envelopes. The
first was addressed to Baron Binder secretary
of the Austrian Embassy in Paris; the second
bore the same address but was accompanied
with special and confidential instructions; the
third had the address of the CheValier de Floret,
and the last without any inscription other
than a large &C" surmounted by a princeiy
coronet
II was Prince Metternich who transmitted to
Pope Plus VII Napoleons offer of an annual
pension Of 20OOOO00 francs (S40o0,000). The
Pope replied that he had made his cacula-
tions" and that 10 sous % cents per day would
be amply sufficient" L never more proud
at any moment of my life" exclaimed Met
ternich. than when l communicated this reply
of the Pope verbally to Napoleon" He explains
to Dorothee the secret OF his paramount in
fuence over the kindhearted Emperor Francis l.
Il usually passed two hours every evening with
the Emperor. Were he not the man that he Is
that is to say. the man Of justice and beneV-
oIence and the veritable father of his people,
should not have been his minister Metternich
was invariably frank and outspoken with the
Emperor, and as they worked together they
chatted famarly upon current affairs and on
every variety Of subjects. They understood one
another thoroughly He writes: when in 1914
the Emperor permitted me to Join the imperial
arms Of the Hapsburgs with mine he desired me
TO choose a suitable motto. For several months
thought of 'IorrGeTts but il the unhar-
monious sound of the last syllable that dis
suaded me ! found that the full share Of am
btion for any one man was concentrated in that
word on second thoughts 1 selected Kraft i'm
Recht,' which l bear II you desire TO know
my political principles you will find them in
these three words In regard to Alexander l,
he relates his intimate intimacy with the Car
in 1913 He frequently passed his evenings
with me tcfc-d-tcfc. We used to drink tea which
in those days did not prevent from sleeping.
l used to call upon the Emperor o'clock,
and often remained until II until midnight.
After one of our conversations in which half a
dozen topics had been exhausted, he turned to
me suddenly and said: Bon Dicu! Why are
Won not mn minister? Between two might
conquer the world. Tout Just pas. sirc'' l re-
piled and the Emperor not dspleased with
my unCourteous answer" 1t must have been
edifying to Louis XVIII, had he been informed
by his cabinet nOir'' OF a letter to Dorothee
from Clement, in which the King, with a play of
words upon his ministry of December. 1918
was described as case. ScfT-6, Giro. Ct d6S0l6"