Year: 1875

be On the 24th Of April, In the same year the
Crcwn Prince afterward Frederick William ILL.,, was
formally botrothed Princess Louisa Of Aeckenburg
srez and after repeated solicitations Frau Won voss
consented undertake under the title OF Grand Mis-
tress the management Of their household She be-
came the confidential friend OF the rrn-
cess aserward Queen OF Prussia and their Affection
upon which no passing cloud ever cast the iantesl
shadow only with the death OF the Queen
self il the year 1910


KAISER WILHELM As A RABY.
In 1907 the present Emperor was born, and the
Grand Mistress pronounced him 10 DO a ''hno httlo
prnce,p though she aiterward found him Every
noisy


But new epoch or history had now opened and
evil days in store for Prussia which few years
later had reached the lowest depths Of political aoase
ment and social disorganzaton lying PROSTATE at the
feet OF "Corscan adventurer and fam 70 purchase
It's existence in mutlated form on such conditions as
the nsolent conqueror chose dictate The story Of
that stirring period az far as Prussia and Berlin
directly affected by ts vicissudes is admirably told IN
4 the journal few extracts, chosen at random, VIII
give some account Of the kind Of interest attaching TO
this daily chronicle OF passing events;-
rnF NApoLEoMo TYRANNY
June D. lS06-A very SAD DAY was ths lor Ine poor
land The three monarchs hayo had an interview Their
place OF meeting small house on tho bridge before





visitors we're qui.e beside themselves. Alas what an
/ end 10 all our hopes


June la letter came to-day from the King TO the
Queen about interview Of the 26th This wretched
Napoleon treated the King with studied indifference
and GOODNESS and the letter bears the impress OF ex
element and modification Two small houses were
built the bridge the Memel IN the were the
two Emperors in the other the King What nsolencel
The Emperors too, ate together IN Tsit, while our
King obliged 10 remain alone in village above four
miles from the town. What terrible conditions viii be
laid upon us alter such an example OF refined eDmity
4


July S,-Orders from the King 10 start for Tilsit,
and that tomorrow. All at the height OF despair


July 6.-Dinner at twelve then Uyaroh, Bennigsen
and Manteufsl and the Queen, and she kept them
some time with her. At four we drove with an escort
OF the body guards the swing bridges, reached
Tlsit at i've and alghted at the Kings quarters After
quarter ol an hour


NAPOLEON


came and received him at the foot OF the stairs with
Countess Tauenzen. He remarkably ugly with
fat, puffy, brown face and podgy little body without
the slightest hgure His great round roll uneasfy;
the expression Of his features is Of severity he
looks the incarnation Of success Only the mouth Is
timely cut and the teeth beautiful He was ex-


emely polite spoke long time with the Queen alone
and then drove OF


Toward eight O'Clock we waited upon him. as ont OF
regard for the Queen he had ordered dinner earlier
than usual At table he in good humor and talked
much TO me. After dinner he had long conversation
with the Queen, who was tolerabiy well pleased with
It's result God grant that IL may do some goodl AT
midnight We were back in Pictuponen, and then the
Grand Prince Constantine came with his adlutant to
the Queen There a terrible confusion and passing
10 and fro, and It was morning before we were IN our
rooms


One more extract shah close this notice II is dated
the Sth Of August 1914 few months before the death
OF this amiable gifted lady who when the brink
OF the grave a calm bat saddened glance behind
her briefly surveys the life TO which she about to
bid farewell and offers touching tribute to the
oy Of the noble queen who had been her best and dear
est frieRd-the inscparable companion OF her later
years.


When tshe writesl look back upon my past life
picture after another traces It's shadowy outlines be-
fore my minds eye How young was when irst came
TO the Court How soon began the unfortunate pas
OF the Prince Of Prussia How long, how faith
fully, he loved mel How unhappy has my lot been
How sad was my marriagel OF The beloved children
that God gave me- was compelled TO give my two sons
back again him, and my poor daughter, married so
far away from me, lost all her children by
Then came the msortunes OF my dear master and MIS-
tress the woes OF our natiye country, which was
the cruel hand Of the wretch who for twenty long years
was the scourge OF mankind All and the loss of my
queen She was fated to die in the bitter days when
/ we we're st groanng under our abasement, and even
i compelled TO become the allies OF enemy when
ms angel q queen was torn from me now unuster.
/ aole was the pang An, her goodness was beyond
| compare-a woman above all her sexl By
| degrees and through her own efforts she acquired
! the most brilliant accomplishments, she worked
tnualy and earnestly, and learned TO discard many
idle dream romantic Illusion OF her early youth and
looked with calm and penetrating gaze upon world
OF hard facts One who had lived with her could not
but admire her understanding, her clear correct
Judgment bat more than all the purity Of her heart and
the deep piety OF her soul The King has certainly
merit OF having contributed much 70 the cultivation of
her abilities and TO the development Of her character,
but her Incompatible hoart she owed 10 God alone.
With what devotion, with what tenderness loved
her husband and her children, and what irreparabe
naeless loss Is her death for both and for the whole
country. An, and what was she to poor me How
1nd words TO express I'll In the days when she
still our JOY and our consolation how often in the still
OF my inmost heart have not returned thanks
God for having in my old brought me 10 the side Of
such angel


Facing the title is q steel engraving representing the
writer OF these interesting memoirs with fac sime OF
her German character. We sec before a handsome
old lady, with profuson of snowwhite hair gathered
In rolls round her temples and with its accompani-
Of lace and black silk, forming appropriate
setting the strongly marked but genial features The
costume plain but tasteful and entire person
radiant with that perfect which the beauty
OF old age.


LITERARY DISCOVERY
affords an additional instance of the beneficial conse-
quences OF the transfer which has been made OF the
Fuldan archives 70 the former CITY, where they
submitted to searching examination. This Is oae OF
the direct results Of the 10y some depored absorption
Of small mpecunious prncIpality by State oil larger
resources The Marburg archives hitherto the disre-
garded prey Of dust and moths, made to yield
one by one, their hidden treasures Some months
ago the wrapper enclosing bundle Of manuscripts or
no particular value found contain portions Of
life OF Cato the younger, IN the Latin language and,
appeared from internal evidence, dating from the
early part Of the thirteenth century. The custodian
Marburg archives placed the manuscript together with
other stray leaves which aferward TO light into
the hands of Dr. Henry Nssen Who after having sub
mittcd them TO critical examination, pronounced
them to belong one Of the original biographies used
by


PLUTARcH THE COMPOSITION or HIS LIVES.


The arguments adduced on behalf OF this hypothesis
very ingenious, and between this and the only
naming suppostion that the Latin is translation OF
Plutarch's Greek the balance inclines decidedly in
favor Of the former. comparison between the
responding passages N tho two works, which thus far
almost word for word the same, seems TO leave
little doubt as TO which Is tho original and which the
translation. In any case, however have before us
an interesting relic Of antiquity which presents besides
sundry linguistic pecua.ites Of a certain value as
cnntrhnllnn To classical nhnlogY The nxlr,nLs