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Title: Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: King, Edward, 1848-1896
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass., C.A. Nichols & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d Empire when of the ^reat gala carriages of the time of one could feel that in a miscellaneous Louis XIV., and his carriage was sur- assembly of a, dozen persons, unless rounded in the line Royale by a crowd it was by invitation in a private par- which was quite crazy with curiosity, lor, there would not be one or two The Sultan sat cowering in a corner of police spies. These spies were found this antique vehicle, sweltering in his everywhere. They infested the cafes, heavy European uniform, loaded down They offered for sale opera-classes and with gold ami silver decorations, ami trifling trinkets, and peered impertinently looking very much more like a criminal into travellers faces. They assumed who had been detected than like the de- every conceivable disguise, and fre- fender of the faithful and the successor quently made report on matters which of Soliman the Magnificent. were not of the slightest consequence, Among the guests of note who came EUROPE IN STORM ANT) CALM. 27 .-;■
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NAPOLEON III.S GUESTS IN THE CHAMP DE MAHS PAVILION. 28 EUROPE IX STORM AXD CAL I/. to Paris in this gala year were two elderlygentlemen of sober mien, who attractedmore attention than the Czar or the Sul-tan, and whose visit was of more vitalsignificance than that of the above-men-tioned potentates. These two person-ages were King William of Prussia, andBismarck, who had left behind him inParis years ago, when he had been sta-tioned there as a diplomat, the reputation! a brilliant wit and a cynical and gen-erally successful wile-puller. The Pari-sian rabble made fun of the shininghelmet and the white coat which Bismarckwore when he mounted his steed toattend the review at Longchamps, andmany pleasantries were indulged in atthe expense of the venerable Prussianking. But the intelligent and cultivatedclasses were careful to make no jokesabout the Prussians, and Improved tothe utmost their opportunities of cul-tivating pleasant relations with them.Napoleon and his followers had

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