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eminent personages, among others the Emperor of Aus 

 tria and his prime minister, Count Goluchowsky, both 

 of whom discussed current international topics with clear 

 ness and force ; and I also had rather an interesting con 

 versation with the papal nuncio at Munich, more recently 

 in Paris, Lorenzelli, with reference to various measures 

 looking to the possible abridgment of the war. 



On the third day of the festivities came a great review, 

 and a sight somewhat rare. To greet the King there were 

 present the Emperor of Germany, the Emperor of Aus 

 tria, and various minor German sovereigns, each of whom 

 had in the Saxon army a regiment nominally his own, and 

 led it past the Saxon monarch, saluting him as he re 

 viewed it. The two Emperors certainly discharged this 

 duty in a very handsome, chivalric sort of way. In the 

 evening came a great dinner at the palace, at which the 

 King and Queen presided. The only speech on the oc 

 casion was one of congratulation made by the Emperor 

 of Austria, and it was very creditable to him, being to 

 all appearance extemporaneous, yet well worded, quiet, 

 dignified, and manly. The ceremonies closed on Sunday 

 with a grand Te Deum at the palace church, in the pres 

 ence of all the majesties, the joy expressed by the music 

 being duly accentuated by cannon outside. 



I may say, before closing this subject, that Thomas Jef 

 ferson s famous letter to Governor Langdon, describing 

 royal personages as he knew them while minister to 

 France before the French Revolution, no longer applies. 

 The events which followed the Revolution taught the 

 crowned heads of Europe that they could no longer indulge 

 in the good old Bourbon, Hapsburg, and Braganza idle 

 ness and stupidity. Modern European sovereigns, almost 

 without exception, work for their living, and work hard. 

 Few business men go through a more severe training, or 

 a longer and harder day of steady work, than do most 

 of the contemporary sovereigns of Europe. This fact 

 especially struck me on my presentation, about this time, 

 to one of the best of the minor monarchs, the King of 



