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her cultivated musical voice attracted particular ad- 

 miration. After a few years in Paris she suddenly dis- 

 appeared with her children for a few years, going I 

 know not where, nor have I known any one who could 

 tell. She returned to London where she has since re- 

 sided, taking almost immediately a prominent position 

 in that metropolis, which she has ever since sustained 

 from her remarkable talents and accomplishments, and 

 I venture to say that no American woman has ever 

 attained more influence and prestige in London society, 

 among the conservative classes, than she, and her 

 identity will be easily recognized by those familiar with 

 society in that city. 



MANY Americans considered it a privilege to meet 

 the Prince of Wales — now King Edward the 

 Seventh — and it was my fortune to meet him on sev- 

 eral occasions, and all who have met him will testify 

 to his most admirable bearing and gentlemanly quali- 

 ties, and he made all feel at ease in his presence by his 

 pleasant manner. 



Sir Walter Gilbey, most prominent and perhaps 

 more so than any man in England in advancing the 

 breeding of horses and their classifications, and in the 

 organization of horses' societies, aided me most materi- 

 ally in England in 1883 in making a collection of Shire 

 horses for shipment by steamer from London to New 

 York, and from there in a special car to California, con- 

 sisting of one two-year-old stallion and five fillies, all 

 thoroughbred Shires, which had taken first prizes at the 

 Shire horse exhibition in London, and which arrived 

 safely in California, and from which during the years 



