TO 



HIS SERENE HIGHNESS 



FRANCES PAUL CHARLES LOUIS ALEXANDER. 

 PRINCE OF TECK, 



Major of Hussars in the Imperial Atistrian Service, 



THIS BOOK 



IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED, 



IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



OF MANY KINDNESSES 



SHOWN TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS*S 



MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOR. 



