Excerpt from The Diplomatic Reminiscences of Lord Augustus Loftus 1862-1879, Vol. 1 Prussia to the Empress - Capitulation of Toul, Strasbourg, and Metz - The Mode adopted for the Payment of the "Solde de Captivite" of French Prisoners of War - Anecdote of Bazaine - Crown Prince and Prince Frederick Charles raised to the Rank of Field-Marshals; Treaty between Great Britain, France, and Prussia for Neutrality and Independence of Belgium - Investment and Siege of Paris - Interview of Jules Favre with Count Bismarck - Armistice and Surrender of Paris - Entry of German Troops limited to Champs Elysees and Vicinity - Resignation of Gambetta - Jules Favre's Expostulation against Enormity of War Indemnity - B'smarck's Reply - Constituent Assembly opened at Bordeaux 12th of February - Retirement of Ministry of Defence - Appointment of M. Thiers - His Patriotic Mission - Rancke's Reply to Thiers - Peace Negotiations between Thiers and Bismarck - Preliminaries Signed 26th of February - Terms of Preliminaries - Accepted by National Assembly at Bordeaux - Review by King of Prussia at Longchamps - Creation of German Empire - Title of German Emperor accepted by King of Prussia - Proclamation of Empire at Versailles January 18th - Repudiation in November, 1870, by Russia of Clauses 11 and 13 of Treaty of Paris - Conference in London - Siege of Paris impossible if Gauges had differed - Russian and German Gauges - Lines by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe - Departure of Emperor William from Versailles - Enthusiastic Reception at Berlin - Opening of First Imperial Diet - Audience of the Empress - Alliance with Austria Foreshadowed - Title of Prince conferred on Bismarck - Audience of Emperor William - Conversation with His Majesty; Insurrection of the Paris Commune - Its Suppression, with Great Destruction and Loss of Life - Treaty of Peace Signed at Frankfort by Bismarck and Jules Favre - Triumphant Entry of German Troops into Berlin - Unveiling of Monument to Frederick William III. - Successful Financial Operation of Thiers for Liquidation of War Indemnity - Unfriendly Feeling towards England - Unsettled State of Roumania - Improved Relations between Austria and Germany - Count Benst - His Resignation - Count Andrassy - Meeting of the Sovereigns of Austria and Germany at Gastein and Salzburg - Fresh Credentials to Foreign Representatives at Berlin - My Suggestion to Lord Granville for a Change of Representatives at Berlin - Offer to Me of the Embassy at St. Petersburg - Arrival of Emperor of Russia at Baden - My About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world’s foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical project that records the details of over 1200 English-language accounts of the Russian Empire. Ranging chronologically from the accession of Mikhail Fedorovich in 1613 to the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, this is the most comprehensive bibliography of first-hand accounts of Russia ever to be published. Far more than an inventory of accounts by travellers and tourists, Anthony Cross’s ambitious and wide-ranging work includes personal records of residence in or visits to Russia by writers ranging from diplomats to merchants, physicians to clergymen, gardeners to governesses, as well as by participants in the French invasion of 1812 and in the Crimean War of 1854-56. Providing full bibliographical details and concise but informative annotation for each entry, this substantial bibliography will be an invaluable tool for anyone with an interest in contacts between Russia and the West during the centuries of Romanov rule.