St. Vallier, Count de;
  Senator of the Aisne;
  Plenipotentiary to Berlin Congress;
  ambassador to Germany;
  reports brought from Germany by. 
Salisbury, Lord, at Berlin Congress. 
Salon reserve, passing of the. 
Salons, political. 
Sartiges, Comte and Comtesse de. 
Sartiges, Vicomte de. 
Say, Leon, as a speaker in the National Assembly;
  Minister of Finance;
  attitude of, toward French protectorate of Tunis. 
Say, Madame. 
Schouvaloff, Count;
  at Berlin Congress. 
Segur, Countess de, political salon of. 
Seine, freezing of the. 
Shah of Persia, experiences with the. 
Shooting expeditions. 
Shops, trading at small. 
Sibbern, Swedish minister. 
Simon, Jules, dismissal of cabinet of. 
Singing, comments on French. 
Skating experiences in Paris in 1879. 
Soeurs Augustines, Convent and Hospital of the. 
Sullivan, Arthur, in Paris.

Theatre Francais, nights at the. 
Thiers, M;
  superseded as President of Republic by MacMahon;
  receptions at house of;
  comment of Prince Gortschakoff upon;
  condition in 1877 and sudden death of. 
Thiers, Madame. 
Thorndike, Miss (Comtesse de Sartiges). 
Tiffany, success of, with French, at exposition of 1878. 
Travelling, a Frenchwoman’s views of. 
Troubetskoi, Princess Lize. 
Trouville, vogue of, as a watering-place. 
Tunis, French protectorate of, arranged by M. Waddington.

Versailles, meetings of National Assembly at;
  terraces and gardens at;
  Marshal de MacMahon’s receptions at;
  compared with Paris as a meetingplace of Assembly;
  badly managed fete given by Marshal de MacMahon at;
  removal of Parliament to Paris from. 
Victor Emmanuel, death of, and service at the Madeleine for. 
Victoria, Princess, charming character of;
  strong English proclivities of. 
Victoria, Queen, M. Waddington received by, in Paris;
  prestige of, in France;
  expresses approval of M. Waddington. 
Vienna, stiffness of court at. 
Vogtio, Marquis de, a visit from, at Deauville.

Waddington, Francis, son of Madame Waddington. 
Waddington, Richard, senator of the Seine Inferieure;
  family life at country home of;
  early career of;
  story of the Prince of Wales and. 
Waddington, Madame Richard. 
Waddington, William, marriage of Madame Waddington and;
  Deputy to National Assembly from Department of the Aisne;
  brief term as Minister of Public Instruction;
  method of speaking in National Assembly;
  criticisms of, by opposition newspapers;
  second appointment as Minister of Public Instruction (1876);
  life of, as minister;
  dismissal of, from the ministry;
  fears of arrest of;
  attitude toward proposed Republican uprising;
  electoral campaign of;
  elected senator in 1877;
  named to the Foreign Office in new cabinet