formed by Dufaure;
  life of, as Foreign Minister;
  named plenipotentiary to Berlin Congress;
  activities of, at the Congress;
  French protectorate of Tunis arranged by;
  remains at Foreign Office upon accession of Grevy,
  and becomes prime minister;
  onerous life of;
  reception of, by Queen Victoria;
  interview with Grand Duke Alexander of Russia;
  determines to quit office;
  last days as premier and Foreign Minister;
  mild attacks on, by political opponents;
  shooting parties at Grevy’s and Casimir Perier’s;
  gives over ministry to Freycinet;
  offered the London Embassy, but declines;
  President Grevy’s regard for. 
Waddington, Madame, mother of William Waddington. 
Waddington, Madame William, marriage;
  early experiences in Paris after Franco-Prussian War;
  anecdote of Count Herbert Bismarck’s telegram to;
  story of early attempt to arrange a marriage for;
  at first big dinner at the Ministry of Public Instruction;
  first social meetings with royalties;
  experience in thanking the artists at reception;
  visit of Marechale de MacMahon to, upon dismissal of cabinet;
  feelings on moving into foreign ministry;
  trials over reception days;
  experience with Chinese ambassador at Marshal de MacMahon’s
  dinner to General Grant;
  audience given to, by Queen Isabella of Spain;
  at Lord Lyons’s ball, and meeting with Princesse Mathilde;
  received by Empress Eugenie;
  does not accompany husband to Berlin Congress;
  meeting with the Shah of Persia;
  in crush at ball at Hotel de Ville;
  exciting adventures at fete at Versailles;
  ball given by, at the Quai d’Orsay;
  attends Madame Grevy’s first reception;
  at naming of Cardinals at the Elysee;
  conversations of, with Catholic friends;
  growing fondness of, for the rive gauche;
  skating experiences of;
  crosses the Seine on the ice;
  visits of farewell received by, upon leaving Quai d’Orsay;
  pays formal visit to Madame de Freycinet at Quai d’Orsay;
  visit to Madame Grevy;
  departure from Paris and short stay at Bourneville. 
Wales, Prince of, story of Richard Waddington and;
  liking of Parisians for;
  Madame Waddington presented to Princesse Mathilde by;
  at ball at the Quai d’Orsay. 
Washington, D. C., characteristics of;
  Lord Lyons’s reminiscences of life at;
  a French conception of. 
William I, Emperor, attempted assassination of. 
Winter of 1879, severity and hardships of. 
Wittgenstein, Prince. 
Women, adaptability of American;
  cramped lives of middle-class French;
  more uncompromising than men in political views;
  ambitions of, for husbands and sons.

Zuylen, Baron von, Dutch minister;
  as a musician. 
Zuylen, Madame von.