FACSIMILE OF ENVELOPE ADDRESSED BY THE EMPRESS EUGENIE TO PRINCE
METTERNICH
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI 

PREFACE 

These letters, written by me in my younger days to a dear and indulgent
mother and aunt, were returned to me after their death.  In writing them I
allowed myself to go into the smallest details, even the most
insignificant ones, as I was sure that they would be welcome and
appreciated by those to whom they were addressed.  They were certainly not
intended to be made public. 

If I have decided, after much hesitation, to publish these letters, it is
because many of my friends, having read them, have urged me to do so,
thinking that they might be of interest, inasmuch as they refer to some
important events of the past, and especially to people of the musical
world whose names and renown are not yet forgotten. 

LILLIE DE HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE.  BERLIN, _July, 1912._