`Cromwell House.' The residence of Lady Freake, a famous hostess of
the day and founder of a brilliant salon, `where even Royalty was sure
of a welcome. The writer of a recent monograph declares that, `many a
modern hostess would do well to emulate Lady Freake, not only in her
taste for the Beautiful in Art but also for the Intellectual in
Conversation.'

`Fancy Fair.' For a full account of this function, see pp. 102-124 of
the `Annals of the Albert Hall.'

`Jersey Lily.' A fanciful title bestowed, at this time, upon the
beautiful Mrs. Langtry, who was a native of Jersey Island.

`Manola Valse.' Supposed to have been introduced by Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales, who, having heard it in Vienna, was pleased, for a
while, by its novelty, but soon reverted to the more sprightly deux-
temps.

`Private Views.' This passage, which I found in a contemporary
chronicle, is so quaint and so instinct with the spirit of its time
that I am fain to quote it:

`There were quaint, beautiful, extraordinary costumes walking about--
ultra-aesthetics, artistic-aesthetics, aesthetics that made up their
minds to be daring, and suddenly gave way in some important point--put
a frivolous bonnet on the top of a grave and flowing garment that
Albert Durer might have designed for a mantle. There were fashionable
costumes that Mrs. Mason or Madame Eliot might have turned out that
morning. The motley crowd mingled, forming into groups, sometimes