Memoirs of Karoline Bauer (Volume 1); From the German (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. PEINCE DON JUAN. The Family Of Frederick The Great--The Liaison Of Prince August, Alias Don Juan, With Madame Kecamier--His Other Amours--He Persecutes Karoline With His Attentions--She Springs Through A Window To Escape Him And Invokes The Protection Of The King--Trial Of Madame Kracau, The Prince's Accomplice--Karoline Leaves Berlin For Koburg--Her First MeetIng With Prince Leopold--Social Life In Berlin--Henriette Sontag--The Justuzrath Ludolf--Sophie Muller--Professor Von Schlegel--Dr. Christopher Birch--Friedrich Forster--Dramatic Berlin--Raupach--Madame Stich--Pius Alexander Wolff--Amalie Wolff--Te'ichmann--Musical Berlin--Boucher--Karl Maria Von Weber--Paganini--His Affection For His Son--Zelter--Mendelssohn--Beer--Meyerbeer--Ber CER MOSCHELES--Karoline AS A PlANISTE Karl Eckert--Other Berlin Artists--the Sculptor Eanch--The Painters Kruger And Begas. Fobmeely, when on the stage of the Konigstadt theatre, my attention had often been attracted by an aristocratic gentleman in the uniform of a general, seated in the royal box: a fine-looking, imposing figure, with sharply cut, interesting features, dark, curling hair, and black sparkling eyes, which he seldom diverted from me, from the moment I appeared on the stage, looking all the while at me with a burning lustre, as if they would consume me. "Who is this bold starer?" I asked my colleague, Fraulein Weidner. "Ah you don't know him yet? That is Prince August, to be sure, alias Prince 'Don Juan, ' on account of his many gallant adventures. He is the most dangerous man in Berlin. Be on thy guard, sweet floweret." "But he does not bear the least resemblance to the fair princes of our royal house. He looks more like a Frenchman." As often as Prince August was in the theatre, the same bold star...