CHAPTER III

TRAVELS AND DIPLOMACY

(1853-1864)

Travels in Mexico--In love--The Chippeway Indians--In New York--His American sympathies--His views on American education--On American diplomats--On American girls--Becomes attaché at Washington--Mr. Crampton--Gambling again--The Irish patriot--Views on diplomatic negotiations--At Munich--Stockholm--Frankfort--Bismarck at Frankfort--Similarity of their opinions {xiv} about diplomacy--His popularity at Frankfort--Petersburg--In love again--His opinion of Russians--Anecdotes--Dresden--Economical family at Marburg--Republic of Parana--Revolution in Florence--Constantinople--His stories about Lord Dalling--Close of diplomatic career--Mrs. Crawford's estimate of his character and remarks on his diplomatic career--_Memoir of Henry Labouchere_, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt