Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . enjoyed, ranging from the white chalk cliffs of Kaliakraon the north to the distant Turkish mountains beyond Bourgason the south, while the eye can follow the long, undulating line THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BULGARIA. 5^5 of the Balkans as it descends to Cape Emine, and the vine-clad hills and valleys around us seem spread out beneath ourfeet. Close below are the red-tiled roofs and shaded gardensof the little monastery, which in successive years has furnisheda home to twoBulg
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . enjoyed, ranging from the white chalk cliffs of Kaliakraon the north to the distant Turkish mountains beyond Bourgason the south, while the eye can follow the long, undulating line THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BULGARIA. 5^5 of the Balkans as it descends to Cape Emine, and the vine-clad hills and valleys around us seem spread out beneath ourfeet. Close below are the red-tiled roofs and shaded gardensof the little monastery, which in successive years has furnisheda home to twoBulgarianPrinces. Thisancient andvenerablebuilding hasbeen carefullypreserved,and still con-tinues to beoccupied bymembers ofthe Princessuite. At San-drovo, andamong themagnificentsolitudeswhich sur-round themonastery ofRilo, PrinceFerdinand who is a keen lover of nature, finds temporary rest and recrea-tion amid the many cares which beset a position of exceptionaldifficulty and danger. Indeed, amid the storms of Orientalpolitics crowned heads enjoy but litde respite from anxiety,and least of all the Sovereign of PBINCE TEKDINAND. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BELGIUM. KING Leopold of Belgium, is a much less attractive per-son than his cousin at Marlborough House. He pos-esses none of that generosity of character that forms so dis-tinguishing a trait of the Prince of Wales, and gives onethoroughly the impression of a cynical, cool-blooded man ofthe world, who is endowed with more brain than heart, and inwhose smile there always lurks a suspicion of a sneer. Not-withstanding his lofty stature—he stands six foot three—hiswell-proportioned and elegant figure, his finely chiseled fea-tures and long gray beard, he is dignifed rather than majestic,and does not strike one as being a particularly Grand Seig-neur. There is too manifest an anxiety for the main chance,and he has always given me the idea that there must be some-how or other a Hebraic strain in his ancestry. No monarchin t
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