Author's Preface ................................................ v
Acknowledgements ............................................. viii
Lionel Walter Rothschild-principal events ...................... xi
CHAPTERS ..................................................... 1-35
1 Walter Rothschild ............................................ 1
2 Tring is Fairyland ........................................... 3
3 Emma, Walter's Mother ........................................ 9
4 Emma-The iron apronstrings .................................. 19
5 Walter's Father-The Eminence Blanche ........................ 25
6 Walter's Father-Nobody wanted to touch Lloyd George ......... 41
7 Because I am so happy, Mama ................................. 52
8 I have nearly driven Althaus out of his senses .............. 57
9 Who is the pink and gold boy in the corner? ................. 70
10 I am not a Lieutenant, I am a Captain ....................... 80
11 Please ask Walter ........................................... 86
12 Rozsika, Walter's sister-in-law ............................. 94
13 My Museum .................................................. 100
14 The rump of our only old male is rather dicky .............. 110
15 The fellow is always right ................................. 120
16 Walter's Curators-Ernst Hartert and the birds .............. 128
17 Walter's Curators-Karl Jordan and the butterflies .......... 143
18 Walter's Collectors ........................................ 154
19 Walter's Collectors-A.F.R. Wollaston and N.C. Rothschild ... 170
20 Walter's Collectors-William Doherty ........................ 177
21 Walter's Collectors-The King of Bulgaria is coming on
Friday ..................................................... 181
22 Hurrah! We are off... ...................................... 185
23 The Giants ................................................. 197
24 The Rothschilds and animals ................................ 206
25 The Great Row .............................................. 215
26 Catherine wheels ........................................... 224
27 If His Majesty's Government will send me a message ......... 233
28 Dear Lord Rothschild ....................................... 249
29 What has become of two ostriches ........................... 270
30 A figure in the background ................................. 283
31 You will be painted blue and yellow and exposed in
the High Street ............................................ 287
32 The Primrose Way-The truth about the Rothschilds ........... 295
33 The birds cross the Atlantic ............................... 302
34 Home Farm .................................................. 305
35 Candle ends ................................................ 313
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ......................................... 319
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books ......................................................... 350
Newspapers, Journals, Catalogues and Reports .................. 355
APPENDIX ........................................................ 1
Synopsis of species and subspecies of plants and animals
named in honour of Walter Rothschild ....................... 361
FAMILY TREES .................................................. 362
INDEX ......................................................... 366
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