Table of Contents

• To My Few Readers

• Casa Borghese
• My Grandfather’s Wedding—My Mother is Born
• The Death of my Grandmother, Guendalina
• My Mother Always Remembers This Death
• My Grandfather’s Second Marriage
• My Mother Up To the Age of Twelve
• The Revolution of 1848
• Pius IX Departs from Rome
• From My Mother’s “Journal:” Pius IX and the Borghese in Gaeta
• The Borghese in Naples
• The Miracle of San Gennaro
• The Devotion to the Sacred Heart—The Doria
• The News from Rome
• The de Ligne
• The Taking of Rome
• Pius IX in Portici and the Borghese in Vico
• Two Small Volumes of Memories
• Her Mother
• Her Father
• The “Journal” of Her mother
• The Borghese Return—My Mother’s Education is Completed

• “L’entrée dans le monde” of My Mother...My Mother’s Entry into the World
• The Engagement and a Misunderstanding with the Porter
• The Marriage
• Letters of My Grandfather Borghese
• Travel to Paris and England
• My Birth
• Other Letters from My Grandfather Borghese
• My Brother Luigi is Born
• A First Excursion
• Aunt Princess Doria Dies
• My Sister Guendalina
• Political Events—Francesco II in Rome
• Don Bosco and Francesco II at Villa Ludovisi
• Letters of Francesco II
• One of My Audiences with Francesco II
• Family Relations—Some Names
• My Sister Maddalena and My Brother Giuseppe are Born
• My First Communion
• A Warning That is Almost a Prophecy
• Three Trips to Paris
• In Mentone, in Switzerland, in Bavaria
• We Do Not “diamo del tu” Anymore
• In Belgium, in Cologne, and Again in Paris
• I Get Lost in the Garden of the Exposition
• Return to Rome and Meetings with the Countess Pianell, Monsignor di Canossa and the Garibaldini
• A Trip to Mentana and the De Charette
• La Quiete
• The Institute of the Blind
• The Charity Bazaar
• My Mother’s Serious Illness—My Sister Maria is Born
• My Uncle and Aunt Venosa at La Quiete
• The Faith of My Mother
• Une Matriarche
• Her Faith and Affection for the Roman Pontificate
• Gregory XVI
• Pius IX
• Leo XIII
• Pius X
• Benedict XV
• The Political Philosophy of My Mother, The Division in Roman Society
• I Fall Sick
• A Deficiency in the Education of My Mother
• A Faithful Cook
• Providential Care of the Staff
• The 20th of September, 1870
• My Mother, the Pontifical Prisoners and Two Courtly Officers of the Bersaglieri
• The 20th of September and Several Years Spent at La Quiete
• A Few Among the Visitors of La Quiete in Those Years
• Don Bosco
• The Chapel of La Quiete and the Sacred Heart
• Other Visitors at La Quiete—Abbott Lisi and Abbott Ancaiani
• A True Tridentine Patriot
• A Train Accident—Aunt and Uncle Bomarzo at La Quiete

• Vittoria Patrizi
• A Thought about Marriage
• My Marriage
• The Death of Princess Adele Borghese
• The Wedding of My Sister Guendalina
• My Little Guendalina and My Mother
• Alton Towers Castle in the Past
• The Religious Vocation of My Sister Maddalena and My Mother
• The Departure, the Investiture of My Sister in the Letters of Monsignor Czaski and My Mother
• Isabella Rondinelli Marries My Brother Luigi
• La Quiete, Its Visitors Cardinal Pecci and Cardinal Nina
• Two Oratorians Sacred to La Quiete: Monsignor Fabiani, Father Agostino da Montefeltro
• The Death of My Vittoria, My Sorrow, the Affection of My Mother
• My Mother and San Francesco
• San Francesco—His Shrines—Franciscan Festivals
• My Grandfather Piombino Dies
• Laura Altieri
• At Palazzo Piombino in Piazza Colonna
• A Great Sorrow: the Death of Her Father
• My Mother’s Thoughts on Maternal Authority
• A Very Small Book Where She Wrote Down Her Memories About Her Children
• Little Political Newspapers
• October 20, 1886, a Very Happy Day for My Parents
• My Father on the Verge of Death and Guido Baccelli
• Arduina di San Martino Marries My Brother Giuseppe
• The Palazzo in Via Veneto and My Mother
• My Mother and the Memories of Casa Boncompagni
• My Laura Dies—My Mother and Extreme Unction
• Our Serious Financial Difficulties; Charity, the Fortitude of My Mother’s Soul
• A Look at Her Affection for My Father That Manifested Itself More in The Days of Suffering
• The Sorrow of My Mother Over the Death of Princess Teresa Borghese
• My First Mass and The Long-Standing Prayer of My Mother in Loreto
• Three Great Sorrows, Three Perished...My Brother-In-Law Cattaneo Dies
• My Grandmother Piombino Dies
• My Son-In-Law Malvezzi Dies
• The Last Party At La Quiete—The Wedding of My Guglielmina
• It Is the Hostess Who Makes the Salon
• The Golden Wedding Anniversary
• The Canon Don Andrea Muzzarelli
• A Good Friend, Today Bishop of Noto
• My Francesco Marries Nicoletta Prinetti. Their First Child
• My Mother and Her Affection for Her Husband in His Last Years
• The Death of Our Father; The Great Sorrow of Mammà

• Her Vision; The Painful Privations That It Imposed
• Conversation Is a Welcome Relief
• The Loss of a Beloved Sister and Two Dear Brothers
• The Grandmother and Her Affection for Her Grandchildren
• The Heart of My Mother, And My Son
• My Daughter Guendalina, Her Grandmother and Her Social Work
• My Mother’s Thoughts About the Work of Women
• The Congregation of San Vincenzo in Foligno
• A Son Respected for His Love for His Mother
• Activities Aimed at Spiritual Improvement
• Belfiore and the Children of The Workers
• The Turchine and Some of Her Ways of Carrying Out Charity
• The First Communions—The Last Hundred Lire My Mother Gave
• Mons. Faloci and the Charity of My Mother
• Going Back to My Mother’s Characteristic Qualities
• My Mother and Culture—The Book
• Another Loss—Her Last Sorrow
• She No Longer Goes To La Quiete
• Mother Savina Petrilli and The Last Summer Seasons
• The Last Summer Seasons in Her Letters
• The “Sisters Of The Poor”— The Dear One Of My Mother —“Leonetta"
• Gleaning Among the Reading Done “With Pen in Hand”
• Charity and Manual Work
• What Those Who Knew Her Write
• Maddalena Patrizi
• Father Martens
• Carlo Santucci
• The Count of Linange
• Raffaella Conestabile
• Monsignor Di Somma
• Matilde Fiorilli
• Return To Rome!
• Her Life in The Last Months
• Everything Is in Order
• My Sisters Tell Me
• Always Full of Life ... But Life Is Near Its End!
• Last Days—The Sacraments—Memories—Goodbyes
• Last Hours—The Prayers of The Dying
• I’m Standing in That Room! She Breathes Her Last! ... It’s Five Minutes to Midnight.