| CHAPTER I |
| PAGE |
| The Ethos of the Spy | [17] |
| The Pragmatical Age—Spies always with us—PrehistoricAges—Antiquity—Jurists and Spying—Morin'sViews—Napoleon and Spies—Modern Spy's Characteristics—The Aristocratas Spy—Teutons inferior to Latins—Women as Spies—The Salic Law—Mentalityof Efficient Spy—Degeneracy of Spy—Good Education and Presenceessential—Audacious rather than Courageous—Napoleon's Leniency towards Spies | |
| CHAPTER II |
| The Spy through the Ages | [29] |
| | Spies and the Bible—The Jew as Spy—Polyænus andhis Work—Mithridates his own Spy—Frontinus andStratagems—Ruses of Lelius—Tarquin's Son—Military"Psychologising"—Alexander's Black Cabinet—Histiæusand Ionia—Carrier-Pigeons used by Ancients—Hannibaland his Spies—Cæsar's Use of Spies—Romeand Church Spies—Continental School Spies—Frederickthe Great real Founder of Modern Espionage—HisAmbition for Prussia—Napoleon and Spies | |
| CHAPTER III |
| Le Caron | [39] |
| | Piggott and Le Caron—How the Major adopted hisAlias—Birth and Bringing-up—Puritanical Surroundings—Worksin Paris—Volunteers in American CivilWar—His Religion—Fenian Movement—Employed byBritish Government to spy on Fenians—Joins Irish RepublicanArmy as Organiser—An Impromptu Speech—FenianMovement's Growth—General O'Neill's invasionof Canada—A Generous Cheque from Ottawa—TheClan-na-gael Movement—Le Caron an Active Spirit—TheIrish World—Influence of the Clan—A Russo-IrishAlliance—Le Caron and Parnell—The Major's realStatus—How he won his quasi-Heroic Reputation | |
| CHAPTER IV |
| Schulmeister | [58] |
| | Schulmeister a Master Spy—His Value to Napoleon—AClaimant to Lofty Origin—Birth and Early Life—Smugglingas a Trade—Meets Savary—His Capture ofDuc d'Enghien—Is presented to Napoleon—His Rôlein Austerlitz Campaign—Becomes Mack's Confidant—SuppliesFalse Information to the Austrian—PersonalDescription of the Spy—The Capitulation of Ulm—HisAdvice to the Allies—Austerlitz—His Political Sense—HisSocial Ambition—Employed at Congress of Erfurt—Spieson Emperor Alexander, Queen Louise andGoethe—His Request to General Lasalle—The Legionof Honour—Retires from Paris—Fortunes crippled—Povertyin Old Age—Meets Napoleon III.—Death | |
| CHAPTER V |
| Nathan Hale | [79] |
| | Nathan Hale's Fanaticism—Compared with André—Puritanismof Hale's Family and Education—At YaleUniversity—His Splendid Appearance—A Schoolmaster—Battleof Lexington—Hale wins a Captaincy—TheMilitary Situation—Hale volunteers as Spy onBritish—He justifies his Action—Enters British Linesin Disguise—Mission serves little Purpose—A FatalRencontre—Is captured by the British—Sentenced toDeath by Howe—His Last Words | |
| CHAPTER VI |
| Mack and the Molly Maguires | [90] |
| | M'Parlan a North-of-Ireland Man—The Rush to PennsylvaniaCoal-fields—The Irish Adventurers—Growthof New Ireland—Erin a Land of Political Unrest—ANursery of Political Agitation—The Four Provinces—IrishHatred of Traitors—The "Molly Maguire" Dispatch—Frequencyof Murders—Franklin Goven intervenes—Mackenters the Field of Investigation—HisQualifications for the Business—Picking up the Lines—ANarrow Shave—Becomes an accepted Molly—HisStrenuous Task—Becomes a Suspect—Is sentenced toDeath—Eludes his appointed Slayers—Whisky saveshim—His Escape from the Coal Zones | |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Major André | [104] |
| | Mongrel Breed of Spy—Marcus Crassus and his Spies—Birthof André—Geneva University—His Precociousnessin Love Affairs—Buys a Commission in the RoyalFusiliers—Learns his Trade in Berlin—His CharmingPersonality—Leaves for Quebec via Philadelphia—Capturedafter Lexington—His Value to Howe—Promotion—MrW. Seargent's Picture of André—Relationswith Benedict Arnold—His Correspondence with theAmerican Traitor—Importance of West Point—André'sBright Hopes—Interview with Arnold—His Adventuresin Hostile Lines—Capture by an American Farmer—Briberyof no Avail—Colonel Jameson's Mistake—André'sLetter to General Washington—What Tallmadgethought—Is sentenced by Court Martial—HisExecution at Tappan—A Last Request | |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| British Secret Service | [123] |
| | Little or no Espionage in Britain—Beginnings of SecretService—Henry VII. and the Monastic Estates—TheIntelligencer in Elizabeth's Time—Statesmen employhis Services—Some Expensive Intelligencers—Cromwellwell served by Spies—Charles II. and Duchess ofPortsmouth—Many German Spies in Georgian Times—Pittorganises Foreign Spy System—Fox and the FirstConsul—Canning's famous Tilsit Coup—Pre-UnionEspionage in Ireland—Le Caron's Indictment of BritishPaymasters—The Trench-Brandon Trial at Leipsic—Germany'sFear of Foreign Spies—Her Traitors seekEnglish Gold—The Cost of Espionage to England,France, Germany and Russia—Home Office Alertness inAugust 1914—Measures of Counter-Espionage | |
| CHAPTER IX |
| French Secret Service | [147] |
| | Frenchmen Unwilling Spies—Paris Centre of vast PoliceNetwork of Spies—Colonel Henry's Fate—The Prevalenceof the Dossier—Fame and the Dossier—The AgentProvocateur—Divisions of French Secret Service—Esterhazy'sSeventeen Poursuivants—M. Bertillon'sBureau—Lower Orders of Spies—Forced Espionage—Newspaperand Bankers' Spies—The French WarOffice well informed—Renan's Views | |
| CHAPTER X |
| German Secret Service | [161] |
| | Germans are Natural Spies—The Principles of Frederickthe Great—Matinées du Roi de Prusse—Royal Views onWar, Religion, Policy, Justice—Essential Militarism ofSocial Germany—Price Collier's Opinion—Stieber theOrganiser of German Espionage—His Origin, Character,Unscrupulousness—Employed by his Sovereign—HisImportance in Official Circles—His Activity in all Classesof Society—His Decorations of Honour—Bismarckmeets a Kindred Soul—Stieber "fixes" Bohemia—Downfallof Austria at Sadowa—Stieber promoted | |
| CHAPTER XI |
| German Secret Service—continued | [179] |
| | Bismarck's Faith in Stieber—Red Eagle for the Sleuth—Stieber'sPreparation to invade France—His Requisitionsof Female Agents—An Attempted Assassination—Bismarck'sFar-sightedness—Stieber precedes the Armyof 1870—His Duties in the Field—A Pen Picture ofDe Gallifet—Stieber's Ferocity and Boastfulness—TheReptile Press—Bismarck and the Sleuth—Shooting aBridegroom—German Gold wins Friends—Importanceof Stieber in Berlin—His Wealth and Social Pretensions—Fearsthe Theatre and Literature—Meetingwith Mommsen—Berlin a new Urbs Sacra | |
| CHAPTER XII |
| German Secret Service—continued | [195] |
| | German Strategic Railways—Their Military Personneland Character—Stieber's Railway Spies in France—HisForeign Agents of Domestic Unrest—England also"covered"—Stieberism and the Dreyfus Case—EconomicUnrest and Berlin Gold—An Appeal to Irishmen—TheMesnard Pamphlet—Who financed the Suffragettes?(Note)—Death of Stieber—His Decorations ofHonour—German Lecturers and Teutonic Ambitions—JewishEugenics copied—Prussia's National Missionaries—Creationof "Sympathetic" Areas—Stieberisma Sink of Immorality—"All is Justifiable"—HowFrance was overrun—German Sleuths at Work—TheResidential Spy | |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| German Secret Service—continued | [214] |
| | Berlin and Polyænus—What the Spy has to find out—Lanoir'sTales in Point—Buying a Subaltern—£8000 toa Lieutenant—Berlin pays £10,000 for False Information—APole does the Bureau for £4000—German Spiesin 1914—The War Lord's Unacted Drama—GermanisingInfluences in Belgium—Rhodes Scholarshipsobjected to—Ex-Priests in German Army—Cipher andRed Man's Signals | |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| German Secret Service—continued | [229] |
| | Steinhauer in Stieber's Chair—His Work at Headquarters—ScarePolicies—Elme Caro quoted—TheZeppelin Programme—Hermann Turr's Revelations—Windellthe "valet"—"Number Seventy, Berlin"—ThePersonal Qualifications of German Agents—NoPretenders need apply—Salaries of Secret Agents—AHard Curriculum—Berlin's Tireless Quest of Intelligence—MrGraves and his Experience—Generous Pay forGood Work—Game not worth the Candle | |
| CHAPTER XV |
| German Secret Service—concluded | [242] |
| | Impotence of German Espionage—Berlin's Sleuths andDiplomats equally bad—Training Secret-Service Men—Insistenceon Facts—Naval Agents and their Knowledge—TheFatuity of German Ambitions—Practiceversus Theory—A Bismarck Touch—"Dirty LittleLieutenants"—An American War Correspondent inthe Field | |
| CHAPTER XVI |
| Diplomatic, Social, Church Spies | [255] |
| | No Sex Mystery about D'Eon—The Chevalier's GreatCourage—His Trip to Russia in Woman's Dress—Empressrewards him—Spies for Louis XV.—Proves an AptSoldier—Minister in London—Is removed and recalled—ReceivesFat Pension—His Return to France—ResumesFemale Attire—Disappoints the Curious—Deathin 1810—Comte d'Antraigues—Napoleon's Opinion of—HisReal Importance—Murdered in London—DiplomaticSecrets rarely divulged—Popular Misconceptions ofDiplomatic Spies—Napoleon's Cabinet Noir—PrussianSpies at every Court—The "Posen" Case—Social Spiesubiquitous—The Lower Types—The Tausch Bureau—London'sPeer Spy—A Self-constituted Social Cerberus—HisCourage in Action—Rise and Fall of the "Prince"—Sainfoin'sDerby—The Meyerling Tragedy—ChurchEspionage—The Spanish Inquisition—Its Terrors andTortures—Congregational and School Spies | |
| CHAPTER XVII |
| American Secret Service | [282] |
| | Few Spies in America—Political Spies active—CharlesI. and his Spies—Louis XVI. and De Kalb—Washingtonand his Spies—James Rivington's Work—SecessionDreams in 1812—The Mexican and Civil Wars—SouthernFemale Spies—Their Cleverness and Exploits—BelleBoyd and her Corps—The Whisky Ring Spies—CustomHouse Spies—American Newspaper Spies | |
| CHAPTER XVIII |
| Napoleon, his Mistress and—a Spy | [298] |
| | The Long Arm of British Diplomacy—Its fatefulWorld Rôle—Spying on Bonaparte—Romance of aCaptain's Wife—Madame Fourès and Bonaparte—Gettingrid of a Husband—John H. Barnett, BritishAgent—Bonaparte's Unscrupulousness—The Harem ofElfi Bey—Thrashing an Unfaithful Wife—Self-sacrificeof Fourès—Napoleon's Narrow Escape | |
| CHAPTER XIX |
| Conclusion—Bibliography | [309] |
| INDEX | [317] |