CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION]
[CHAPTER I
THE CAUSES OF THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.]

[CHAPTER II
FROM WÖRTH TO GRAVELOTTE]

[CHAPTER III
SEDAN]

[CHAPTER IV
THE FOUNDING OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC]

[CHAPTER V
THE FOUNDING OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC--continued]

[CHAPTER VI
THE GERMAN EMPIRE]

[CHAPTER VII
THE EASTERN QUESTION]

[CHAPTER VIII
THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR]

[CHAPTER IX
THE BALKAN SETTLEMENT]

[CHAPTER X
THE MAKING OF BULGARIA]

[CHAPTER XI
NIHILISM AND ABSOLUTISM IN RUSSIA]

[CHAPTER XII
THE TRIPLE AND DUAL ALLIANCES]

[CHAPTER XIII
THE CENTRAL ASIAN QUESTION]

[CHAPTER XIV
THE AFGHAN AND TURKOMAN CAMPAIGNS]

[CHAPTER XV
BRITAIN IN EGYPT]

[CHAPTER XVI
GORDON AND THE SUDAN]

[CHAPTER XVII
THE CONQUEST OF THE SUDAN]

[CHAPTER XVIII
THE PARTITION OF AFRICA]

[CHAPTER XIX
THE CONGO FREE STATE]

[CHAPTER XX
RUSSIA IN THE FAR EAST]

[CHAPTER XXI
THE NEW GROUPING OF THE GREAT POWERS (1900-1907)]

[CHAPTER XXII
TEUTON versus SLAV (1908-13)]

[CHAPTER XXIII
THE CRISIS OF 1914]

[INDEX]