THE END OF THE GREAT WAR
By J. Stewart Barney
1915
{Illustration: “COUNT VON HEMELSTEIN,” THE AMERICAN SAID LAZILY,
“I WAS JUST THINKING WHAT A STUNNING BOOK-COVER YOU WOULD
MAKE FOR A CHEAP NOVEL.” Drawn by Clarence F. Underwood.}
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO MY REAL FRIENDS, WHO MAY LOVE IT.
WHILE THE OTHERS IT MAY BORE;
TO MY ENEMIES, GOD BLESS THEM,
THO’ THEY SPLUTTER, MORE AND MORE.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. — THE MAN AND THE HOUR ]
[ CHAPTER II. — THE ONE-MAN SECRET ]
[ CHAPTER III. — CROSSING WITH ROYALTY ]
[ CHAPTER IV. — THE FIRST REBUFF ]
[ CHAPTER V. — ECHOES FROM THE WILHELMSTRASSE ]
[ CHAPTER VI. — A RUSTY OLD CANNON-BALL ]
[ CHAPTER VII. — DIPLOMACY WINS ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. — THE SPY-DRIVEN TAXI. — ]
[ CHAPTER IX. — BUCKINGHAM PALACE ]
[ CHAPTER X. — HE MEETS THE KING ]
[ CHAPTER XI. — THE DEIONIZER ]
[ CHAPTER XII. — FIRST SHOW OF FORCE ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. — “THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING!” ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. — THE ROYAL TEA-TABLE ]
[ CHAPTER XV. — SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. — A DINNER AT THE BRITZ ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. — THE VOICE IN THE TELEPHONE ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. — IN THE HANDS OF THE GERMANS ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. — THE GERMAN POINT OF VIEW ]
[ CHAPTER XX. — GENERAL VON LICHTENSTEIN ]
[ CHAPTER XXI. — HE INSTALLS HIS WIRELESS ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. — KAFFEE KLATSCH ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. — THE TWO-WHEELED MYSTERY ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV. — DER KAISER ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. — THE MASQUERADER ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI. — TWO REMARKABLE MEN ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. — ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — WHERE IS IT? ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. — THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR STATIONS ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. — THEY CALL FOR ASSISTANCE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. — “SIT DOWN, YOU DOG!” ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — YACHTING IN THE AIR ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE ULTIMATUM ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. — A LYING KING MAKES A NATION OF LIARS ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — THINK OF IT! WHY NOT? ]