CONTENTS.
- [PREFACE.]
- [CONTENTS.]
- [ILLUSTRATIONS.]
- [CHAPTER I.]
- [CHAPTER II.]
- [CHAPTER III.]
- [CHAPTER IV.]
- [CHAPTER V.]
- [CHAPTER VI.]
- [CHAPTER VII.]
- [CHAPTER VIII.]
- [CHAPTER IX.]
- [CHAPTER X.]
- [CHAPTER XI.]
- [CHAPTER XII.]
- [CHAPTER XIII.]
- [CHAPTER XIV.]
- [CHAPTER XV.]
- [CHAPTER XVI.]
- [CHAPTER XVII.]
- [FOOTNOTES:]
- [INDEX]
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
BIRTH AND PARENTAGE........................1
CHAPTER II.
EARLY LIFE, 1821-1847.....................14
CHAPTER III.
THE REVOLUTION,
1847-1852.................................34
CHAPTER IV.
THE GERMAN PROBLEM
1849-1852.................................70
CHAPTER V.
FRANKFORT, 1851-1857......................86
CHAPTER VI.
ST. PETERSBURG AND
PARIS, 1858-1862.........................127
CHAPTER VII.
THE CONFLICT, 1862-1863..................162
CHAPTER VIII.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN,
1863-1864................................192
CHAPTER IX.
THE TREATY OF GASTEIN,
1864-1865................... ............226
CHAPTER X.
OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH
AUSTRIA, 1865-1866.......................240
CHAPTER XI.
THE CONQUEST OF GERMANY,
1866................................. ...259
CHAPTER XII.
THE FORMATION OF THE NORTH
GERMAN CONFEDERATION,
1866-1867................................291
CHAPTER XIII.
THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH
FRANCE, 1867-1870........................315
CHAPTER XIV.
THE WAR WITH FRANCE AND
THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE,
1870-1871................................346
CHAPTER XV.
THE NEW EMPIRE, 1871-1878................377
CHAPTER XVI.
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND
ECONOMIC REFORM, 1878-1887 ..............405
CHAPTER XVII.
RETIREMENT AND DEATH, 1887-1898..........440
INDEX....................................465