CONTENTS. PageI. [The Missions of Prince Gortchakof and the Débuts of M. de Bismarck]1 II. [A National Minister and a Fault-finding Diplomat at St. Petersburg]75 III. [United Action]122 IV. [The Eclipse of Europe]188 V. [Orient and Occident]227 VI. [Ten Years of Association]287 [APPENDIX]311