And, as this book reminds us, the only means of counteracting the danger is not by surrender or compromise, not by seeking new creeds and theories but in adherence to old ones, not by nursing illusions but by facing facts, by courage, by a steadfast regard for principles, by the faith of authority in its mission, by “strengthening the things which remain and are ready to die.”

NORTHUMBERLAND.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Author in her Study[frontispiece]
Revolutionary Soldierspage[8]
Paul Kéri and Victor Heltai”[10]
Eugene Landler”[12]
Count Stephen Tisza”[20]
Count Michael Károlyi”[26]
King Charles”[36]
Count Károlyi and his Entourage”[50]
The House of Parliament”[58]
“Károlyi Stood on the Steps””[60]
Soldiers Swearing Allegiance to the National Council”[62]
Joseph Pogány”[70]
Countess Károlyi”[72]
Fiume”[78]
“The Tragedy of Every Ruined Home””[86]
“On the Roofs of the Incoming Trains””[96]
Heltai’s Sailors”[120]
The Crown Prince”[122]
“On all the Roads ... Homeless People are in Flight””[124]
Queen Zita”[128]
“A Tiny Székler Village””[132]
John Hock”[138]
Sigmund Kunfi”[140]
Béla Kún”[160]
The Hungarian Crown”[162]
A Communist Orator”[176]
The Valley of the Garam”[186]
William Böhm”[196]
Béla Kún Addressing the Crowd”[214]
“There were Processions Everywhere””[258]
The Royal Castle, Buda”[260]
Count Károlyi Distributing his Lands”[270]

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[1]
II.[19]
III.[34]
IV.[55]
V.[69]
VI.[85]
VII.[101]
VIII.[119]
IX.[135]
X.[153]
XI.[171]
XII.[189]
XIII.[208]
XIV.[225]
XV.[239]
XVI.[256]
XVII.[274]

AN OUTLAW’S DIARY