II. YOUTH (1859-1881)……………………………. 10
III. PRE-ACCESSION DAYS (1881-1887)………………… 42
IV. "VON GOTTES GNADEN"………………………….. 56
V. THE ACCESSION (1888-1890)…………………….. 69
VI. THE COURT OF THE EMPEROR……………………… 105
VII. "DROPPING THE PILOT"…………………………. 125
VIII. SPACIOUS TIMES (1891-1899)……………………. 144
IX. THE NEW CENTURY (1900-1901)…………………… 189
X. THE EMPEROR AND THE ARTS……………………… 205
XI. THE NEW CENTURY—continued (1902-1904)……….. 237