Villa Elsa is but Germany in miniature. In the significant character, habits and activities of this household may be found the true pith and essence of real Germanism as normally developed. This Germanism appears ready to continue after the War to be the malignant and would-be assassin of other civilizations. It is, therefore, tragically important to find and act on the right answer to the question:
Is there any possible way to make the Germans become true, peace-loving friends with us—with the rest of mankind?
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Forward | [vii] | |
| I. | Triumphant Germany in 1913 | [1] |
| II. | Deutschland ueber Alles | [6] |
| III. | Gard Kirtley | [11] |
| IV. | Villa Elsa | [19] |
| V. | Family Life | [29] |
| VI. | The Home | [36] |
| VII. | German Loving | [46] |
| VIII. | German Courtship | [54] |
| IX. | A Journalist | [64] |
| X. | Spies and War | [71] |
| XI. | German Ways | [78] |
| XII. | Habits and Children | [86] |
| XIII. | Down with America! | [94] |
| XIV. | Aftermath | [106] |
| XV. | Military Blockheads | [113] |
| XVI. | A Lively Musician | [120] |
| XVII. | Immorality and Obscenity | [125] |
| XVIII. | The Naked Cult | [134] |
| XIX. | Jim Deming of Erie, Pay | [145] |
| XX. | An American Victory | [152] |
| XXI. | A People Peculiar or Pagan? | [160] |
| XXII. | Making for War | [168] |
| XXIII. | Social Etiquette | [178] |
| XXIV. | The Court Ball | [186] |
| XXV. | Fritzi and Another Conversation | [192] |
| XXVI. | Some of the Less Known Efficiency | [200] |
| XXVII. | The Imperial Secret Service | [210] |
| XXVIII. | Jim Deming's Fate | [218] |
| XXIX. | Winter and Spring | [229] |
| XXX. | Villa Elsa Outdoors | [238] |
| XXXI. | A Casual Tragedy | [247] |
| XXXII. | A German Marriage Proposal | [256] |
| XXXIII. | A Waitress Dance | [263] |
| XXXIV. | Champagne | [272] |
| XXXV. | Recuperation | [279] |
| XXXVI. | The German Problem. An Answer | [285] |
| XXXVII. | A German "Gott Be with Ye" | [294] |
| XXXVIII. | A Journey | [302] |
| XXXIX. | The Tomb of Charlemagne | [313] |
| XL. | The End of a Little Game | [323] |
| XLI. | Are They Huns | [329] |
| XLII. | The Anti-Christians | [336] |
| XLIII. | The Teuton Problem. A Solution | [347] |