CONTENTS

THE YOUNG EMPEROR, WILLIAM II OF GERMANY

CHAPTER I.—THE SUPREMACY OF THE HOHENZOLLERNS.

CHAPTER II.—WILLIAM’S BOYHOOD

CHAPTER III.—UNDER CHANGED INFLUENCES AT BONN

CHAPTER IV.—THE TIDINGS OF FREDERIC’S DOOM

CHAPTER V.—THROUGH THE SHADOWS TO THE THRONE

CHAPTER VI.—UNDER THE SWAY OF THE BISMARCKS

CHAPTER VII.—THE BEGINNINGS OF A BENEFICENT CHANGE

CHAPTER VIII.—A YEAR OF EXPERIMENTAL ABSOLUTISM

CHAPTER IX.—A YEAR OF HELPFUL LESSONS

CHAPTER X.—THE FALL OF THE BISMARCKS

CHAPTER XI—A YEAR WITHOUT BISMARCK

CHAPTER XII.—PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS