PETERSBURG AND PARIS, 1858-1862...................

127 CHAPTER VII.
THE CONFLICT, 1862-1863...............................

162 CHAPTER VIII.
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, 1863-1864.........................

192 CHAPTER IX.
THE TREATY OF GASTEIN, 1864-1865...................

...226 CHAPTER X.
OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH AUSTRIA, 1865-1866................240 CHAPTER XI.
THE CONQUEST OF GERMANY, 1866..........................259 CHAPTER XII.
THE FORMATION OF THE NORTH GERMAN CONFEDERATION, 1866-1867..............................................291 CHAPTER XIII.
THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH FRANCE, 1867-1870.............315 CHAPTER XIV.
THE WAR WITH FRANCE AND FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE, 1870-1871..................................346 CHAPTER XV.
THE NEW EMPIRE, 1871-1878..............................377 CHAPTER XVI.
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND ECONOMIC REFORM, 1878-1887 ....405 CHAPTER XVII.
RETIREMENT AND DEATH, 1887-1898........................440 INDEX..................................................465 ILLUSTRATIONS.
BISMARCK _Frontispiece_ [From a painting by F.Von Lenbach.] BISMARCK'S COAT OF ARMS..................................2 SCHOeNHAUSEN CHURCH--INTERIOR.............................6 LUISE WILHELMINE VON BISMARCK...........................10 Bismarck's Mother.
KARL WILHELM FERD.