FERDINAND OF BULGARIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =Books of Topical Interest.= =The Russian Campaign.= =The second series of Field Notes.= By STANLEY WASHBURN. Demy 8vo, 70 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. [_Third Thousand._ =Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles.= By GRANVILLE FORTESCUE. Illustrated. Demy 8vo, cloth. Price 6s. net. =Ferdinand of Bulgaria.= By the Author of “The Real Kaiser.” Cartoons by Will. Dyson. Price 2s. net. =Sketches in Poland.= By FRANCES DELANEY LITTLE. 12 Illustrations in Colour. Demy 8vo. Price 9s. net. [_Second Edition._ =Field Notes from the Russian Front.= By STANLEY WASHBURN. Demy 8vo, 60 Illustrations. 6s.net. [_Fourth Thousand._ =At the Front with Three Armies.= By GRANVILLE FORTESCUE. Demy 8vo, 30 Illustrations. 6s.net. [_Second Edition._ =Germany’s Swelled Head.= By EMIL REICH. Crown 8vo, cloth. Jacket in Colours. Design by Kapp. Price 1s. net. [_Ninth Edition._ LONDON: ANDREW MELROSE, LTD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Ferdinand the Ambitious gazing from his Euxinograd Palace across the Black Sea towards Constantinople.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FERDINAND OF BULGARIA THE AMAZING CAREER OF A SHODDY CZAR By the Author of “THE REAL KAISER” LONDON: ANDREW MELROSE, LTD. 3 YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS