THE PRUSSIAN TERROR BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS A FIRST TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH BY R.S. GARNETT WITH AN INTRODUCTION LONDON: STANLEY PAUL & CO PHILADELPHIA: DAVID MCKAY COMPANY 1916 [Illustration: ALEXANDRE DUMAS.] "L'ennemi, c'est le Prussien" GAMBETTA. CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. BERLIN II. THE HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN III. COUNT VON BISMARCK IV. IN WHICH BISMARCK EMERGES FROM AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION V. A SPORTSMAN AND A SPANIEL VI. BENEDICT TURPIN VII. KAULBACH'S STUDIO VIII. THE CHALLENGE IX. THE TWO DUELS X. WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN A KING'S HAND XI. BARON FREDERIC VON BÜLOW XII. HELEN XIII. COUNT KARL VON FREYBERG XIV. THE GRANDMOTHER XV. FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN XVI. THE DEPARTURE XVII. AUSTRIANS AND PRUSSIANS XVIII. THE DECLARATION OF WAR XIX. THE BATTLE OF LANGENSALZA XX. IN WHICH BENEDICT'S PREDICTION CONTINUES TO BE FULFILLED XXI. WHAT PASSED AT FRANKFURT BETWEEN THE BATTLES OF LANGENSALZA AND SADOWA XXII. THE FREE MEAL XXIII. THE BATTLE OF ASCHAFFENBURG XXIV. THE EXECUTOR XXV. FRISK XXVI. THE WOUNDED MAN XXVII. THE PRUSSIANS AT FRANKFORT XXVIII. GENERAL MANTEUFFEL'S THREATS XXIX. GENERAL STURM XXX. THE BREAKING OF THE STORM XXXI. THE BURGOMASTER XXXII. QUEEN AUGUSTA XXXIII. THE TWO PROCESSIONS XXXIV. THE TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD XXXV. THE MARRIAGE _IN EXTREMIS_ XXXVI. "WAIT AND SEE" CONCLUSION EPILOGUE INTRODUCTION