THE VAMPIRE OF THE CONTINENT BY COUNT ERNST ZU REVENTLOW TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN WITH A PREFACE BY GEORGE CHATTERTON-HILL, PH.D. NEW YORK THE JACKSON PRESS 1916 COPYRIGHT BY E. S. MITTLER AND SON BERLIN AMERICAN EDITION COPYRIGHT 1916 BY THE JACKSON PRESS NEW YORK CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE v I. THE “HEROIC AGE” OF THE BRITONS. SIXTEENTH CENTURY 1 II. THE PIOUS PIRATES. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 15 III. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE “ENEMY OF PEACE.” ERA OF LOUIS XIV 29 IV. “WE HAVE CONQUERED CANADA IN GERMANY.” FREDERIC THE GREAT AND ENGLAND 40 V. THE PROTECTOR OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. THE LIBERATOR OF EUROPE. SECOND HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 51 VI. THE GREAT HARVEST. THE NAPOLEONIC WARS 78 VII. ENGLAND DIGESTS HER BOOTY. THE CONTINENT GRADUALLY BECOMES UNRULY. 1815–1890 101 VIII. ANGLO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP AND ESTRANGEMENT AFTER BISMARCK’S DEPARTURE. 1890–1895 121 IX. “AND IF THOU WILT NOT BE MY SERVANT....” FROM 1895 TILL THE ENTENTE CORDIALE 132 X. DELENDA GERMANIA. THE BEGINNING OF KING EDWARD’S REIGN 155 XI. EDWARD VII PREPARES THE HUMILIATION AND DESTRUCTION OF GERMANY. 1905–1908 159 XII. THE INCENDIARY AT WORK. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE GERMAN NAVY 171 XIII. KING EDWARD’S UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO SET THE NEAR EAST ABLAZE. THE BOSNIAN CRISIS 178 XIV. THE CATASTROPHE IS MORE CAREFULLY PREPARED. 1909–1914 197 TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE