holds _N._ to his promises, 106; ambition to acquire the Danubian principalities, 105, 116, 117, 176, 248; appoints Tolstoi to negotiate with _N._, 107; declines _N.'s_ offers, 108; essays to effect the liberation of Prussia, 108, 168; continues his demands on _N._, 110; _N._ seeks further interviews with, 113, 116; court intrigue around, 115; receives presents from _N._, 116; seeks to acquire Finland, 115, 168, 176; breaks off negotiations for interview with _N._, 116; "stalemated," 117; humiliation of, 117, 310; Joseph seeks his consent to acceptance of the Spanish crown, 131; uncertainty concerning _N.'s_ plans, 165; approves _N.'s_ course at Bayonne, 166; friendship with Caulaincourt, 165, 168, 248; proposed second meeting with _N._, 166, 168, 169; informed of the capitulation of Baylen, 166; influence on Emperor Francis, 167; rewon by _N.'s_ promises, 166; remonstrates with Austria, 166, 168; determines to exact the fruits of Tilsit, 168; intellectual pretensions, 171; meeting with _N._ at Erfurt, 172 et seq.; dramatic incident at performance of "Oedipe," 172; apparent success of his demands at Erfurt, 177; hot words with _N._ at Erfurt, 177; approves of _N.'s_ contemplated divorce, 181; relies on _N._ to gratify his ambitions, 194; at Koenigsberg, 193, 194; modifies his tone to Vienna, 194; neutrality of, 225; gives no support to Francis, 236; orders invasion of Galicia, 236; his observance of Franco-Russian treaties, 238, 244; advises peace, 239; _N._ explains the treaty of Schoenbrunn to, 245; hesitates to betroth his sister to _N._, 247, 248; fears the loss of Moldavia and Wallachia, 248; chagrined at the Austrian war and its results, 249; anxiety for a French alliance, 248; attitude concerning _N.'s_ second marriage, 255, 316; offers Norway to Sweden, 281, 314, 321; discriminates against France in customs duties, 288; action on _N.'s_ occupation of the North Sea coast, 287; reserves his family rights over Oldenburg, 288; refuses to accept Erfurt, 288; liberal tendencies, 309; friendship with Czartoryski, 309, 311, 383; ambition for equality with _N._, iii. 310; essays the role of European mediator, 309; disgusted with the old dynasties, 309; outwitted by _N._ in the Polish negotiations, 310 et seq.; impending rupture with _N._, 310 et seq.; rupture with _N._ over the Polish question, 311 et seq.; refuses to restore the integrity of Poland, 312; proposes to accept the crown of Warsaw, 311; virtual declaration of war against France, 311; hopes of the Poles in, 313; _N._ offers the use of the "Moniteur" to, 315; _N._ threatens action against, 314; prepares for war, 315; proves an untrustworthy ally, 316; determines on defensive warfare, 316;