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...achting expedition in the early 20th century combined with an adventurous spy story. It was one of the early invasion novels which predicted war with Germany and called for British preparedness. The plot involves the uncovering of secret German preparations for an invasion of the United Kingdom. It is often called the first modern spy novel, although others are as well, it...

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...y insignificant kingdom--against Russia, Austria, and France simultaneously, who were aided also by the forces of most of the minor principalities of Germany. The population of Prussia was not more than five millions, while that of the Allies considerably exceeded a hundred millions. Prussia could put, with the greatest efforts, but a hundred and fifty thousand men into th...

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...oping as an industry, especially after the invention of movable type. Two inventors are contested as the first inventor, Johann Gutenberg of Mentz in Germany, and Laurenz Coster of Haarlem in Holland. Rawlings describes the evidence for each side, along with stories and legends that grow around their names. Since many of the medieval books were meant to be admired as art b...

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...asons of Strasburg was first signed in Regensburg, with a second signed shortly afterwards in Strasburg. The Gutenberg Bible began printing in Mainz, Germany in 1455, and the first Bible in German, the Mentel Bible, was printed in Strasburg in 1466. The invitation to the royal wedding includes the Monas Hieroglyphica associated with John Dee. (Summary by Wikipedia.org)...

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...ares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for an English audience. Even so, she left the setting as Germany. The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season...

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...stein in German East Africa sets the pretext for the story. Von Ragastein returns to England as Dominey, to regain his position in society, and serve Germany by influencing England to keep out of the coming conflict. There is one problem however: there are some, including Dominey’s wife, who are not convinced that Sir Everard Dominey is really who he claims to be. You will...

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...ria to send an impossible ultimatum to Serbia, and invaded Belgium because Germany was being attacked. The Krupp-Kaiser Empire, he assures us, is no e... ...possibility of an “inconclusive peace” which so many people seem to dread. Germany, I believe, is going to be beaten, but not completely crushed, by t... ... peace vanishes. But it will be a Roman world peace, 17 H G Wells made in Germany, and there will have to be several more great wars before it is est... ...nd there will have to be several more great wars before it is established. Germany is too homoge- neous yet to have begun the lesson of compromise and... ... concluded that war was played out. His book was very carefully studied in Germany. As a humble disciple of Bloch I should have realised this, but I d... ...t account. 18 What Is Coming? esying at the outbreak of the war. I judged Germany by the Kaiser, and by the Kaiser-worship which I saw in Berlin. I t... ...vast massed attacks and tremendous cavalry charges, and that he would lead Germany to be smashed against the Allied defensive in the West, and to be s... ...be over. I did not properly appreciate the more studious and more thorough Germany that was to fight be- hind the Kaiser and thrust him aside, the Ger... ...nd thrust him aside, the Germany we Brit- ish fight now, the Ostwald-Krupp Germany of 1915. That Germany, one may now perceive, had read and thought o...

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... of this “war to end war,” the diplomatists of the Powers al- lied against Germany were busily spinning a disastrous web of greedy secret treaties, we... ...hese two writers seem disposed to welcome a peace with an unrevolutionized Germany, an idea to which, in common with most British people, I am bitterl... ...cient 12 In the Fourth Year abundance to go on fighting: Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. There are three others which are very doubt... ...g of the council chamber, but that way there is no peace. And when at last Germany says snip sufficiently to the Allies’ snap, and the Peace Congress ... ...coal after the war? Those countries must have it somehow. Across the board Germany can make some tempting bids in that respect. Or take another questi... ...al, and South Africa about the administration of Cen- tral Africa? Suppose Germany makes sudden proposals af- fecting native labour that win over the ... ...s with enormous powers. Krupp’s business alone is as pow- erful a thing in Germany as the Crown. In every country a heavily subsidized “patriotic” pre... ... and France will also be very busy with the na- tional pride of France. In Germany they have already cre- ated a colossal suspicion of England. Here i... ...er they spend their power in killing or in educating and creating, France, Germany, however much we may resent it, the two great English-speaking comm...

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...ail. 12 Why We Are at War II THE SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELA- TIONS WITH GERMANY Message to the Congress February 3, 1917 GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS:... ...diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether. 13 Woodrow Wilson GERMANY’S U-BOAT PLEDGE In reply to this declaration the German Government ... ...ips attempt to escape or offer resistance. But neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to fight for her existence, shall, for the sake of neutral ... ...g with a formal note, a memorandum which contains the following statement: GERMANY’S NEW POLICY The Government of the United States feels it necessary... ...rnment of the United States will understand the situation thus forced upon Germany by the Entente Allies’ brutal methods of war and by their determina... ...hat the now openly disclosed intentions of the Entente Allies give back to Germany the freedom of action which she reserved in her note addressed to t... ... Government of the United States on May 4, 1916. Under these circumstances Germany will meet the illegal measures of her enemies by forcibly preventin... ...o defend them by acts of wilful injustice on the part of the Government of Germany. 17 Woodrow Wilson III REQUEST FOR A GRANT OF POWER Message to the... ...s against the unwarranted infringements they are suffering at the hands of Germany, there may be no recourse but to armed neutrality, which we shall k...

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...its ends are simple; as- sertions of the moral elevation and loveliness of Germany; of the insuperable excellences of German Kultur, the Kaiser, and C... ...ls and simple-minded paci- fists of allied nationality to save the face of Germany by ini- tiating peace negotiations. But apart from their steady rec... ... his life and all that he has if by so doing he may help to end it. I hate Germany, which has thrust this experience upon man- kind, as I hate some ho... ...ly beating the spirit out of the Ger- man army and shoving it back towards Germany. Only peace can, I believe, prevent the western war ending in Germa... ...n cloak, sits on thrones and talks of shining armour and “unser Gott.” All Germany gloats over his Jo- vian domesticities; when I was last in Berlin t... ...g very simply and clearly the difficulties that this vulgar imperialism of Germany, seizing upon mod- ern science and modern appliances, has created f... ...his two colleagues spoke of the Germans with either hostility or humanity. Germany for them is mani- festly merely an objectionable Thing. It is not a... ...ounter- thrust bigger and stronger until they go back. The war must end in Germany. The French generals have no such delu- sions about German science ... ...peful prospects of offensive movements on a large scale against Austria or Germany. It is a short distance as the crow flies from Rovereto to Munich, ...

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...tively modern edition, 4to 1663. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. THE POPE. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. RAYMOND, king of Hungary. DUKE OF SAXONY. BRUNO. DUKE OF VANHOLT... ...peak for Faustus in his infancy. Now is he born of parents base of stock, In Germany, within a town call’d Rhodes: At riper years, to Wittenberg he we... ...ilosophy, And tell the secrets of all foreign kings; I’ll have them wall all Germany with brass, And make swift Rhine circle fair Wertenberg; I’ll hav... ...o my crown: The Emperor shall not live but by my leave, Nor any potentate of Germany. Now that I have obtain’d what I desir’d, I’ll live in speculatio... ...g, and disputing! But, leaving this, let me have a wife, The fairest maid in Germany; For I am wanton and lascivious, And cannot live without a wife. ... ...s holiness, Restore this Bruno to his liberty, And bear him to the states of Germany. MEPHIST. Faustus, I go. FAUSTUS. Despatch it soon: The Pope shal... ...on a proud pac’d steed, as swift as thought, Flies o’er the Alps to fruitful Germany, There to salute the woful Emperor. FAUSTUS. The Pope will curse ... ...h rare exploits, Before the Pope and royal Emperor, As never yet was seen in Germany. BENVOLIO. Has not the Pope enough of conjuring yet? He was upon ... ...ives, In recompense of this thy high desert, Thou shalt command the state of Germany, And live belov’d of mighty Carolus. [Exeunt.] Doctor Faust...

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...w thought one tyrant might be better than three, and any one preferable to Germany. On the 5th November 1885, accordingly, Laupepa, Tamasese, and fort... ...tracted him; and when he was picked out for secret duty, to be the hand of Germany in Samoa, there is no doubt but he accepted the post with exhilarat... ...e outrage, was outside the king’s jurisdiction by treaty; by the choice of Germany, he was not so much as allowed to fly his flag there. And the denia... ...nce on Samoan affairs was adjourned till autumn, so that “the ministers of Germany and Great Britain might submit the protocols to their respective Go... ... July 26th; and, twenty- nine days later, by Wednesday the 24th of August, Germany had practically seized Samoa. For this flagrant breach of faith one... ...ce of a timid ambuscade; and helped to shake men’s reliance on the word of Germany. On the day named, an ultimatum reached Malietoa at Afenga, whither... ...lace. “That is an aston- ishing thing,” said he. “I thought I was to go to Germany, I do not know what this means; I do not know what will be the end ... ...ne, or he would have given it to me.” On the passage from the Cameroons to Germany, he had great delight to see the cliffs of England. He saw “the roc... ...43 Robert Louis Stevenson is understood to have held strict orders to help Germany. Commander Leary, of the Adams, the American captain, when he arriv...

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... 33 Yo n g e CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XIV GERMANY GERMANY GERMANY GERMANY GERMANY THERE was a great murmur and buzz o... ...er than any others; and we all stand as one irresistible power, the United Germany.” Lucy have a little gasp! it was all so very wise. “May I see your... ...ened to the band. On the whole, Lucy thought she should not mind living in Germany, if they would not have so many lessons to learn. CHAPTER XV CHAPTE...

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...T YEAR a Parisian banker, who had very extensive commercial relations with Germany, was entertain- ing at dinner one of those friends whom men of busi... ...ocks of yellowish hair. He was the type of the sons of that pure and noble Germany, so fertile in honorable natures, whose peaceful manners and morals... ...aused to be pulled down the ancient castles that once adorned this part of Germany. Looking at this marvellous 8 The Red Inn country, covered with fo... ...hly on the banks of the river and offering a convenient port to mariners. “Germany is a beautiful country!” cried one of the two young men, who was na... ...elled by curiosity, my neighbor went up to the purveyor. “Were you ever in Germany?” she asked. Taillefer came near dropping his cup and saucer. “I, m... ...asking the father for Victorine’s hand. But I fled; I travelled; I went to Germany, to Andernach; and then—I returned! I found Victorine pale, and thi...

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...uld have been almost impossible to ask Americans to picture our situation if Germany had invaded the United States, and had held a tenth part of our m... ...the allied peoples who might come to our aid to judge us by what they saw if Germany held our Atlantic sea board, with all its great cities, together ... ... to adopt its ways, and to be taken for native born citizens. The Germans in Germany are very different; though, even there, they were at great pains,... ...e within my own experience in 1913. For the first time in many years I was in Germany that summer, and on arriving in Berlin I was much struck by that ... ...t, I met a German Princess, a Serene Highness, one of the greatest ladies in Germany, a cousin of his Imperial Majesty. I told her what had happened, ... ...t to bully Americans. That little incident gave me a glimpse of what life in Germany must be like if you are a German; and also of the essential diffe... ... intelligently cherished. Between the Swiss snows and the icy winter fogs of Germany on the one side, and the mists and rain and perpetual dampness of... ...n months sooner than the date agreed upon: to the rage and disappointment of Germany, and the amazement and admiration of the rest of the world. Every...

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...The husband is, I believe, a native of Cremona and has just come here from Germany. He was hoping to get the T edeschi to try some new music and some ... ..., as a man of the world, you are too ungrateful to the classic land whence Germany and France derived their first teaching. While the compositions of ... ... tenor of the former, and transformed the latter into a bass. At that time Germany had no musician excepting Sebastian Bach.—But you, monsieur, though... ...utine to accept the in- novations I conceived of; so I thought of going to Germany. 25 Balzac “I traveled thither by way of Hungary, listening to the... ...hich had soon exhausted my savings. And yet those were our golden days. In Germany I was appreci- ated. There has been nothing in my life more gloriou... ...effect of the long trumpets, of which you speak, it has long been known in Germany; and what Meyerbeer of- fers us as a novelty was constantly used by... ...c, wanted another prayer like that in Mose. I should have liked to see how Germany would contend with Italy, what Meyerbeer could do in ri- valry with...

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... Grand Duke of Baden, a stately man in uniform, who wore the hand- some brass-mounted, steel-spiked helmet of the army on his head. Last came the Empr... ...ts fight duels in the room which I have described, two days in every week duringseven and a half or eight months in every year. This custom had contin... ...- sional victim—the end of a broken sword flew five or ten feet and buried itself in his neck or his heart, and death ensued instantly. The student du... ... scar as possible. It does not look reasonable, but it is roundly asserted and main- tained, nevertheless; I am sure of one thing—scars are plenty eno... ...or two ago, the principal Heidelberg expert was a big Kentuckian; he was invited to the various universities and left a wake of victory behind him all... ...nt in Strasburg *They have to borrow the arms because they could not get them elsewhere or otherwise. As I understand it, the public authori- ties, al... ...d all who were coming were in their seats, and quiet reigned. A German gentleman in the train had said that a Shakespearian play was an appreciated tr... ...se filled. It was true; all the six tiers were filled, and remained so to the end—which suggested that it is not only balcony people who like Shakespe... ...er opera the night before, and went on to enlarge upon his old and prodigious fame, and how many honors had been lavished upon him by the princely hou...

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...emed to matter to Mr. Bert Smallways that a newspaper placard proclaimed:— GERMANY DENOUNCES THE MONROE DOCTRINE. AMBIGUOUS ATTITUTDE OF JAPAN. WHAT W... ...gain the little town was very small and travelling, with the rest of lower Germany , in a circular orbit round and round the car— or atleast it appear... ...ense scale the great discover- ies of Hunstedt and Stossel, and so to give Germany before all other nations a fleet of airships, the air power and the... ...ad wires or cables. Everywhere was the white, black and yellow of Imperial Germany, everywhere the black eagles spread their wings. Even without these... ...bserved. They were altogether fish-like. For the great airships with which Germany attacked New York in her last gigantic ef- fort for world supremacy... ...nd they had a carrying power of from seventy to two hundred tons. How many Germany possessed history does not record, but Bert counted nearly eighty g... ...terprise we have compactly recorded. France achieved similar imbecilities; Germany was, if pos- sible worse; Russia under the waste and stresses of mi... ...- dicted to commerce, but roused to military necessities by the efforts of Germany to expand into South America, and by the natural consequences of he... ...world because its real causes were hidden. Relations were strained between Germany and the United States because of the intense exasperation of a tari...

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............................................................... 54 Written in GERMANY, ..................................................................... ... tone, That I almost receiv’d her heart into my own.” W W W W Written in GERMANY ritten in GERMANY ritten in GERMANY ritten in GERMANY ritten in GER...

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...ndon; Mr. John re sided by Epping Forest. Mr. James and I were to start for Germany in about a week. The exact day depended on business. Mr. John cam...