1INTRODUCTION
10IX HOPES FOR IMPROVEMENT DEFERRED
2I EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DIPLOMACY
11X THE DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
3II OLD DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
12XI PARLIAMENT AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
4III AFTER THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA
13XII THE PUBLIC AND DIPLOMACY
5IV NAPOLEON III, DISRAELI, BISMARCK
14XIII A SURVIVAL OF ABSOLUTISM