Contents: The Triumph of Nationalism in Italy and Germany. The Conquest of the Kingdom Of Naples. The Franco-Prussian War. The German Empire. The Kulturkampf. Bismarck and Socialism. Bismarck and the Policy of Protection. Acquisition of Colonies. The Triple Alliance. The Reign Of William II. France under the Third Republic. The Commune. The Government of Thiers. The Framing of the Constitution. The Dreyfus Case. The Separation of Church and State. Acquisition of Colonies in the Nineteenth Century. The Kingdom of Italy since 1870. The Empire of Austria since 1867. The Kingdom of Hungary since 1867. Great Britain and Ireland. The British Empire. The Partition of Africa. Egypt. The Small States of Europe. Switzerland. Denmark. Sweden and Norway. Spain. Portugal. The Disruption of the Ottoman Empire and the Rise of the Balkan States. Serbia. The Greek War of Independence. Roumania. Revolts in the Balkans. Bulgaria after 1878. Roumania and Serbia after 1878. Greece after 1833. Revolution in Turkey. Russia to the War with Japan. The Reign of Alexander III. The Reign of Nicholas II. The Far East. England, France, and Russia in Asia. Russia since the War with Japan. The Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913. The Peace Movement. The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The Turko-Italian War of 1911. The Balkan Wars. The World War. The War in 1914. The War in 1915. The War in 1916. Entrance of the United States into the War. Revolution in Russia. The War in 1917. The War in 1918.