G. K. Chesterton

“ CHAPTER IV THE COMING OF THE JANISSARIES The Sad Story of Lord Salisbury—Ireland and Heligoland—The Young Men of Ireland—The Dirty Work—The Use of German Mercenaries—The Unholy Alliance—Triumph of the German Mercenaries. CHAPTER V THE LOST ENGLAND Truth about England and Ireland—Murder and the Two Travellers—Real Defence of England—The Lost Revolution—Story of Cobbett and the Germans—Historical Accuracy of Cobbett—Violence of the English Language—Exaggerated Truths versus Exaggerated Lies—Defeat of the People—Triumph of the German Mercenaries. ”

“ CHAPTER VI HAMLET AND THE DANES Degeneration of Grimm's Fairy Tales—From Tales of Terror to Tales of Terrorism—German Mistake of being Deep—The Germanisation of Shakespeare—Carlyle and the Spoilt Child—The Test of Teutonism— Hell or Hans Andersen—Causes of English Inaction—Barbarism and Splendid Isolation— The Peace of the Plutocrats—Hamlet the Englishman—The Triumph of Bismarck. CHAPTER VII THE MIDNIGHT OF EUROPE The Two Napoleons—Their Ultimate Success—The Interlude of Sedan—The Meaning of an Emperor—The Triumph of Versailles—The True Innocence of England— Triumph of the Kaiser. ”

“ CHAPTER II THE PROTESTANT HERO Suitable Finale for the German Emperor—Frederick II. and the Power of Fear—German Influence in England since Lather—Our German Kings and Allies— Triumph of Frederick the Great. CHAPTER III THE ENIGMA OF WATERLOO How we helped Napoleon—The Revolution and the Two Germanics—Religious Resistance of Austria and Russia—Irreligious Resistance of Prussia and England—Negative Irreligion of England—its Idealism in Snobbishness—Positive Irreligion of Prussia; no Idealism in Anything—Allegory and the French Revolution—The Dual Personality of England ”