Contents: Franco- German relations. 1871- 1914.- The diplomatic background of the first world war.- British policy before the war of 1914 in the light of the archives.- Prince Bulow and his memoirs.- Kiderlen- Wuchter, the man of Agndir.- British foreign policy, 1919- 1939- Political autobiography.- The French revolution as a world force.- Politics and morals.- Hobbes and the absolute state