Excerpt from The Emperor's Diary: Of the Austro-German War, 1866 and the Franco-German War, 1870-71; To Which Is Added Prince Bismarck's Rejoinder IN the third week of September, Europe. Was startled by the publication of what purported to be extracts from the private Diary of the Emperor Frederick of Germany, written whilst he was yet Crown Prince, during the stirring times of the franco-german War. The first impression was one of incredulity as to the authenticity of the document. But from the candid mind all incredulity vanished on studying the work. It bore on every page the im press of the hand of the dead Emperor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.