Excerpt from The Kaiser's Heir: A Pen-Portrait IF there be one European personage more than another in whom we must all feel a deep and natural interest, it is surely the heir to the throne of that mighty nation - allied to us by blood and speech which has now become our greatest, though not unfriendly, rival. It has hitherto been the fashion for German writers to refer to the Kaiser's heir as an unbeschriebenes Blatt - a blank sheet of paper waiting to have something written upon it by himself; but the following pages will show that much of this space has already been filled up. 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.