SPIES AND SECRET SERVICE
SPIES AND SECRETSERVICE
THE STORY OF ESPIONAGE, ITS MAINSYSTEMS AND CHIEF EXPONENTS
BY
HAMIL GRANT
LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
ST MARTIN'S STREET
LEICESTER SQUARE
MDCCCCXV
PRINTED BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED
EDINBURGH
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | ||
| PAGE | ||
| The Ethos of the Spy | 17 | |
| The Pragmatical Age—Spies always with us—PrehistoricAges—Antiquity—Jurists and Spying—Morin'sViews—Napoleon and Spies—Modern Spy's Characteristics—The Aristocratas Spy—Teutons inferior to Latins—Women as Spies—The Salic Law—Mentalityof Efficient Spy—Degeneracy of Spy—Good Education and Presenceessential—Audacious rather than Courageous—Napoleon's Leniency towards Spies | ||
| CHAPTER II | ||
| The Spy through the Ages | 29 | |
| Spies and the Bible—The Jew as Spy—Polyænus andhis Work—Mithridates his own Spy—Frontinus andStratagems—Ruses of Lelius—Tarquin's Son—Military"Psychologising"—Alexander's Black Cabinet—Histiæusand Ionia—Carrier-Pigeons used by Ancients—Hannibaland his Spies—Cæsar's Use of Spies—Romeand Church Spies—Continental School Spies—Frederickthe Great real Founder of Modern Espionage—HisAmbition for Prussia—Napoleon and Spies | ||
| CHAPTER III | ||
| Le Caron | 39 | |
| Piggott and Le Caron—How the Major adopted hisAlias—Birth and Bringing-up—Puritanical Surroundings—Worksin Paris—Volunteers in American CivilWar—His Religion—Fenian Movement—Employed byBritish Government to spy on Fenians—Joins Irish RepublicanArmy as Organiser—An Impromptu Speech—Fenian[8]Movement's Growth—General O'Neill's invasionof Canada—A Generous Cheque from Ottawa—TheClan-na-gael Movement—Le Caron an Active Spirit—TheIrish World—Influence of the Clan—A Russo-IrishAlliance—Le Caron and Parnell—The Major's realStatus—How he won his quasi-Heroic Reputation | ||
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| Schulmeister | 58 | |
| Schulmeister a Master Spy—His Value to Napoleon—AClaimant to Lofty Origin—Birth and Early Life—Smugglingas a Trade—Meets Sav ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||