I.--GENERAL INTRODUCTION

II.--THE ENIGMA OF YUAN SHIH-KAI

III.--THE DREAM REPUBLIC
(From the Manchu Abdication to the dissolution of Parliament)

IV.--THE DICTATOR AT WORK
(From the Coup d'état of the 4th Nov. 1913 to the outbreak of the
World-war, 1st August, 1914)

V.--THE FACTOR OF JAPAN

VI.--THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

VII.--THE ORIGIN OF THE TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

VIII.--THE MONARCHIST PLOT
1º The Pamphlet of Yang Tu

IX.--THE MONARCHY PLOT
2º Dr. Goodnow's Memorandum

X.--THE MONARCHY MOVEMENT IS OPPOSED
The Appeal of the Scholar Liang Chi-chao

XI.--THE DREAM EMPIRE
("The People's Voice" and the action of the Powers)