Preface; Introductory note; 1. Early Saxon period, 1697-1733 Wl. Konopczy¿ski; 2. Later Saxon period, 1733-63 Wl. Konopczy¿ski; 3. The constitution of Poland before the partitions P. Skwarczy¿ski; 4. Socal life before the partitions W. J. Rose; 5. The first partition W. F. Reddaway; 6. The age of Stanislas Augustus and the national revival B. Dembi¿ski; 7. The second partition W. F. Reddaway; 8. Köciuszko and the third partition M. Kukiel; 9a. Polish literature in the eighteenth century W. Borowy; 9b. Eighteenth century Polish art Wl. Tatarkiewicz; 10a. Napoleon and Poland J. Holland Rose; 10b. Napoleonic wars M. Kukiel; 11. The Duchy of Warsaw M. Handelsman; 12. The Congress of Vienna Montgomery Hyde; 13a. The Polish kingdom M. Handelsman; 13b. The November insurrection Br. Pawlowski; 14a. The great emigration A. P. Coleman; 14b. The great emigration and Polish Romanticism Monica Gardner; 15. The Polish provinces of Austria and Prussia after 1815: the 'springtime of nations' J. Feldman; 16. Poland under Alexander II: the insurrection of 1863 A. P. Coleman; 17. Russian Poland in the later nineteenth century W. J. Rose; 18. Prussian Poland, 1850-1914 W. J. Rose; 19. Galicia in the period of autonomy and self-government, 1849-1914 S. Estreicher; 20. The Polish question during the World War (a) Military efforts and political activities of the Poles R. Dyboski; (b) The Polish problem in international politics B. E. Schmidt; 21. The peace conference, 1919 W. F. Reddaway; 22. The struggle for the frontiers, 1919-23 S. Kutrzeba; 23. Literature, art and learning in Poland since 1863 R. Dyboski; 24. The first years of the Republic J. H. Penson; 25. Pilsudski Lord Kennet; Index.