Reminiscences
The Adventures of a Modern Gil Blas during the Last War
Waclaw Lednicki, C. H. Schooneveld
Frontmatter — PREFATORY NOTE — PREFACE — TABLE OF CONTENTS — Note to Introduction — I. Introduction — II. Europe on the Eve of the Last War — III. The Week of Alarm in Poland — IV. Cracow Under German Bombs — V. The Agony of the Human Soul — VI. The Great Surprise: „Russian Saviours“ — VII. Arrest by the G.P.U. — VIII. Wilno and Lwow Under Soviet „Protection“ — IX. Return to the Invaded Domicile — X. „We Will Read, and You Shall Work!“ — XI. The Spectrum of German Occupation — XII. A Touching Talk with the Foe — XIII. Diplomacy and Fate — XIV. My Brussels Alma Mater — XV. The Poles in France — XVI. Belgian Illusions — XVII. Paris Before the Fall of France — XVIII. „Las Dichas y las Desdichas“ — XIX. Lisbon and the „Ugly Americans“ — XX. My Mayflower — XXI. New Life — XXII. Postscript: My Sister