SPIES AND SECRET SERVICE
[Illustration: Fouché
_From an engraving after Girardet_]
SPIES AND SECRET
SERVICE
THE STORY OF ESPIONAGE, ITS MAIN
SYSTEMS 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—Prehistoric
Ages—Antiquity—Jurists and Spying—Morin's
Views—Napoleon and Spies—Modern Spy's
Characteristics—The Aristocrat as Spy—Teutons inferior
to Latins—Women as Spies—The Salic Law—Mentality
of Efficient Spy—Degeneracy of Spy—Good
Education and Presence essential—Audacious rather
than Courageous—Napoleon's Leniency towards Spies