Lepsius, Bartholdy und Thimme.—Die Grosse Politik der Europäischen Kabinette, 1871–1914. Berlin, 1924. There is little relating directly to Samoa within the period under consideration.

Book IV, pp. 150, 175 relates to certain negotiations in 1886, 1887.

Book XIV, Pt. 2, Chap. XCVI, pp. 565–75, relates to the negotiations of 1898–99.

Weissbücher—Auswärtiges Amt.—These are for the most part later than the period under consideration. They include trade reports and correspondence.

Vol 1.

Weissbuch, 1st Sess., 6. Teil 1. Berlin, 1885, pp. 131–77.

Deutsche Interessen in der Südsee, 1884.

(This gives a full account of the trade of the D.H. & P.G. in the islands. Nos. 1–2, pp. 131–51.)

Vol. 2.

Weissbuch, 1st Sess., 6. Teil 2, pp. 95–184. Deutsche Interessen in der Südsee.

There are also four White Books devoted to affairs in Samoa between 1886–93.

Vol. 5, 4th Sess., 7. Samoa I, 1889, pp. 1–95.

Vol. 6, 4th–5th Sess., 7. Samoa II, 1899, pp. 1–61.

Vol. 8, 5th Sess., 7 and 8. Samoa III, 1890, pp. 47–99.

Vol. 13, 2nd Sess., 8. Samoa IV, 1893, pp. 1–198.