TABLE OF CONTENTS

Some random thoughts about the French nobility - by Dr. PANGLOSS

Still more random thoughts about the French nobility, Papal ennoblements- by Dr. PANGLOSS

Even more random thoughts about the French nobility, nobility and fraud, by Dr. PANGLOSS

Some questions on the validity of nobiliary titles proferred by Umberto II of Savoy, by James J. Algrant

The Other Dynasty, the Story of the Carlist Kings of Spain, by José María de Montells y Galán, translated by James J. Algrant

The instructive Case of Cosmo Lovejoy and his wife Muffy, by Dr. PANGLOSS

How Titles are acquired today, More ruminations on nobility by Dr. PANGLOSS

The indiscriminate desire for titles, orders, decorations and honors, by Dr.PANGLOSS

The Russian Imperial Succession, by Brien Purcell Horan, JD

The International Commission for Orders of Chivalry (I.C.O.C.),by James J. Algrant

The Proliferation of Russian and "other" Orders of St. John,by James J. Algrant

On the Headship of non-Regnant European Dynasties, by Baron Salvatore Fonte delle Camorrie

The nobiliary element in the Order of the Légion d'Honneur, by Dr. PANGLOSS

The Romanoffs and the Bagrations, an Essay by Daniel Sargis

The Priory of St.John of the Sovereign Order of the Hospital of St.John of Jerusalem, The Knights of Malta, by James J. Algrant

The Neo-Templars, by Dr. PANGLOSS

The Chivalric Emporium of West Virginia and other mail-order ventures, by Dr. PANGLOSS

An Essay on the Order of St. John (S.M.O.M.) by Chevalier PAUL

"...Who Was Then A Gentleman?" by Jean-Claude de Pourceaugnac

The Russian Connection, an essay on the most contentious period in the history of the Order of St.John, by James J. Algrant

The survival of the Russian tradition of St.John, an essay commenting on the previous paperby The Reverend Michael J. Foster, S.S.C., M.I.W.O

A more measured view of the Order of Saint Lazarus,by James J. Algrant

The Emperor of Palm Beach, by Derk Kinnane Roelofsma

The once and perhaps still lucrative trade in Polish military decorations, the revival from the ashes of an Order of St.Stanislas and profit-making veterans' associations. by Dr. PANGLOSS.

Setting the Record Straight: by Louis A.M. Mendola, in which the author takes exception to a piece by Guy Stair Sainty on self-styled orders

Plus ca Change.... A piece by James J. Algrant showing that the trade in  honors and titles is alive and well and that  once respected publishers are plying it with impunity.