Julius Hermann Moritz Busch

From 1856 he was employed at Leipzig on the Grenzboten, one of the most influential German periodicals, which, under the editorship of Gustav Freytag, had become the organ of the National Liberal Party.

[3] In 1864 he became closely connected with the Augustenburg party in Schleswig-Holstein, but after 1866 he transferred his services to the Prussian government, and was employed in a semi-official capacity in the newly conquered province of Hanover.

From that time and for many years, he was the inseparable companion and confidant of the chancellor,[4] taking daily notes of his sayings and doings, and earning for himself the title of "Bismarck's Boswell.

The vividness of the descriptions and the cleverness with which the conversations were reported ensured a success, and the work was translated into several languages, and was reviewed by Henry James in The Nation.

[2] Immediately after Bismarck's death, Busch published the chancellor's famous petition to the emperor Wilhelm II of Germany dated 18 March 1890, requesting to be relieved of office.