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Introductionv
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1876.Purchase of the Suez Canal Shares1
1876.England, Russia, and Afghanistan3
1876.The Queen as Empress of India5
1876.Bulgarian Atrocities8
I. Thunder from Mr. Gladstone8
II. Cold Water from Disraeli11
1877.Sir Theophilus Shepstone's Commission15
1877.Russia declares War on Turkey16
1877.Irish Obstruction in its Early Days17
1877.Plevna after the Siege18
1878.Strained Relations with Russia21
1878.Peace with Honour24
1878.The Secret Agreements in Beaconsfield's Pockets25
1878.Gladstone Indignant Again27
1878.Russian Intrigue at Cabul28
1878.Shere Ali30
1879.Death of Shere Ali31
1879.The Gandamak Treaty31
1879.The Cabul Massacre32
1879.The Midlothian Campaign35
1880.Beaconsfield keeps Cool37
1880.The Maiwand Disaster37
1880.The Bradlaugh Case40
1880.Social Ameliorations40
Employers' Liability40
Funded Municipal Debt41
Electric Light, The Telephone, New Hotels42
1880.Parnell and the Land League43
1880.Captain Boycott44
1880.The Boer Rising45
Proclamation46
1881.Before Majuba46
1881.After Majuba47
1881.Ritual Controversy48
1881.A Short Way with Obstruction49
1881.The Death of Beaconsfield50
1881. The Withdrawal from Candahar51
1881.The Salvation Army54
1881.Arabi54
1882.The First Closure56
1882.Bimetallism56
1882.Bright's Resignation57
1883.The Ilbert Bill58
1883.Fenians Again58
1883.The Mahdi59
1883.End of Carey the Informer61
1883.Slaughter of Hicks Pasha's Army62
1884.Transvaal Convention65
1884.Gordon's Mission to Khartoum66
1884.Difficulties of Gordon's Character69
1884.Zobeir Pasha71
1884.Some of Gordon's Telegrams73
1884.Cross Purposes75
1884.Gordon's Position78
1884.Gordon's Own Meditations80
1884.The Franchise and Redistribution82
1884.Feeding Poor School Children83
1885.The Death of Gordon83
1885.The Government's Responsibility87
1885.The Vote of Censure87
1885.More Fenianism90
1885.New Labour Movements91
1885.The Unemployed92
1885.Working Men Magistrates93
1885.Tory Olive-Branch to Ireland93
1885.The First Submarine96
1885.The Unauthorized Programme97
1885.The Irish Vote98
1885.The New Electorate100
1886.The Opening of the Rift101
1886."Ulster will Fight"102
1886.Salisbury on Home Rule104
1886.Mr. Gladstone's Appeal106
1886.Liberal Unionism107
1886.The Unemployed Riots107
1886.Bimetallism and Labour Disputes109
1886.Pasteur and Hydrophobia110
1886.The Final Home Rule Rupture110
1887.The Coming of Technical Education112
1887.The First "Guillotine" Closure113
1887.Jubilee Retrospects114
1887."Remember Mitchelstown"118
1887."Bloody Sunday"119
1887.First Report on the Rand120