Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
T. Wemyss (Thomas Wemyss) Reid
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1. Front matter2. EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION.3. AUTHOR'S PREFACE4. CHAPTER XVII. TO THE DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT (1885). More Antagonism towards Forster—A Household Suffrage Demonstration at Leeds—A Meeting at the Carlton Club and a Coincidence—Forster and "the most Powerful Man in England"—Single-Member Constituencies and the Cumulative Vote—Dynamite Outrages—Police Protection for Statesmen—I Receive Threatening Letters and Get a Fright—Death of Lord Houghton—Lord Derby and how he was Misunderstood—An Unconventional Dinner at Lord Houghton's—A Visit to Tangier—In Peril of the Sea—Gibraltar "a Magnificent Imposture"—Captain W. and the M.P.—To the North Cape—Cheering a Funeral Party—News of Mr. Gladstone's Overthrow—Home Again.5. CHAPTER I.6. CHAPTER II.7. CHAPTER III.8. CHAPTER IV.9. CHAPTER V.10. CHAPTER VI.11. CHAPTER VII.12. CHAPTER VIII.13. CHAPTER IX.14. CHAPTER X.15. CHAPTER XI.16. CHAPTER XII.17. CHAPTER XIII.18. CHAPTER XIV.19. CHAPTER XV.20. CHAPTER XVI.21. CHAPTER XVII.22. INDEX.