Mr. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND
Reading edition
EMPRESS AND EARL; Or, One Good Turn Deserves Another
Lord Beaconsfield: "Thanks, your Majesty! I might have had it before! Now I think I have earned it!"
Reproduced from the Cartoon by John Tenniel.
Mr.Punch's History of Modern England By CHARLES L. GRAVES In Four Volumes VOL. III.—1874-1892 CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne 1922
Published by arrangement with the Proprietors of "Punch"
CONTENTS
PART I
THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK
PAGE
High Politics 3
Men and Masters: Work and Wages 72
The Status of Women114
Education137
Religion and the Churches157
London and its Government177
Railways and Inventions: Forecasts and Novelties198
PART II
THE SOCIAL FABRIC
Crown and Court215
Society235
Recreation, Sport, and Pastime287
Fashion in Dress304
Letters and Journalism: Drama and Music 317
Heroes and Worthies374
PART I
THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK