| Politics and History | [291] |
| In relation to the eighteenth century | [294] |
| Mr. Green and his History of the English People | [297] |
| The secession of the American colonies | [300] |
| The mechanical and industrial development of England | [301] |
| The Americans and Independence | [303] |
| The moral of Mr. Seeley's book | [305] |
| Organisation in time of war | [306] |
| Sir Henry Parkes on Australia | [307] |
| Mr. Archibald Forbes and the Australian colonies | [313] |
| Proposals made by the Earl of Dunraven regarding the colonies | [316] |
| The formation of an imperial Zollverein or Greater Customs Union | [318] |
| Sir Thomas Farrer's Fair Trade v. Free Trade | [318] |
| The colonies to be represented in the British Parliament | [319] |
| Lord Grey | [320] |
| Mr. W. E. Forster's address on our Colonial Empire | [321] |
| The Newfoundland Fishery dispute | [329] |
| The Germanic Confederation | [331] |
| Conclusion | [334] |