CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I [ANCESTRY AND BIRTH]
CHAPTER II [AT ETON AND OXFORD]
CHAPTER III [EARLY PARLIAMENTARY EXPERIENCES]
CHAPTER IV [BOOK ON CHURCH AND STATE]
CHAPTER V [TRAVELS AND MARRIAGE]
CHAPTER VI [ENTERS THE CABINET]
CHAPTER VII [MEMBER FOR OXFORD]
CHAPTER VIII [THE NEAPOLITAN PRISONS]
CHAPTER IX [THE FIRST BUDGET]
CHAPTER X [THE CRIMEAN WAR]
CHAPTER XI [IN OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT]
CHAPTER XII [HOMERIC STUDIES]
CHAPTER XIII [GREAT BUDGETS]
CHAPTER XIV [LIBERAL REFORMER AND PRIME MINISTER]
CHAPTER XV [THE GOLDEN AGE OF LIBERALISM]
CHAPTER XVI [THE EASTERN QUESTION]
CHAPTER XVII [MIDLOTHIAN AND THE SECOND PREMIERSHIP]
CHAPTER XVIII [THIRD ADMINISTRATION AND HOME RULE]
CHAPTER XIX [PRIME MINISTER THE FOURTH TIME]
CHAPTER XX [IN PRIVATE LIFE]
CHAPTER XXI [CLOSING SCENES]


"In thought, word and deed,
How throughout all thy warfare thou wast pure,
I find it easy to believe." —ROBERT BROWNING