CONTENTS


[ PREFACE]
[ CHAPTER I. ] CONCERNING BYGONES PREFATORY
[ CHAPTER II. ] PERSONAL INCIDENTS
[ CHAPTER III. ] OTHER INSTANCES
[ CHAPTER IV. ] FIRST STEPS IN LITERATURE
[ CHAPTER V. ] GEORGE ELIOT AND GEORGE HENRY LEWES
[ CHAPTER VI. ] WHEN BIRMINGHAM WAS A TOWN
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE TENTH OF APRIL, 1848—ITS INCREDIBILITIES
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE CHARTISTS OF FICTION
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE OLD POSTILLION
[ CHAPTER X. ] MEETING BREAKERS—LIST OF THOSE PAID FOR DOING IT
[ CHAPTER XI. ] TROUBLE WITH HER MAJESTY
[ CHAPTER XII. ] UNFORESEEN QUALITIES IN PUBLIC MEN
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE COBDEN SCHOOL
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] HARRIET MARTINEAU, THE DEAF GIRL OF NORWICH
[ CHAPTER XV. ] HARRIET MARTIN EAU—FURTHER INCIDENTS IN HER SINGULAR CAREER
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE THREE NEWMANS
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] MAZZINI IN ENGLAND-INCIDENTS IN HIS CAREER
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] MAZZINI THE CONSPIRATOR
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] GARIBALDI—THE SOLDIER OF LIBERTY
[ CHAPTER XX. ] THE STORY OF THE BRITISH LEGION—NEVER BEFORE TOLD
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] JOHN STUART MILL, TEACHER OF THE PEOPLE
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] JOHN STUART MILL, TEACHER OF THE PEOPLE
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] ABOUT MR. GLADSTONE



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PREFACE