| I. | [THE "HUMOROUS STAGE"] |
| II. | [THE JEWISH REGIMENT] |
| III. | [INDURATION] |
| IV. | [FLACCIDITY] |
| V. | [THE PROMISE OF MAY] |
| VI. | [PAGEANTRY AND PATRIOTISM] |
VII.—FACT AND FICTION
| I. | [A FORGOTTEN PANIC] |
| II. | [A CRIMEAN EPISODE] |
I
PRIME MINISTERS
PRIME MINISTERS AND SOME OTHERS
I
LORD PALMERSTON
I remember ten Prime Ministers, and I know an eleventh. Some have passed beyond earshot of our criticism; but some remain, pale and ineffectual ghosts of former greatness, yet still touched by that human infirmity which prefers praise to blame. It will behove me to walk warily when I reach the present day; but, in dealing with figures which are already historical, one's judgments may be comparatively untrammelled.