[BOOK III]

(1847-1852)

I.[MEMBER FOR OXFORD]327
II.[THE HAWARDEN ESTATE]337
III.[PARTY EVOLUTION—NEW COLONIAL POLICY]350
IV.[DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL]366
V.[GORHAM CASE—SECESSION OF FRIENDS]375
VI.[NAPLES]389
VII.[RELIGIOUS TORNADO—PEELITE DIFFICULTIES]405
VIII.[END OF PROTECTION]425

[BOOK IV]

(1853-1859)

I.[THE COALITION]443
II.[THE TRIUMPH OF 1853]457
III.[THE CRIMEAN WAR]476
IV.[OXFORD REFORM—OPEN CIVIL SERVICE]496
V.[WAR FINANCE—TAX OR LOAN]513
VI.[CRISIS OF 1855 AND BREAK-UP OF THE PEELITES]521
VII.[POLITICAL ISOLATION]544
VIII.[GENERAL ELECTION—NEW MARRIAGE LAW]558
IX.[THE SECOND DERBY GOVERNMENT]574
X.[THE IONIAN ISLANDS]594
XI.[JUNCTION WITH THE LIBERALS]621
[APPENDIX]635
[CHRONOLOGY]654

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

Sir John Gladstone[Frontispiece]
From a painting by William Bradley
William Ewart Gladstoneto face page [86]
From a painting by William Bradley
Catherine Gladstoneto face page [223]
From a painting
Hawarden Castleto face page [337]