March 12. Letter to Lord Granville on leadership.
March 19. Defends the late dissolution.
March 20. On Mr. Butt's Home Rule motion.
March 30. On the Ashantee war.
April 23. On Sir S. Northcote's budget.
April 24. On proposed vote of censure on late government for dissolution.
May “The Reply of Achilles to the envoys of Agamemnon” in Contemporary Review.
June “Homer's place in history” in Contemporary Review.
July “The place of Homer in history and in Egyptian chronology” in Contemporary Review.
July 6. Opposes the Scotch Church Patronage bill.