[CHAPTER I. 1815-34]

Early years--Paris--Lord Minto appointed Minister at Berlin-- Germany--Return to Minto

[CHAPTER II. 1835-41]

Lord Minto First Lord of the Admiralty--Life in London--Bowood--Mrs. Drummond's recollections--Friendship with Lord John Russell--Putney House--Minto--Admiralty--Her engagement

[CHAPTER III. 1841]

Marriage--Sketch of Lord John's career before marriage--His conversation with Napoleon--Moore's "Remonstrance"

[CHAPTER IV. 1841-45]

Wilton Crescent--Endsleigh--Chesham Place--Birth of her eldest son--Anti-Corn Law agitation--Her illness--Lord John's letter from Edinburgh--He is summoned to Osborne--Attempts to form a Ministry

[CHAPTER V. 1846]

Illness in Edinburgh--Letters between Lord and Lady John--Repeal of the Corn Laws--Ireland and coercion--Lord John Prime Minister