John Morley
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol. 1-3)
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Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
Table of Contents
Chapter II. The New Conservatism and Office
Chapter III. Progress in Public Life
Chapter VII. Close of Apprenticeship
Chapter VIII. Peel's Government
Chapter X. Triumph of Policy and Fall of the Minister
Chapter XI. The Tractarian Catastrophe
Chapter II. The Hawarden Estate
Chapter III. Party Evolution—New Colonial Policy
Chapter IV. Death of Sir Robert Peel
Chapter V. Gorham Case—Secession of Friends
Chapter VII. Religious Tornado—Peelite Difficulties
Chapter VIII. End of Protection
Chapter II. The Triumph of 1853
Chapter IV. Oxford Reform—Open Civil Service
Chapter V. War Finance—Tax or Loan
Chapter VI. Crisis of 1855 and Break-up of the Peelites
Chapter VII. Political Isolation
Chapter VIII. General Election—New Marriage Law
Chapter IX. The Second Derby Government
Chapter XI. Junction with the Liberals
NOTE
The material on which this biography is founded consists mainly, of course, of the papers collected at Hawarden. Besides that vast accumulation, I have been favoured with several thousands of other pieces from the legion of Mr. Gladstone's correspondents. Between two and three hundred thousand written papers of one sort or another must have passed under my view. To some important journals and papers from other sources I have enjoyed free access, and my warm thanks are due to those who have generously lent me this valuable aid. I am especially indebted to the King for the liberality with which his Majesty has been graciously pleased to sanction the use of certain documents, in cases where the permission of the Sovereign was required.
When I submitted an application for the same purpose to Queen Victoria, in readily promising her favourable consideration, the Queen added a message strongly impressing on me that the