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MR. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND VOL. III. OF IV.
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[Illustration: EMPRESS AND EARL;
OR, ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER
Lord Beaconsfield: "Thanks, your Majesty! I might have had it
before! Now I think I have _earned_ it!"
_Reproduced from the Cartoon by John Tenniel._]
MR. PUNCH'S HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLAND
By
CHARLES L. GRAVES
IN FOUR VOLUMES
VOL. III.--1874-1892
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1922
_Published by arrangement with the Proprietors of "Punch"_
CONTENTS
PART I
THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK
HIGH POLITICS
MEN AND MASTERS: WORK AND WAGES
THE STATUS OF WOMEN
EDUCATION
RELIGION AND THE CHURCHES
LONDON AND ITS GOVERNMENT
RAILWAYS AND INVENTIONS: FORECASTS AND NOVELTIES