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INTRODUCTION v
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1876. PURCHASE OF THE SUEZ CANAL SHARES 1
1876. ENGLAND, RUSSIA, AND AFGHANISTAN 3
1876. THE QUEEN AS EMPRESS OF INDIA 5
1876. BULGARIAN ATROCITIES 8
I. THUNDER FROM MR. GLADSTONE 8
II. COLD WATER FROM DISRAELI 11
1877. SIR THEOPHILUS SHEPSTONE'S COMMISSION 15
1877. RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON TURKEY 16
1877. IRISH OBSTRUCTION IN ITS EARLY DAYS 17
1877. PLEVNA AFTER THE SIEGE 18
1878. STRAINED RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA 21
1878. PEACE WITH HONOUR 24
1878. THE SECRET AGREEMENTS IN BEACONSFIELD'S POCKETS 25
1878. GLADSTONE INDIGNANT AGAIN 27
1878. RUSSIAN INTRIGUE AT CABUL 28
1878. SHERE ALI 30
1879. DEATH OF SHERE ALI 31
1879. THE GANDAMAK TREATY 31
1879. THE CABUL MASSACRE 32
1879. THE MIDLOTHIAN CAMPAIGN 35
1880. BEACONSFIELD KEEPS COOL 37
1880. THE MAIWAND DISASTER 37
1880. THE BRADLAUGH CASE 40
1880. SOCIAL AMELIORATIONS 40
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY 40
FUNDED MUNICIPAL DEBT 41
ELECTRIC LIGHT, THE TELEPHONE, NEW HOTELS 42
1880. PARNELL AND THE LAND LEAGUE 43
1880. CAPTAIN BOYCOTT 44
1880. THE BOER RISING 45
PROCLAMATION 46
1881. BEFORE MAJUBA 46
1881. AFTER MAJUBA 47
1881. RITUAL CONTROVERSY 48
1881. A SHORT WAY WITH OBSTRUCTION 49
1881. THE DEATH OF BEACONSFIELD 50
1881. THE WITHDRAWAL FROM CANDAHAR 51
1881. THE SALVATION ARMY 54
1881. ARABI 54
1882. THE FIRST CLOSURE 56
1882. BIMETALLISM 56
1882. BRIGHT'S RESIGNATION 57
1883. THE ILBERT BILL 58
1883. FENIANS AGAIN 58
1883. THE MAHDI 59
1883. END OF CAREY THE INFORMER 61
1883. SLAUGHTER OF HICKS PASHA'S ARMY 62
1884. TRANSVAAL CONVENTION 65
1884. GORDON'S MISSION TO KHARTOUM 66
1884. DIFFICULTIES OF GORDON'S CHARACTER 69
1884. ZOBEIR PASHA 71
1884. SOME OF GORDON'S TELEGRAMS 73
1884. CROSS PURPOSES 75
1884. GORDON'S POSITION 78
1884. GORDON'S OWN MEDITATIONS 80
1884. THE FRANCHISE AND REDISTRIBUTION 82
1884. FEEDING POOR SCHOOL CHILDREN 83
1885. THE DEATH OF GORDON 83
1885. THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY 87
1885. THE VOTE OF CENSURE 87
1885. MORE FENIANISM 90
1885. NEW LABOUR MOVEMENTS 91
1885. THE UNEMPLOYED 92
1885. WORKING MEN MAGISTRATES 93
1885. TORY OLIVE-BRANCH TO IRELAND 93
1885. THE FIRST SUBMARINE 96
1885. THE UNAUTHORIZED PROGRAMME 97
1885. THE IRISH VOTE 98
1885. THE NEW ELECTORATE 100
1886. THE OPENING OF THE RIFT 101
1886. "ULSTER WILL FIGHT" 102
1886. SALISBURY ON HOME RULE 104
1886. MR. GLADSTONE'S APPEAL 106
1886. LIBERAL UNIONISM 107
1886. THE UNEMPLOYED RIOTS 107
1886. BIMETALLISM AND LABOUR DISPUTES 109
1886. PASTEUR AND HYDROPHOBIA 110
1886. THE FINAL HOME RULE RUPTURE 110
1887. THE COMING OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION 112
1887. THE FIRST "GUILLOTINE" CLOSURE 113
1887. JUBILEE RETROSPECTS 114
1887. "REMEMBER MITCHELSTOWN" 118
1887. "BLOODY SUNDAY" 119
1887. FIRST REPORT ON THE RAND 120