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CONTENTS

PREFACE.

THE BATTLE OF THE PRESS, AS TOLD IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD CARLILE

PART I.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. HIS BIRTH, YOUTH, AND EARLY MANHOOD
CHAPTER III. THE MANCHESTER MASSACRE
CHAPTER IV. RECORD OP PERSECUTION
CHAPTER V. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER VI. TAKEN TO PRISON
CHAPTER VI. SIR ROBERT GIFFORD AND THE ODIOUS "SIX ACTS"
CHAPTER VIII. THE VICE SOCIETY
CHAPTER IX. THE CATO STREET PLOT
CHAPTER X. HOW THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
CHAPTER XI. FIRE AND INSANITY
CHAPTER XII. FREE DISCUSSION
CHAPTER XIII. LIBERATION AND AFTER
CHAPTER XIV. THE "PROMPTER" AND THE ROTUNDA
CHAPTER XV. SCATTERED THREADS
PART II.
CHAPTER I. "THE STORY OF ISIS" THE LADY OF THE ROTUNDA
CHAPTER II. ISIS TO RICHARD CARLILE
CHAPTER III. LETTERS TO "ISIS"
CHAPTER IV. IN PRISON AGAIN!
CHAPTER V. LETTERS TO TURTON
CHAPTER VI. CARLILE'S LAST YEARS
CHAPTER VII. THE LAST DAYS OF ISIS
CHAPTER VIII. MEMORIES
CHAPTER IX. SOME WHO HELPED IN THE GOOD WORK
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX I. TRIAL OF MR. CARLILE
APPENDIX II. A LETTER TO LORD SIDMOUTH
APPENDIX III. DEDICATION
APPENDIX IV. LIST OF CARLILE'S IMPRISONMENTS