PREFACE
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I ANCESTRY AND BIRTH
CHAPTER II AT ETON AND OXFORD
CHAPTER III EARLY PARLIAMENTARY EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER IV BOOK ON CHURCH AND STATE
CHAPTER V TRAVELS AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VI ENTERS THE CABINET
CHAPTER VII MEMBER FOR OXFORD
CHAPTER VIII THE NEAPOLITAN PRISONS
CHAPTER IX THE FIRST BUDGET
CHAPTER X THE CRIMEAN WAR
CHAPTER XI IN OPPOSITION TO THE GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER XII HOMERIC STUDIES
CHAPTER XIII GREAT BUDGETS
CHAPTER XIV LIBERAL REFORMER AND PRIME MINISTER
CHAPTER XV THE GOLDEN AGE OF LIBERALISM
CHAPTER XVI THE EASTERN QUESTION
CHAPTER XVII MIDLOTHIAN AND THE SECOND PREMIERSHIP
CHAPTER XVIII THIRD ADMINISTRATION AND HOME RULE
CHAPTER XIX PRIME MINISTER THE FOURTH TIME
CHAPTER XX IN PRIVATE LIFE
CHAPTER XXI CLOSING SCENES OF A LONG AND EVENTFUL LIFE