| The Houses of Parliament | Frontispiece |
| From a Photograph by J. Valentine & Sons |
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| The House of Lords in 1742 | 26 |
| From an Engraving by John Pine |
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| The House of Commons in 1742 | 46 |
| From an Engraving by John Pine |
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| Westminster Hall in 1797 | 62 |
| From an Engraving by C. Mosley |
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| The Remains of St. Stephen's Chapel after the Fire of 1834 | 72 |
| From a Lithograph after the Drawing by John Taylor, Jr. |
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| Sir Robert Walpole | 84 |
| From the Painting by Francis Hayman, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery |
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| Chatham | 92 |
| From the Painting by William Hoare, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery |
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| A Cabinet Meeting (the Coalition Ministry of 1854) | 100 |
| From the Drawing by Sir John Gilbert |
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| Lord Eldon | 114 |
| From the Painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery |
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| Charles Abbot (Lord Colchester) | 124 |
| From the Painting by John Hoppner, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery |
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| The Treasury Bench in 1863 | 138 |
| From an Engraving after the Painting by J. Philip |
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| The House of Commons in 1910 | 162 |
| From a Photograph by London Electrotype Agency |
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| The House of Commons in 1835 | 186 |
| From an Engraving by Samuel Cousins from the Painting by H. W. Burgess |
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| Henry Brougham (Queen Caroline's Attorney-general, Afterwards Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain) | 194 |
| From the Painting by James Lonsdale in the National Portrait Gallery |
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| The House of Commons in Walpole's Day | 200 |
| From the Engraving by A. Fogg |
The figures from left to right are:—Sir Robert Walpole, the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow, Sydney Godolphin (Father of the House), Sir Joseph Jekyl, Col. Onslow, Edward Stables, Esq. (Clerk of House of Commons), Sir James Thornhill, Mr. Aiskew (Clerk Assistant).
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| Edmund Burke | 206 |
| From an Engraving by J. Watson after the Painting by Sir J. Reynolds |
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| Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 212 |
| From an Engraving by J. Hall after the Painting by Sir J. Reynolds |
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| The Passing of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords | 246 |
| From an Engraving after the Painting by Sir J. Reynolds |
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| The House of Lords in 1910 | 268 |
| From a Photograph by London Electrotype Agency |
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| William Woodfall | 284 |
| From the Painting by Thomas Beach in the National Portrait Gallery |
