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I.

BIRTH AND SCHOOLDAYS

1

II.

GLADSTONE AT OXFORD

9

III.

ENTERS PARLIAMENT

16

IV.

M.P. FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY

38

V.

MR. GLADSTONE’S ECCLESIASTICAL OPINIONS

47

VI.

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE DIVORCE BILL

67

VII.

POLITICS AGAIN

75

VIII.

POLITICS AND THE IRISH CHURCH

92

IX.

EDUCATION AND IRELAND

116

X.

IRELAND UNDER MR. FORSTER

126

XI.

HOME RULE

140

XII.

MR. GLADSTONE’S SPEECHES

154

XIII.

MR. GLADSTONE’S PUBLICATIONS

170

XIV.

ANECDOTAL AND CHARACTERISTIC

191

XV.

MR. GLADSTONE’S LETTERS

213

XVI.

MR. GLADSTONE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

235

XVII.

AT HOME

273