Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
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About This Book
"The object of this work is to set forth with as much clearness as possible the more important facts in the history of England in the nineteenth century. We have chosen to do this through the medium of biography, in the belief that the lives of a few representative men would present better opportunities for interesting and effective treatment than an historical narrative, which must have been encumbered by a mass of detail not capable of effective disposition within the limited space at our command."
Chapters (75)
- TEN ENGLISHMEN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
- THE STRUGGLE WITH NAPOLEON
- THE RESETTLEMENT OF EUROPE
- RAILWAYS
- THE REFORM OF PARLIAMENT
- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- THE POOR LAWS
- ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
- ACCESSION OF VICTORIA
- O'CONNELL AND REPEAL
- THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS
- HUMANITARIAN LEGISLATION
- PALMERSTON AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
- THE EASTERN QUESTION
- THE GREAT SEPOY MUTINY
- GLADSTONE AND DISRAELI
- LIBERAL REFORMS
- THE CAUSE OF IRELAND
- DISRAELI AND IMPERIALISM
- AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- II
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- III
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- IV
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- V
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- VI
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- VII
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- VIII
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- IX
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- X
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- XI
- QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
- APPENDIX
- I
- WATERLOO
- OPPOSITION TO REFORM
- THE LAUREATE'S TRIBUTE
- II
- POLITICAL POETRY
- THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE NEEDY KNIFE-GRINDER
- THE GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND.
- III
- IV
- THOMAS MOORE TO LORD RUSSELL
- ON BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS
- THE CHAMPION OF REFORM
- V
- VI
- VII
- THE MOTIVES OF A REFORMER
- THE DIARY OF A PHILANTHROPIST
- THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN
- VIII
- THE "CIVIS ROMANUS" SPEECH
- THE SEPOY MUTINY
- THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALAKLAVA
- IX
- HOME RULE FOR IRELAND
- IRISH NATIONALIST POETRY
- THE FENIAN MEN
- POST-MORTEM
- X
- THE EMPIRE
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