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PREFACE

CONTENTS

BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD[1]

DEAN STANLEY[16]

THOMAS HILL GREEN

ARCHBISHOP TAIT[19]

ANTHONY TROLLOPE[21]

JOHN RICHARD GREEN[22]

SIR GEORGE JESSEL, MASTER OF THE ROLLS

LORD CHANCELLOR CAIRNS

BISHOP FRASER

SIR STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE, EARL OF IDDESLEIGH[34]

CHARLES STEWART PARNELL

CARDINAL MANNING

EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN[37]

ROBERT LOWE VISCOUNT SHERBROOKE[41]

WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH

HENRY SIDGWICK

EDWARD ERNEST BOWEN[53]

EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN

LORD ACTON

WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE

INDEX