The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Paperback)

Book V. 1859?1868: 1. The Italian revolution; 2. The great budget; 3. Battle for economy; 4. The spirit of Gladstonian finance; 5. American civil war; 6. Death of friends - days at Balmoral; 7. Garibaldi - Denmark; 8. Advance in public position and otherwise; 9. Defeat at Oxford - death of Lord Palmerston - parliamentary leadership; 10. Matters ecclesiastical; 11. Popular estimates; 12. Letters; 13. Reform; 14. The struggle for household suffrage; 15. Opening of the Irish campaign; 16. Prime minister; Book VI. 1869?1874: 1. Religious equality; 2. First chapter of an agrarian revolution; 3. Education - the career and the talents; 4. The Franco-German war; 5. Neutrality and annexation; 6. The Black Sea; 7. 'Day's work of a giant'; 8. Autumn of 1871 - decline of popularity; 9. Washington and Geneva; 10. As head of a cabinet; 11. Catholic country and Protestant parliament; 12. The crisis; 13. Last days of the ministry; 14. The dissolution; Book VII. 1874?1880: 1. Retirement from leadership; 2. Vaticanism; 3. The Octagon; 4. Eastern question once more; 5. A tumultous year; 6. Midlothian; 7. The eve of the battle; 8. The fall of Lord Beaconsfield; 9. The second ministry; Appendix; Chronology.