26

III. OXFORD 48

_BOOK II_

(_1832-1846_)

I. ENTERS PARLIAMENT. 86

II. THE NEW CONSERVATISM AND OFFICE 116

III. PROGRESS IN PUBLIC LIFE. 131

IV. THE CHURCH 152

V. HIS FIRST BOOK 169

VI. CHARACTERISTICS 184

VII. CLOSE OF APPRENTICESHIP 219

VIII. PEEL'S GOVERNMENT 247

IX. MAYNOOTH 270

X. TRIUMPH OF POLICY AND FALL OF THE MINISTER 282

XI. THE TRACTARIAN CATASTROPHE 303

_BOOK III_

(_1847-1852_)

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MEMBER FOR OXFORD 327

II. THE HAWARDEN ESTATE 337

III. PARTY EVOLUTION--NEW COLONIAL POLICY 350

IV. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL 366

V. GORHAM CASE--SECESSION OF FRIENDS 375

VI. NAPLES 389

VII. RELIGIOUS TORNADO--PEELITE DIFFICULTIES 405

VIII. END OF PROTECTION 425

_BOOK IV_

(_1853-1859_)

I. THE COALITION 443

II. THE TRIUMPH OF 1853 457

III. THE CRIMEAN WAR 476

IV. OXFORD REFORM--OPEN CIVIL SERVICE 496

V. WAR FINANCE--TAX OR LOAN 513

VI. CRISIS OF 1855 AND BREAK-UP OF THE PEELITES 521

VII. POLITICAL ISOLATION 544

VIII. GENERAL ELECTION--NEW MARRIAGE LAW 558

IX. THE SECOND DERBY GOVERNMENT 574

X. THE IONIAN ISLANDS 594

XI. JUNCTION WITH THE LIBE