The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1

THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE, BART., M.P.

THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE BART., M.P. - BEGUN BY STEPHEN GWYNN, M.P. - COMPLETED AND EDITED BY GERTRUDE M. TUCKWELL. - IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. - PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

V. LAST TERMS AT THE UNIVERSITY - VI. "GREATER BRITAIN" - VII. ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT - VIII. THE EDUCATION BILL OF 1870—THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR - IX. THE BLACK SEA TREATY—THE COMMUNE - X. THE CIVIL LIST - XI. PERIOD OF FIRST MARRIAGE - XII. RE-ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT—DEATH OF LADY DILKE - XIII. RENEWAL OF ACTIVITY - XIV. REVIVAL OF THE EASTERN QUESTION - XV. HOME POLITICS AND PERSONAL SURROUNDINGS - XVI. THE EASTERN QUESTION—TREATY OF SAN STEFANO AND CONGRESS OF BERLIN - XVII. POLITICS AND PERSONS - XVIII. THE ZULU WAR AND THE GREEK COMMITTEE - XIX. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INTERESTS - XX. THE FORMATION OF A MINISTRY - XXI. AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE - XXII. HOME POLITICS—COMMERCIAL TREATY—PERSONAL MATTERS - XXIII. COERCION—CLOSURE—MAJUBA - XXIV. EUROPEAN POLITICS - XXV. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH FRANCE - XXVI. GAMBETTA, DISRAELI, ROYAL PERSONAGES, MORIER - XXVII. DIFFICULTIES OF THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT - XXVIII. THE PHOENIX PARK MURDERS - XXIX. EGYPT (JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER, 1882) - XXX. ENTRY INTO THE CABINET (SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1882) - XXXI. AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD - XXXII. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL AFFAIRS (OCTOBER, 1882, TO DECEMBER, 1883) - XXXIII. EGYPT AFTER TEL-EL-KEBIR (SEPTEMBER, 1882, TO DECEMBER, 1883) - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I

THE LIFE OF SIR CHARLES DILKE - CHAPTER I - EARLY LIFE

CHAPTER II - EDUCATION

"DEAR OLD ADMIRAL,

"GRANDFATHER."

"MY DEAR GRANDPAPA,

"C. W. DILKE."