Early life & letters of John Morley / by F.W. Hirst. Completed in 2 volumes
1927, First Edition. London : Macmillan. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Top edges gilt. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #381215
Physical description: 2 volumes frontispieces, plates, portraits 23 cm. Contents: v. 1. bk. I. Boyhood and apprenticeship : ch. 1. Blackburn and Cheltenham ; ch. 2. Oxford, 1856-1859 ; ch. 3. Journalism, 1860-1867 ; bk. II. First successes : ch. 1. The 'fortnightly review' ; ch. 2. A first study of Burke ; ch. 3. A voyage and a candidature, 1867-1869 ; bk. III. Editor and author : ch. 1. The Franco-German war, 1870-1871 ; ch. 2. Communism, Comtism, and Voltaire ; ch. 3. Republicanism in 1872 ; ch. 4. 1873. Rousseau and Mill ; ch. 5. National education ; ch. 6. Religion -- v. 2. bk. III. cont. : ch. 7. Disestablishment ; ch. 8. Disraeli's government and policy ; ch. 9. Imperialism and Jingoism ; ch. 10 Lord Beaconsfield's decline and fall, 1878-80 ; ch. 11. Editor of the 'Pall Mall Gazette', 1880-1883 ; ch. 12. The two sphinxes and a valedictorian, 1882 ; bk. IV. Member for Newcastle : ch. 1. Newcastle : its politics and politicians ; ch. 2. Elected for Newcastle ; ch. 3. First year in Parliament ; ch. 4. The franchise and the Lords, 1884 ; ch. 5. Defeat and resignation of Gladstone ; ch. 6. 'The radical programme', 1885 ; ch. 7. The general election of 1885 ; Index. Subjects: Morley, John 1838-1923. UNITED KINGDOM. Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.
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