Address, the; 17-30
Agriculture; 24-28
Alarm, a false; 185-6
Anarchy, the unloosing of; 166-7
Allan, Mr.; 258
Apology, Mr. H. Fisher’s; 250-1
  ——­ a lame; 251-2
Argyll, the Duke of; 275-6
Asquith, H.H.; 15, 42, 46, 52, 128-30, 185
  ——­ A splendid speech; 28-9
  ——­ Advocate rather than Minister; 28
  ——­ as Leader; 148
  ——­ and the miners; 162
Austin in the fight, Mr.; 249

Baiting the lion; 78
Bannerman, Campbell- (see Campbell-Bannerman). 
Balfour, A.J.; 29, 77, 86, 126, 141, 178, 183-6, 195, 204, 211, 224-5,
    231, 234, 239, 266-7
  ——­ Independent of tradition; 17
  ——­ and Sir John Gorst; 26
  ——­ and Home Rule; 37
  ——­ attacks the chairman; 65
  ——­ and Churchill deadly foes; 72-3
  ——­ and Chamberlain unfriendly; 73
  ——­ and resident magistrates; 94
  ——­ and the Vote of Censure; 104-5
  ——­’s sensitiveness; 106
  ——­ limp; 128-9
  ——­ and Gladstone; 195, 196
  ——­ the unready; 215-6
Bartlett, Ashmead; 123-4
Bartley, G.T.C.; 55, 57, 200-1, 258
  ——­’s character; 54
Barton and Dunbar; 117, 148-9
Beach, Sir Michael Hicks (see Hicks-Beach). 
Beaufoy, M.H.; 17
Belfast Catholics, The attack on; 147-9
Biggar, Mr., a reminiscence; 98-9
Bills, bringing in; 13-4
Bimetallism; 55, 57, 200-1
Birrell, Augustin; 116-7
Bolton, T.; 268
Bowles, Gibson; 64, 258
  ——­ and the fight; 249
Brodrick, Mr. St. John; 237-9
Bryce Mr. J., and Home Rule; 38
  ——­ and Mr. Gladstone; 181-2
Bryne, Mr.; 189
Budget, The; 146-7, 151-2
Bullet in Downing Street, the; 153-5
Burnie, Mr.; 258
Burns, John; 163
  ——­’s appearance; 16, 62
  ——­ and Lowther; 65
  ——­ and Chamberlain; 196
  ——­ and the fight; 249
  ——­ A triumph for Mr.; 259-60
  ——­ in fighting form; 266-7
Bursting of the cyclone, the; 248-9
Burt, “Tommy”; 150-1
Byles, W.P.; 69

Calm before the storm, the; 111
Campbell-Bannerman, Mr.; 258-9
  ——­’s wit; 26
Carlton Club echoes; 77
Carson, E.; 92-3, 138-40
  ——­ in the Green Street Court-House; 93-5
  ——­ the lawyer and the hangman; 94
  ——­ and Fred Archer; 139
Cavendish, Victor; 177
Chamberlain, Austen; 135
  ——­’s resemblance to his father; 12
Chamberlain, Joseph; 13, 43, 66, 77, 81, 97, 101-2, 136-7, 178, 185-7,
    189, 204, 228, 231, 234, 237, 264-5
  ——­’s party; 12
  ——­ and “Tom Potter”—­an incident; 21-2
  ——­ A tumble for; 27
  ——­ attacks the chairman; 65
  ——­ and Balfour unfriendly; 73
  ——­’s inaccuracy; 73-4
  ——­ as a Jingo; 100-1
  ——­ and Gladstone; 118-9, 143-4
  ——­ and Parnell; 119-20
  ——­ abashed; 121
  ——­’s dustheap; 128
  ——­ pleased; 132-3, 143-4
  ——­ angry; 134-5
  ——­ disorderly; 167
  ——­ obstructive; 170
  ——­ inferior to Balfour; 183
  ——­ and the Daily News, 189-95