——­ and Burns; 196
  ——­ and Gladstone—­a contrast; 206
  ——­ and Mr. Dillon’s forgetfulness; 219-26
  ——­ and Harrington; 223-226
  ——­ and the fight in the House; 242-6
  ——­’s beautiful elocution; 243-4
Chambers, a contrast between the two; 271
Chaplin, Henry; 261
Charwomen and ratcatchers; 212-3
Churchill, Lord Randolph,; 58, 110, 132, 161, 167, 247
  ——­ his genius and fall; 20
  ——­ improving; 46
  ——­ and Balfour deadly foes; 72-3
  ——­ and Gladstone; 169-70
Clanricarde, Lord; 155-7
  ——­ entry of a ghost; 157-8
Claque in Parliament, The; 54
Clothes; 201-4
Cobbe, Mr.; 210
Cochrane left limp; 78
Collings, a “rodent,” Jesse; 27
Comic relief; 18
Condon and the fight, Tom; 249
Consolations of old age, the; 192-3
Conservative opportunity, A; 188-9
Conybeare and the Speaker, Mr.; 226-7
Courtney, L.H.; 13, 185, 263
  ——­’s H’s; 22
Cranborne’s impudence, Lord; 68, 176
  ——­ interruption; 129-30
Crean in the Fight, Mr.; 249
Criminal combination, a; 65-6
Cunningham Graham (see Graham, Cunningham). 
Cyclone, the bursting of the; 249

Daily News and Chamberlain, the; 189-95
Dalziel, Mr.; 236, 258
Davenport, Mr. Bromley; 67
Davitt, Michael—­a portrait; 124
Deeper and deeper; 176-7
Defeat, a Government; 252-3
Demos and dinner; 209-10
Devonshire, funereal; 273-4
De Worms, Baron; 90
Dilke, Sir Charles; 16, 99-100, 252-56
  ——­ and Egypt; 158-9
Dillon and Chamberlain, Mr.; 218-26, 264
Disappointed office seekers; 52
Disestablishment; 200-1
Disraeli—­an oriental juggler; 56
  ——­ A recollection of; 69
  ——­ Coningsby; 263
Division, a tight; 179-80
Divisions; 48, 110, 144-5, 150, 162, 169, 177, 179-80, 187-8, 236-7,
    240-1, 253, 268, 282
Divorce, Irish objections to; 199-200
Duty of Liberals, the plain; 257-8
Dynamitards, release of; 29

Egypt; 158-61
Eirenicon, a great; 160-1
Ellis, Tom; 144
Employers’ liability; 42-3, 150-1
Epoch of brutality, the; 78

Fall of the flag, the; 234
False alarm, a; 185-6
Farmer, pity the poor (see Agriculture)
Fateful moment, the; 218
Fergusson, Sir James; 252
Field unsteady, the; 236
Fight in the House, the; 242-53
First fence, the; 164-5, 169
Fisher & the fight, Hayes; 251-2
Forster, Arnold; 149
  ——­ and Sexton; 227-8
Foster, Sir Walter; 177
Fowler, H.H.; 41-2
Freemasonry and Mr. Gladstone; 210-12

Gibbs, A.G.H.; 176
  ——­ and the fight, Vicary; 246-7, 250
Gladstone, Mrs.; 35
  ——­ and her husband; 176
Gladstone, William Ewart; 51, 60, 78-86, 102-4, 110-6, 144, 178, 180-6,
    188-9, 191-5, 200-1, 205, 214-5, 228, 231-3, 237
  ——­ in 1880; 13
  ——­’s entrance and appearance; 18-9, 32-4
  ——­ on the Address; 18-20
  ——­ and Mr. Collings; 27
  ——­ and his secretaries;