TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.
Some pages of this work have been moved from the original sequence to enablethe contents to continue without interruption. The page numbering remains unaltered.

Only references within this volume have been linked. A complete Index will be found in the Fourth Volume.

The book cover has been created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Book cover

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Mr. PUNCH'S HISTORY
OF MODERN ENGLAND

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Earl kneeling before Empress.

EMPRESS AND EARL;
Or, One Good Turn Deserves Another

Lord Beaconsfield: "Thanks, your Majesty! I might have had itbefore! Now I think I have earned it!"

Reproduced from the Cartoon by John Tenniel.


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Mr.Punch's History
of Modern England


By
CHARLES L. GRAVES

In Four Volumes

VOL. III.—1874-1892

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1922

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Published by arrangement with the Proprietors of "Punch"


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CONTENTS

PART I

THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK