Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/cu31924028050833 Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS General Editors: S. E. Winbolt, M.A., and Kenneth Bell, M.A. FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI * * * * * * BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS. _Volumes now Ready. 1s. net each._ =449–1066. The Welding of the Race.= Edited by the Rev. JOHN WALLIS, M.A. =1066–1154. The Normans in England.= Edited by A. E. BLAND, M.A. [_In preparation_ =1154–1216. The Angevins and the Charter.= Edited by S. M. TOYNE, M.A. =1216–1307. The Struggle for the Charter.= Edited by W. D. ROBIESON, M.A. [_In preparation_ =1307–1399. War and Misrule.= Edited by A. A. LOCKE. =1399–1485. The Last of Feudalism.= Edited by W. GARMON JONES, M.A. =1485–1547. The Reformation and the Renaissance.= Edited by F. W. BEWSHER, B.A. =1547–1603. The Age of Elizabeth.= Edited by ARUNDELL ESDAILE, M.A. =1603–1660. Puritanism and Liberty.= Edited by KENNETH BELL, M.A. =1660–1714. A Constitution in Making.= Edited by G. B. PERRETT, M.A. =1714–1760. Walpole and Chatham.= Edited by K. A. ESDAILE. =1760–1801. American Independence and the French Revolution.= Edited by S. E. WINBOLT, M.A. =1801–1815. England and Napoleon.= Edited by S. E. WINBOLT, M.A. =1815–1837. Peace and Reform.= Edited by A. C. W. EDWARDS, M.A., Christ’s Hospital. =1856–1876. Palmerston to Disraeli.= Edited by EWING HARDING, B.A. =1876–1887. Imperialism and Mr. Gladstone.= Edited by R. H. GRETTON, M.A. =1563–1913. Canada.= Edited by JAMES MUNRO, Lecturer at Edinburgh University. _Other volumes, covering the whole range of English History from Roman Britain, are in active preparation, and will be issued at short intervals._ LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. * * * * * * FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI (1856–1876) Compiled by EWING HARDING, B.A. (Lond.) Senior Master of the Modern School, Southport [Illustration] London G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1913 INTRODUCTION