Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph, ii. 192; the "Brummagem Lion," _ill._, ii. 193; iii. 6, 85; and Home Rule in 1886, iii. 44 _seq._; Unionist, iii. 57; Leader of the Liberal-Unionists in the Commons, iii. 66; on disestablishment, iii. 173; joins Lord Salisbury's Cabinet, iv. 18, 19; handling of Jameson Raid, iv. 20; Colonial Secretary, iv. 20; and Venezuelan arbitration, iv. 22; on expedition to Khartum, iv. 24; and Bloemfontein conference, iv. 36; Australian Commonwealth Bill, iv. 41; resignation, iv. 50; Tariff Reform campaign, iv. 50-1; death, iv. 99; views on old age pensions, iv. 119 Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Austen, and Ulster crisis, iv. 97 Channel Tunnel scheme, ii. 138; iii. 202, 204; iv. 191-2 Chaperon, decline of, iii. 265 Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry (afterwards Viscount Chaplin), iv. 4; and agricultural depression, iv. 113-14; on old age pensions, iv. 119; defeated in 1906, iv. 58 Chard, Lieutenant, V.C., hero of Rorke's Drift, iii. 23 Charing Cross Road opened, iii. 180 Charing Cross Terminus built, ii. 153 Chartism, i. 49 _seq._; Great Petition, i. 9, 49; defended, i. 10, 50 _ill._; Ebenezer Elliott and, i. 51; _P.'s_ petition, i. 54. _See also_ Corn Laws Chelsea Bun House, i. 158 Chevalier, Albert, coster songs, iii. 373 Chignons, ii. 324 _seq._ Child labour, ii. 58 _seq._ Childers, Right Hon. Hugh, ii. 54, 139; iii. 21 Children, precocity, i. 88, _ill._; letter to Hans Andersen, i. 89; _Comic Blackstone_ on, i. 90; actors, i. 275; Employment Commission, ii. 60; education, ii. 60; iv. 136 _seq._; acrobats, ii. 63; tormentors of, ii. 127; fairy tales for, ii. 128-9; iv. 138-9; poor, condition of, iii. 86 _seq._; fashions, iii. 313 _seq._; Country Holiday Fund, iv. 106; modern children, iv. 136-7, 140; Christmas presents of, iv. 255 Chimney Sweepers' Regulation Acts, ii. 59, 63; iii. 306 China, war with, ii. 4, 16; and foreigners, iii. 64; "Boxer" rising, iv. 8, 41; commercial interests of Powers in, iv. 31 Chinese labour, iv. 125, 130; for domestic service, rumour of, iii. 272 Choate, Mr. Joseph, American ambassador to England, iv. 36 Cholera epidemic, i. 152, 239 Christian Science, iii. 254; iv. 160 Christmas cards, fashionable, iii. 278 Church Army, iii. 171