Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
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Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914
Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Humor
George V, King, birth, ii. 181;
visit to Ireland, iii. 231;
and German naval menace, iv. 63;
coronation, iv. 227;
attacks dragon of apathy, iv. 227
George I, King of Greece, iv. 25;
assassinated, iv. 83
George, Rt. Hon. David Lloyd, visits Germany (1908), iv. 64;
and Upper Chamber reform, iv. 69, 72;
and national insurance, iv. 86;
and Marconi scandal, iv. 88;
land campaign, iv. 90, 116-8;
his equanimity, iv. 91;
and dukes, iv. 92, 94;
Budget of 1914, iv. 97;
and old age pensions, iv. 130;
Limehouse speech, iv. 132;
and Education Act of 1902, iv. 148;
and Woman Suffrage, iv. 179
George, Henry, and Socialism, iii. 75 _seq._
German Women's Navy League, iv. 64
Germany, naval beginnings, ii. 18;
and growth, iii. 10;
naval policy, ii. 25; iv. 85;
militarism, iii. 35, 40, 42; iv. 85;
momentous year (1888), iii. 51;
and slave trade in Africa, iii. 34;
expedition to Kiao-Chow, iv. 27;
treatment of Poles, iv. 47-8;
and Baghdad railway, iv. 75;
complains of being isolated, iv. 77;
Bethmann-Hollweg's Army Bill, iv. 84;
and Alsace, iv. 85;
declares war on Russia and France, iv. 101
Germany, relations with, iii. 8; iv. 73, 80;
competes in naval armaments and trade, iv. 11;
trade competition, iv. 24, 122;
menace, iv. 55, 56, 75, 78, 98, 192-3
Giffen, Sir Robert, statistician, iii. 72
Gilbert, Sir John, R.A., iv. 303-4
Gilbert, W. S., ii. 272, 288, 291;
relations with _P._, ii. 280 _seq._;
_Patience_, iii. 258;
on Sir H. Tree as Hamlet, iii. 353;
_Rosencrantz and Guildenstern_, iii. 356;
collaboration with Sullivan, iii. 356
Gilbert, W. S., and Sullivan, operas, iii. 363 _seq._;
at Savoy Theatre, iii. 364 _seq._;
sever partnership, iii. 366; iv. 338
Gilchrist, Connie, actress, iii. 354
Girton College, ii. 261;
extensions, iii. 116 _seq._;
girl, 1886, iii. 120 _seq._
Gissing, George, novels, iii. 267;
and _P._, iii. 321
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