Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 4 (of 4).—1892-1914Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
History
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
Montgomery, James, ii. 64, 268
Moody, D. L., visits England, iii. 168
Moore, George, iii. 254, 321; iv. 113
Morgan, J. Pierpont, iii. 276
Morley, Henry, and Rabelais, iii. 317
Morley of Blackburn, 1st Viscount, iii. 61;
_Life of Gladstone_, ii. 191;
Chief Sec. for Ireland, iii. 44 _seq._;
and P. of Wales's Children Bill, iii. 232;
retires, iv. 4;
naval policy, iv. 14;
and expedition to Khartum, iv. 24;
and Boer war, iv. 39;
and anti-Lords campaign, iv. 63
Morris, William, iii. 255, 329
Morrow, George, iv. 192
Motor introduced, iv. 181-3
Motoring, effect on appetite, iv. 245
Moustaches, iv. 264
Mozart, W. A., ii. 297, 301, 307;
_Don Giovanni_, ii. 299
Müller, Franz, murderer, ii. 22;
executed, ii. 136
Municipal Reform, iii. 97
Murray of Elibank, 1st Baron, and Marconi scandal, iv. 91
Museums, Sunday opening of, i. 40
Music, i. 286 _seq._, 290, 291, 293; ii. 282-319; iii. 343-73;
iv. 341-4
Musical prodigies, iii. 369
Music-halls, ii. 295 _seq._; iii. 15 _seq._, 372 _seq._;
songs, ii. 312;
popularity, iv. 328;
salaries, _ibid._;
Sarah Bernhardt and Tree at, iv. 330;
Sir James Barrie writes for, _ibid._
Myers, F. W. H., iii. 207
Nansen, Dr. F., Arctic explorer, iv. 190
Napier, Sir Charles, i. 116
Napier, Lord, of Magdala (Sir Robert Napier), ii. 27;
and retired officers, iii. 276
Napoleon I, centenary, ii. 29
Napoleon III, a special constable, i. 54;
ally of England, i. 124;
as modern Damocles, i. 195 _ill._;
_P.'s_ hostility to, i. 122, 306;
friction with, ii. 3, 10, 17;
as porcupine, _ill._, ii. 11;
proposed army loan, ii. 29, 34, 36;
his vision of Napoleon I, _ill._, ii. 33;
memorial verses, ii. 194 _seq._
Nares, Captain, Arctic explorer, iii. 207, 328
Natal campaign, correspondence, ii. 112
National defence, iii. 66-71; iv. 11, 55-7, 58-61, 63, 65-6
National Gallery, neglect of treasures, i. 298
National Guard suggested, i. 118
National insurance scheme, iv. 64
National outlook, 1857-74, ii. 3-116;
1874-1892, iii. 3-212
National Portrait Gallery Bill, i. 303
National Rifle Association, iii. 69, 302
National Service Bill of 1909, iv. 66
Naval armaments, race of, iii. 10
Naval warfare of the future, ii. 140 _seq._
Navvy corps for Crimea, i. 131
Navy.
Estimates, protests against, i. 120;
reorganized and increased, ii. 18;
Naval Defence Bill of 1889, iii. 71;
status of engineers, iii. 209, 211;
Gladstone's policy, iv. 14;
and German menace, iv. 60;
advance in gunnery, iv. 62;
inadequate preparations, iv. 66;
expenditure, proposed reduction of (1911), iv. 75;
estimates (1912), iv. 78, 91, 92.
_See also_ Armoured ships
Nelson centenary, iv. 56
Nelson's monument, i. 147; iv. 207;
daughter and grandchildren, i. 253
New English Art Club, iii. 328 _seq._
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