Produced by Paul Murray, Wolfgang Menges and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Transcriber's Notes: Italics have been marked with underscores, like '_this_'. Greek passages have been transcribed, using '+', like '+ate+'. OE ligature and oe ligature have been changed to 'OE' or 'oe'. Corrections, as listed in the "ERRATA" paragraph, have been made. Besides, Page 4, "disance" changed to "distance" (owing to the long distance,). Page 16, "circulalation" changed to "circulation" (and many of them helped on the circulation). Pages 83 and 167, "Barrere" equalized to "Barere" (according to Index). Page 104, "imdiately" changed to "immediately" (which was immediately granted.). Page 208, "Moellendorff" equalized to "Moellendorf" (according to Index). Page 325, "brother in-law" changed to "brother-in-law" (Pitt, owing to news of the death of his brother-in-law,) Page 399/400, "arewell" changed to "farewell" (just after saying farewell to Clare at Dublin,). Page 419, "of couse" changed to "of course" (This proposal of course implied). Page 422, "futher" changed to "further" (to make further concessions to that body.). Page 451, "symptons" changed to "symptoms" (From these extraordinary symptoms he augured). Page 456, Footnote 609, "Soo" changed to "So" (So, too, Tomline said). Page 496, "convicton" changed to "conviction" (But that he was drifting to this conviction). Page 528, "counsellers" changed to "counsellors" (and he and his counsellors saw far more hope). [Illustration: WILLIAM PITT, IN LATER LIFE. (From a painting by Hoppner in the National Portrait Gallery)] WILLIAM PITT AND THE GREAT WAR BY J. HOLLAND ROSE, LITT.D. England and France have held in their hands the fate of the world, especially that of European civilization. How much harm we have done one another: how much good we might have done! --_Napoleon to Colonel Wilks, 20th April 1816._ [Illustration: Publisher's emblem] LONDON G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. 1911 CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. PREFACE