ASHBOURNE = "Pitt: some Chapters of his Life and Times," by the Rt. Hon. Lord Ashbourne. 1898. AUCKLAND JOURNALS = "The Journal and Corresp. of William, Lord Auckland." 4 vols. 1861. BEAUFORT P. = "MSS. of the Duke of Beaufort," etc. (Hist. MSS. Comm.). 1891. B.M. ADD. MSS. = Additional Manuscripts of the British Museum. BUCKINGHAM P. = "Mems. of the Court and Cabinets of George III," by the Duke of Buckingham. 2 vols. 1853. CAMPBELL = "Lives of the Lord Chancellors," by Lord Campbell. 8 vols. 1845-69. CASTLEREAGH CORRESP. = "Mems. and Corresp. of Viscount Castlereagh." 8 vols. 1848-53. CHEVENING MSS. = Manuscripts of Earl Stanhope, preserved at Chevening. CUNNINGHAM = "Growth of Eng. Industry and Commerce (Modern Times)," by Dr. W. Cunningham. 1892. DROPMORE P. = "The Manuscripts of J. B. Fortescue, Esq., preserved at Dropmore" (Hist. MSS. Comm.). 7 vols. 1892-1910. FORTESCUE = "The History of the British Army," by the Hon. J. W. Fortescue. vol. iv. HAeUSSER = "Deutsche Geschichte (1786-1804)," by L. Haeusser. 4 vols. 1861-3. HOLLAND = "Memoirs of the Whig Party," by Lord Holland. 2 vols. 1852. JESSE = "Mems. of the Life and Reign of George III," by J. H. Jesse. 3 vols. 1867. LECKY = "Hist. of England in the Eighteenth Century," by W. E. H. Lecky. 8 vols. Fifth edit. 1891-1904. MALMESBURY DIARIES = "Diaries and Corresp. of the First Earl of Malmesbury." 4 vols. 1844. PARL. HIST. = "History of the Parliamentary Debates" (after 1804 continued in Hansard). PELLEW = "Life and Corresp. of the first Viscount Sidmouth," by Rev. C. Pellew. 3 vols. 1847. PITT MSS. = Pitt MSS., preserved at H.M. Public Record Office. PORRITT = "The Unreformed House of Commons," by E. Porritt, 2 vols. 1909. PRETYMAN MSS. = MSS. of E. G. Pretyman, Esq., M.P., preserved at Orwell Park. ROSE G., "DIARIES" = "Diaries and Corresp. of Rt. Hon. G. Rose." 2 vols. 1860. ROSE, "NAPOLEON" = "Life of Napoleon," by J. H. Rose. 2 vols. 1909. ROSE, "THIRD COALITION" = "Select Despatches ... relating to the Formation of the Third Coalition (1804-5)," ed. by J. H. Rose (Royal Historical Soc., 1904). RUTLAND P. = "MSS. of the Duke of Rutland" (Hist. MSS. Comm.). 3 vols. 1894. RUVILLE = "William Pitt, Earl of Chatham," by A. von Ruville (Eng. transl.). 3 vols. 1907. SOREL = "L'Europe et la Revolution francaise," par A. Sorel. Pts. II, III. 1889, 1897. STANHOPE = "Life of ... William Pitt," by Earl Stanhope. 4 vols. 3rd edition. 1867. SYBEL = "Geschichte der Revolutionzeit (1789-1800)," von H. von Sybel. Eng. translation. 4 vols. 1867-9. VIVENOT = "Quellen zur Geschichte der deutschen Kaiserpolitik OEsterreichs ..." von A. von Vivenot. 1873. WRAXALL = "Memoirs of Sir N. W. Wraxall" (1772-84), edited by H. B. Wheatley. 5 vols. 1884. WILLIAM PITT AND THE GREAT WAR CHAPTER I ROYALISTS AND RADICALS[1] Detruire l'anarchie francaise, c'est se preparer une gloire immortelle.--CATHARINE II, 1791.