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A BOOK oF Partiamentary Ancedate. Compiled from Authentic Sauras, G, IL JENNINGS avn’ W. S. JOHNSTONE. CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN, “LONDON, PARIS, AND NEW YORE. aifighaoan Ss = Pysce’ 1 ron PREFACE, basa : Ly the following pages an attempt has been made to bring, together for the éirst time, in the form of anecdote, some of the more swriking facts in the history of ow Parliaments and the public lives of distihguished statesmen. As the value of such ducedote mst snainly depend upon its authenticity, the Compilers have gone for thelr materigl only to sources of @xablished repute, appending én cue case the authority from which the facts ure quoted. It would have been 2 comparatively easy lask ta collect a mass of unaythenticated itidents, but the result would have been worthless in proportion to the facility of the undertaking. Tor interest and amuse is but a part of the aim of the Louk. It is also designed to furnish informa. tion of @ useful character, and to forta 2 rdliable workgof reference ; und it i hoped thee objects have “bewh in some degree secured, The public corvcr of Tiving statesmen, and of those Tntely’ dectased has been sqpringly "dealt with, State. vw PREFACE anfns respecting recent events are more frequently d'-- puted Ban matters, which have passed inte the dom of histofy ; and, moreover, the narration, in such cases, of incidents which Delong to the region of niere party feeling has been thought undesirable, In the Index will be found references to a numbti* of the celebrated dspressions which have become political Some of these not given in the Per. householl words sonal division of the book have been included in the ‘Miscellaneous section. CGNTENTS., "PART L SSTRATIONS OF PantiaateNtany Eastowy® PART IL, VERSONAL ANECDOTES, PART I. MISCELLANEOUS ANECDOTES 7

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