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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VII.

1838-1839.

Death of Zachary Macaulay.-Mr. Wallace and Mackintosh.-Letters to

Mr. Napier and Mr. Ellis.-Sir Walter Scott.-Lord Brougham.-First

Mention of the History.-Macaulay goes abroad.-His Way of regarding

Scenery. Châlons-sur-Marne.-Lyons.-Marseilles.-Genoa.-Pisa.-

Florence. Macaulay refuses the Judge-advocateship. - Florence to

Rome.-Thrasymene.-St. Peter's.-The New Zealander.-The Vatican.

-The Temporal Power.-The Doctrine of the Immaculate Concep-

tion.-Letter to Lord Lansdowne.-The Canadian Insurrection.-Gib-

bon.-Rome to Naples.-Bulwer's Novels.-Impressions of Naples.-

Virgil's Tomb.-Macaulay sets out Homeward.—Mr. Goulburn.-Ver-

sailles.........

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CHAPTER VIII.

1839-1841.

Macaulay returns to London.-He meets Lord Brougham.-Letters to Mr.

Napier and Mrs. Trevelyan.-Correspondence with Mr. Gladstone.

Heated State of Politics.-The Hostility of the Peers to Lord Melbourne's

Government.-Macaulay's View of the Situation.-Verses by Praed.—

The Bed-chamber Question.-Macaulay is elected for Edinburgh.-De-

bate on the Ballot.-Macaulay becomes a Cabinet Minister.-The Times.

-Windsor Castle.-Vote of Want of Confidence.-The Chinese War.-

Irish Registration: Scene in the House of Commons.-Letters to Napier.

-Religious Difficulties in Scotland.-Lord Cardigan.-The Corn Laws.

-The Sugar Duties.-Defeat of the Ministry, and Dissolution of Parlia-

ment.-Macaulay is re-elected for Edinburgh.-His Love for Street-bal-

lads. The Change of Government....

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CHAPTER IX.

1841-1844.

Macaulay settles in The Albany.-Letters to Mr. Napier.-Warren Has-

tings, and "The Vicar of Wakefield."-Leigh Hunt.-Macaulay's Doubts

about the Wisdom of publishing his Essays.-Lord Palmerston as a

Writer. The "Lays of Rome."-Handsome Conduct of Professor Wil-

son.-Republication of the Essays.-Miss Aikin's "Life of Addison.”—

Macaulay in Opposition.-The Copyright Question.-Recall of Lord El-

lenborough.-Macaulay as a Public Speaker: Opinions of the Reporters'

Gallery.-Tour on the Loire.-Letters to Mr. Napier.-Payment of the

Irish Roman Catholic Clergy.-Barère.................

CHAPTER X.

1844-1847.

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Letters to Mr. Napier.-Macaulay modifies his Design for an Article on

Burke and his Times into a Sketch of Lord Chatham's Later Years.-

Tour in Holland.-Scene off Dordrecht.-Macaulay on the Irish Church.

-Maynooth. The Ministerial Crisis of December, 1845: Letters to

Lady Trevelyan.-Letter to Mr. Macfarlan.-Fall of Sir Robert Peel.-

Macaulay becomes Paymaster-general.-His Re-election at Edinburgh.

-His Position in the House of Commons.--General Election of 1847.-

Macaulay's Defeat at Edinburgh....................................

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CHAPTER XI.

1847-1849.

Macaulay retires into Private Life.-Extracts from Lord Carlisle's Journal.

-Macaulay's Conversation.-His Memory.-His Distaste for General

Society. His Ways with Children.-Letters to his Niece Margaret.-

"The Judicious Poet."-Valentines.-Sight-seeing.-Eastern Tours.—

Macaulay's Method of Work.-His Diligence in collecting his Materials.

-Glencoe.-Londonderry.-Macaulay's Accuracy: Opinions of Mr. Bage-

hot and Mr. Buckle.-Macaulay's Industry at the Desk.-His Love for

his Task.-Extracts from his Diary.-His Attention to the Details of the

Press.-The "History" appears. Congratulations.-Lord Halifax ; Lord

Jeffrey; Lord Auckland; Miss Edgeworth.-The Popularity of the Work.

-Extract from Punch.—Macaulay's Attitude in Relation to his Critics.

-The Quarterly Review.-The Sacrifices which Macaulay made to Lit-

erature......
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