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Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       NOTE TO THIS VOLUME

       ENGLAND AND NAPOLEON 1801-1815

       THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC (1801) . Source. —Thomas Campbell: Historical Lyrics and Ballads . P. 93.

       I.

       II.

       III.

       IV.

       V.

       VI.

       VII.

       VIII.

       IRELAND IN 1801. Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. i., p. 286.

       I. THE GOVERNMENT.

       II. FINANCE.

       GOLF AND FOOTBALL (1801) . Source. —Strutt’s Sports and Pastimes of the People of England , 1801. Pp. 93 and 97 of Methuen’s edition, 1903.

       SHERIDAN FOR ADDINGTON, CANNING FOR PITT (1802) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iii., p. 415.

       TYPICAL VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY (1803 to 1815) . Source. —Clowes: The Royal Navy , 1900. Vol. v. (1803 to 1815) , p. 15.

       DESIRE FOR PITT’S RETURN TO OFFICE (1803) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iv., p. 28.

       VERSES BY CANNING AGAINST ADDINGTON (1803) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iv., pp. 58, 59, 60.

       NOTES ON THE WAR, GERMANY, AND NAPOLEON, BY PITT (1803) . Source. —Stanhope’s Life of Pitt , 1862. Vol. iv., p. 223.

       The War.

       Germany.

       Napoleon.

       GUN-BOATS FOR DEFENCE (1803) . Source. — Diaries ... of the Right Hon. George Rose , 1860. P. 69.

       CONDITION OF THE POOR IN MANUFACTURING TOWNS (1804) . Source. — Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. 74, July to December, 1804, p. 710.

       ANNUAL STATEMENT OF WHEAT, FLOUR, AND BREAD FOR THE YEAR 1804. Source. — Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. 74, January to June, 1804, p. [iv].

       Wheat.

       Flour.

       Bread.

       ENGLAND AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.

       I. Pitt on Malta (1805) .

       II. Nelson on Sardinia (1805) .

       THE BLOW THAT KILLED PITT (1805) .

       (a) Pitt to Lord Harrowby.

       (b) Canning to Pitt.

       ROUTINE ON A BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR—THE REVENGE (1805) . Source. —Clowes’ Royal Navy, 1900. Vol. v., p. 21.

       NELSON’S PLAN OF ACTION FOR TRAFALGAR (1805) . Source. —Clowes’ Royal Navy , 1900. Vol. v., p. 127.

       TRAFALGAR (1805) . Source. —Southey: Life of Nelson (1813) .

       THE YOUNGER PITT (1806) . Source. —Sir W. Scott.

       I.

       II.

       III.

       MINISTRY OF ALL THE TALENTS (1806) . Source. — Diaries ... James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury , 1844. Vol. iv., p. 349.

       MILITARY PLANS (1806) . Source. — Diary of Lord Colchester , 1861. Vol. ii., p. 49.

       CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION (1807) .

       I. Lord