Volume VI., 209-210.

"The most distinguished political name of the century has been withdrawn from the roll of Englishmen." LORD SALISBURY.

"This country, this nation, loves brave men. Mr. Gladstone was the bravest of the brave. There was no cause so hopeless that he was afraid to undertake it; there was no amount of opposition that would cowe him when once he had undertaken it." LORD ROSEBERY.

37. THE GREAT BOER WAR (A. D. 1899-1902):

[The treatment of this subject in Volumes VI. and VII. of History for Ready Reference covers sixty-five of its large double-column pages (456-517 in Volume 6 and 620-624 in Volume 7), and is the most complete statement of all the causes that led up to that conflict that can be found in any work. The scope of these Studies does not admit of a detailed analysis of this material, nor is such an analysis necessary; as all the despatches, State papers, and descriptive matter are arranged in such an orderly manner, under the general head of "South Africa," that one needs no aid in studying the subject.]

38. DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA (JANUARY 28, 1901):

Detailed Account of her last illness,