# The Government of England (Vol. I)

Author: Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34471

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Government+of+England+%28Vol.+I%29+Lowell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Measured by the standards of duration, absence of violent commotions, maintenance of law and order, general prosperity and contentment of the people, and by the extent of its influence on the institutions and political thought of other lands, the English government has been one of the most remarkable the world has ever known. An attempt, therefore, to study it at any salient epoch cannot be valueless; and the present is a salient epoch, for the nation has now enjoyed something very near to manhood suffrage in the boroughs for forty years, and throughout the country more than twenty years, a period long enough for democracy to produce its primary if not its ultimate effects. Moreover, Engl...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/33/index.md)
- [VOLUME I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part IV, The Egyptian Puzzle; Part V, British Policy in Egypt; Part VI,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/39/index.md)
- [Part IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/40/index.md)
- [VOLUME I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part III, The Soudan, 1882-1907 (including the story of Gordon's journey](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-government-of-england-vol-i-34471/chapters/5/index.md)