TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.
Some pages of this work have been moved from the original sequence to enablethe contents to continue without interruption. The page numbering remains unaltered.

Only references within this volume have been linked. A complete Index will be found in the Fourth Volume.

The book cover has been created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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M^r. Punch's History
of Modern England

Vol. II.(of IV)—1857-1874

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QUEEN_HERMIONE
Paulina (Britannia) unveils the statue: "'Tis time; descend; be stone nomore!"
Winter's Tale, Act V., Scene 3.
Reproduced from the Cartoon by John Tenniel.

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M^R. Punch's History
of Modern England

CHARLES L. GRAVES

In Four Volumes

VOL. II.—1857-1874

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1921

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Published by arrangement with the Proprietors of "Punch"

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CONTENTS

PART I

THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK