CHARLES
BRADLAUGH

A RECORD OF HIS LIFE AND
WORK BY HIS DAUGHTER.
HYPATIA BRADLAUGH BONNER.

CHAPTER I.

IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN 1

The Parthia—Mr J. Walter, M.P.—Sumner's opinionof Mr Bradlaugh's lecture—The Delaware Clionian Society—Milwaukee—Chicago—Intensecold—Mrs Lucretia Mott—A thirdlecturing tour—Dr Otis—The currency question—Religiousanimus—Death of Henry Wilson—In St Luke's Hospital, NewYork, with typhoid fever—Moncure D. Conway—Return.

CHAPTER II.

MRS BESANT 12

A friend lost—A friend gained—Mrs Besant and Mr Bradlaugh—"Ajax"—TheKnowlton pamphlet—Advantages and disadvantagesof a dual defence.

CHAPTER III.

THE PROSECUTION OF MR BRADLAUGH AND MRS BESANT 20

Appointment to sell the pamphlet—Arrested on a warrant—Atthe Guildhall—Application for a writ of certiorari—The LordChief Justice—Who was the prosecutor?—The trial at Westminster—Thewitnesses—The jury—The verdict—The judgment—Executionof sentence stayed—The Court of Appeal quashesindictment—Expenses of defence paid by subscription—The City—Otherproceedings—Mr Truelove's trial and sentence—Effect of[Pg xviii]the prosecutions.

CHAPTER IV.

AN UNIMPORTANT CHAPTER 30

Side lights—"Man, whence and how?"—The Turberville legacy—FromTurner Street to Circus Road—Selling the Knowltonpamphlet—The day of arrest—At Westminster—Mr G. J. Holyoake—Thehearing of the sentence—A riding accident.

CHAPTER V.

MORE DEBATES39

Rev. Brewin Grant—Rev. A. Mursell—Mr Walter R. Browne—MrRobert Roberts, a Christadelphian—Mr William Simpson—MrGordon—Rev. John Lightfoot—Rev. R. A. Armstrong—Rev.W. M. Westerby.

CHAPTER VI.

SOME LATER LECTURES 52

At Oxford—The Suez Canal—Carrying "consolation"—AtCongleton—At Newman Street, London—Edinburgh—ProfessorFlint—Scarborough.

CHAPTER VII.

LUNATICS 59

Letters—"A mission from God"—John Sladen and the Queen.

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