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CONTENTS

IX.
The Moral of Queensland Imbroglio, 233-252
The Queensland Governorship, 233
Sir Henry Blake, 233
Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith, 234
Poaches on Sir Samuel Griffith's "Radical preserves," 234
Dispute with Sir Anthony Musgrave and with Lord Knutsford, 235
Utility of "scientific imagination," 235
Early and present-day politicians contrasted, 236-239
"Plato and the preaching friars," 237
"Colonial Jealousies and the Government" 239
Loyalists and Disloyalists, 240, 241
The Celtic element in Colonial Cabinets, 241, 242
Mrs. Campbell Praed's Policy and Passion, 247
"Thomas Longleat," Premier of "Leichardt's-Land," 247
Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith's "Opportunism," 245
Mr. Gladstone's "Idolatry of the Immediate," 246
Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith and Sir William Harcourt, 245, 246
Programme of the National Party in Queensland, 248, 249
Mr. Gowen Evans on the Irish Home-Rule Party in the colonies, 249-250
The "little finger," 250
The Victorian vote on Colonial Governorships—Moral, 251

APPENDICES.
A. Robert Lowe on the Disabilities OF Colonists, 253
B. Sir C. Gavan Duffy's "Royal Commission," 258
C. The Colonial Office and the "Foreign Noblemen," 263
D. Religion and Irish Home Rule, 267
E. Education in Australia, 271
F. "A Typical Australian Statesman," 276
G. The Late W. E. Hearn, 280
H. The late William Bede Dalley 283