6. (a) Lord Augustus Loftus, Diplomatic Reminiscences, 1837–77.[1] They set forth much on the relations between Austria and Prussia, on the Eastern Question, questions affecting Italy, the Schleswig-Holstein Question, and on the character and policy of Bismarck.[2]
(b) Earl of Malmesbury, Memoirs of an ex-Minister:[3] 'a macédoine,' says the author, 'of memoranda, diary, and correspondence.' The work is valuable for the years 1852–69, and especially for questions connected with Lord Derby's ministries and with Louis Napoleon.
(c) Maxwell, Life and Letters of the Fourth Earl of Clarendon,[4] 'the able English Foreign Secretary'.[5]
(d) Newton, Lord Lyons: a Record of British Diplomacy,[6] at Washington and Paris.
(e) Fitzmaurice, Life of Earl Granville.[7]
(f) Redesdale, Memories.[8] There is a chapter on Clarendon and Granville.
7. Parliamentary and State Papers: see Index, 1853, for 1801–52, and 1909, for 1852–99; and Catalogue[9] for 1801–1901 ; also The Annual Register and The Times Index.
- ↑ 4 vols., 1892, 1894.
- ↑ 'The position of an English Ambassador at Berlin', Bismarck is reported to have said, on November 30, 1871, 'has its own special duties and difficulties, if only on account of the personal relations of the two Royal families. It demands a great deal of tact and care.'—Busch, Bismarck, i. 343.
- ↑ 2 vols., 1884.
- ↑ 2 vols., 1913.
- ↑ Lord Malmesbury in his reflections, in his Memoirs, on Lord Derby's death, October 23, 1869, followed in 1870 by that of Lord Clarendon.
- ↑ 2 vols., 1913.
- ↑ 2 vols., 1895.
- ↑ 2 vols., 1915.
- ↑ Published by P. S. King.
