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'We believe that Mr. Froude's estimate of Lord Beaconsfield, on the whole, will be the one accepted by posterity.... It is the man's character which interests us; and this, we think, Mr. Froude has exhibited in its true light, and in colours that will not fade.'--STANDARD.

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Of two lives of the Queen's Prime Ministers which have as yet appeared, we certainly give the preference to Mr. Dunckley's over Mr. Froude's. Mr. Froude had the more attractive theme, but Mr.

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'Mr. McCarthy's chapters on Catholic Emanc.i.p.ation are written with admirable impartiality, and he does ample justice to that high-minded administrator, Lord Anglesey.'--ATHENaeUM.

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'One of the most complete and succinct accounts of his extraordinary career that we have yet received.... A volume which we may specially commend as the most attractive and authoritative history of the man with whom it deals that has yet been given to the world.... Mr.

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