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Brailsford Buxton Ferris Wasted talent 



Ramsay McDonald Trevelyan Mrs. 

 Snowden Neilson 



4. Lloyd George's "malice" A weary candidate 



Westminster Leonard Courtney Saga- 

 cious epigrams Asquith Lloyd George 

 Grey Churchill Cecil Carson's back 

 fire Coalitions versus principles Hoover's 

 opinions 



5. A half century of loss Jordan in Devon In 

 Dartmoor Cold hearthstones Deandon and 

 Sir William Good maxims Jordan migration 



Some American Jordans A missing link 

 Hall's Croft, Stratford A delightful surprise 



CHAPTER FORTY-THREE 492 



I. A congress of schoolmen Teachers in distress 



A primer of democracy Collapse of "blood 

 and iron" Han-sur-Lesse Strayed fishes 

 Sedan Ghastly reminders 



2. The Hague Peace Conference KorfF The 

 Slaydens and Schlumbergers Woerden 

 French against Dutch Gobat Giesswein 

 A superb work of art Dollo Napoleon in 

 Hell 



3. Guerard An admirable work Growing re- 

 sentment Demand for home rule Metz 

 Interviewing editors Lorraine one with 

 Alsace Boll Mandel At Colmar 

 Wetterle Oncle Hansi "Story of Alsace" 



"My Village" Near-treason Futile 

 gestures A difficult task Zislin Two views 

 of ownership A study in conquest Gross 

 brutalities New embarrassments 



CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR 512 



I. On the Wallensee Le Touquet "Quand 

 Meme" "Mireille" Morel Sieper 

 Warden 



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