CONTENTS i x 



CHAPTER XIX 



Proportional Representation — Letters from Sir G. Stokes 

 and Mr. Hare — The Belgian system — Efforts for 

 arbitration — In the Dolomites — At Cambridge — In 

 Scotland — " Best Hundred Books " — Letters from Mr. 

 John Bright, Lord Iddesleigh, etc. — Gladstone's Home 

 Rule Bill — Letter from Ruskin — Mr. Frederic Harrison, 

 his opponent for London University — A three to one 

 victory — Recoinage of light gold — Lord Randolph 

 Churchill's plan — Tour in Greece — Death of Professor 

 Busk ....... 211 



CHAPTER XX 



" THE PLEASURES OF LIFE " 



View of the publishers — Sir John's knowledge of his 

 audience — Limitations of his versatility — Extra- 

 ordinary popularity of the Pleasures of Life — Letters 

 of appreciation ...... 235 



CHAPTER XXI 



" NATIONALITIES " AND POLITICS 



Committee on Public Accounts — Forty " Immortals " — 

 " Nationalities " in Great Britain — Letters on the sub- 

 ject — Ruskin's friendship — Liberal Unionist Policy . 250 



CHAPTER XXII 



INSTITUTION OF LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL 



" Early Closing " — The political situation — The Senses of 

 Animals — London County Council — Breakfast parties 

 — The Declaration of Paris — Letter from Lord Lytton 

 — The Dock Strike — Privy Councillor . . . 266 



