Includes bibliographical references.

Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield -- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, dean of Westminster -- Thomas Hill Green -- Archibald Campbell Tait, archbishop of Canterbury -- Anthony Trollope -- John Richard Green -- Sir George Jessel -- Hugh M'Calmont Cairns, early Cairns -- James Fraser, bishop of Manchester -- Stafford Henry Northcote, earl of Iddesleigh -- Charles Stewart Parnell -- Henry Edward Manning, archbishop and cardinal -- Edward Augustus Freeman -- Robert Lowe, viscount Sherbrooke -- William Robertson Smith -- Henry Sidgwick -- Edward Ernest Bowen -- Edwin Lawrence Godkin -- John Emerich Dalberg-Acton, lord Acton -- William Ewart Gladstone.