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"First published September 1921."

Includes index

v. 1. Appreciations: Robert Burns, Dr. Johnson, Thackeray, Cromwell, Frederick the Great, Burke, William Windham, The coming of Bonaparte, Sir Robert Peel, Dr. Chalmers, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Salisbury, Lord Randolph Churchill.--v. 2. Vignettes: The portraits of Burns, The love episode of William Pitt, Nelson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Cecil Rhodes. Scottish history and character: Scottish history, The union of England and Scotland, The patriotism of a Scot, The formation of a Scottish character, The struldbrug, The Scots greys. The service of the state: The service of the empire. Genius loci: Eton, The royal palace of Whitehall, Epsom, The turf, The political aspect of Buckinghamshire

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