THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE, BART., M.P.




[Illustration: RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE, BART., M.P., IN THE
YEAR 1873.
From the painting by G. F. Watts in the National Portrait Gallery.
Frontispiece, Vol. I.]




THE LIFE OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES W. DILKE
BART., M.P.

BEGUN BY STEPHEN GWYNN, M.P.

COMPLETED AND EDITED BY
GERTRUDE M. TUCKWELL.

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.




PREFACE