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Author:

Grant Duff, Mountstuart E. (Mountstuart Elphinstone), Sir, 1829-1906.

Title:

Out of the past; some biographical essays, by the Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart E. Grant Duff.

Publisher:

J. Murray,

Copyright Date:

1903

Description:

2 v. 20 cm.

Subject:

England--Biography.

Notes:

"In these two volumes, which may be considered as supplementary to my Notes from a diary, I have collected some biographical papers, most of which have appeared in ... periodicals."--Advertisement, v. 1.

Contents:

v. 1. Chesterfield as an educator. Some recollections of Oxford, 1847-1850. Senior's "Conversations." Manning and the Catholic reaction of our times. The Dilettanti society. The club. Some recollections of the House of commons, 1858-1881.--v. 2. Walter Bagehot, his life and works, 1826-1877. The life of Arthur Stanley, 1815-1881. Matthew Arnold, 1822-1888. Lord Arthur Russell, 1824-1892. Count de Hübner, 1811-1892. Henry Reeve, 1813-1895. The Duke of Argyll, 1823-1900. The Empress Frederick, 1840-1901. The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, 1826-1902. The Earl of Kimberly, 1826-1902. Lord Acton, 1834-1902. Address to the Royal institution of Great Britain: Epitaphs.

LCCN:

03013861

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)