| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| PREFACE | 5 | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | THE MEMBER AND THE CONSTITUENCY | 11 |
| II. | WOOING OF THE ELECTORS | 20 |
| III. | A NEW PARLIAMENT IN THE MAKING | 33 |
| IV. | THE COUNTRY’S VERDICT | 53 |
| V. | TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE M.P. | 66 |
| VI. | THE FASCINATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | 80 |
| VII. | PALACE OF WESTMINSTER | 88 |
| VIII. | ASSEMBLING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT | 103 |
| IX. | TAKING THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE | 115 |
| X. | MR. SPEAKER | 122 |
| XI. | “ORDER, ORDER!” | 130 |
| XII. | HOW A GOVERNMENT IS MADE | 141 |
| XIII. | DISAPPOINTED HOPES | 154 |
| XIV. | THE KING AND HIS MINISTERS AND THE COUNTRY | 166 |
| XV. | OFFICE AND ITS SPOILS | 175 |
| XVI. | PENSIONS FOR MINISTERS | 187 |
| XVII. | THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE | 201 |
| XVIII. | DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS TO THE KING | 218 |
| XIX. | THE SERJEANT-AT-ARMS | 225 |
| XX. | A NIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS | 235 |