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The Life of Richard Cobden

A lengthy biography (along with many letters) of the leading advocate for free trade in mid-19th century Britain.

The Life of Richard Cobden (London: T. Fisher Unwiin, 1903).

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FREE TRADE LITERATURE
TWO VOLUMES OF ESSAYS Large crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. each. (Uniform with “The Heart of the Empire”)
PREFACE.
CONTENTS
the LIFE OF RICHARD COBDEN
CHAPTER I.: early life.
CHAPTER II.: commercial and mental progress.
CHAPTER III.: travels in west and east.
CHAPTER IV.: the two pamphlets.
CHAPTER V.: life in manchester, 1837–9.
CHAPTER VI.: the foundation of the league.
CHAPTER VII.: the corn laws.
CHAPTER VIII.: cobden enters parliament—first session.
CHAPTER IX.: cobden as an agitator.
CHAPTER X.: the new corn law.
CHAPTER XI.: sir robert peel’s new policy.
CHAPTER XII.: renewed activity of the league—cobden and sir robert peel—rural campaign.
CHAPTER XIII.: the session of 1844—factory legislation—the constituencies.
CHAPTER XIV.: bastiat—new tactics—activity in parliament—maynooth grant—private affairs.
CHAPTER XV.: the autumn of 1845.
CHAPTER XVI.: repeal of the corn laws and fall of the government.
CHAPTER XVII.: correspondence with sir robert peel—cessation of the work of the league.
CHAPTER XVIII.: tour over europe.
CHAPTER XIX.: election for the west riding.—purchase of dunford.—correspondence.
CHAPTER XX.: miscellaneous correspondence on social and political movements.
CHAPTER XXI.: the don pacifico debate—the papal aggression—correspondence with mr. bright on reform—kossuth.
CHAPTER XXII.: the protectionists in office.
CHAPTER XXIII.: the panic of 1853.
CHAPTER XXIV.: the crimean war.
CHAPTER XXV.: death of his son.
CHAPTER XXVI.: chinese affairs—cobden’s motion—the dissolution.
CHAPTER XXVII.: the indian mutiny—private affairs—second journey to america.
CHAPTER XXVIII.: return from america.—the new ministry.
CHAPTER XXIX.: the french treaty.
CHAPTER XXX.: holiday and return to paris.
CHAPTER XXXI.: the tariff—the fortification scheme.
CHAPTER XXXII.: the policy of the commercial treaty.
CHAPTER XXXIII.: miscellaneous correspondence, 1859–60—paris—return to england.
(1.): To Mr. Bright
(2.): To Mr. Bright
(3.): To William Hargreaves
(4.): To W. Hargreaves
(5.): To W. Hargreaves
1861. Æt. 57.(6.): To W. Hargreaves
(7.): To Mr. Bright
(8.): To Samuel Lucas
(9.): To Mr. Bright
(10.): To William Hargreaves
(11.): To William Hargreaves
(12.): To Henry Ashworth
(13.): To Samuel Lucas1860. Æt. 56.
(14.): To Samuel Lucas
(15.): To William Hargreaves
(16.): To J. Parkes
CHAPTER XXXIV.: the american war—fortification schemes—international law.
Maritime Law
British Policy in China
On Lord Brougham
Inconvenience of a sectarian organ
Tocqueville on the right of Secession
The Trent Affair
Maritime Law
The Commercial Class
Maritime Law in the House of Commons
Lord Palmerston
Commercial Blockades
The Cotton Famine
Debate on Turkey
The Polish Insurrection
The American war
Visit to the Fortifications
Political torpor of the day
On Privateering
CHAPTER XXXV.: correspondence with mr. delane.
To John T. Delane, Esq.
CHAPTER XXXVI.: the danish war—last speeches in parliament—correspondence.
1864. Æt. 60.Character of President Lincoln
The American War
Garibaldi’s Visit to London
Free Trade in France
Tone of English Politics
International Law
The Law of Blockade
The Danish War
CHAPTER XXXVII.: speech at rochdale—the land question—correspondence—last days and death.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.: conclusion.
APPENDIX: Note A. (See p. 115).
Cobden to W. C. Hunt on the Hours of Labour.
FULL TEXT OF THE LAST LETTER WRITTEN BY MR COBDEN
bibliography of richard cobden, based on the british museum catalogue
APPENDIX.: Biography, Criticism Etc
INDEX.

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