. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. t nations that have stamped theirname and secured their fame amoncj the sjreat nations of the world. Thus ended the year 1871. That year witnessed much in the legisla-tive progress of Great Britain. It closed, however, with a manifest declinein the spirit of reform. The people began to weary of reform. Manythought that refo
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. t nations that have stamped theirname and secured their fame amoncj the sjreat nations of the world. Thus ended the year 1871. That year witnessed much in the legisla-tive progress of Great Britain. It closed, however, with a manifest declinein the spirit of reform. The people began to weary of reform. Manythought that reform was proceeding too rapidly ; some that it had alreadygone too far. Many were like that class of Roman citizens who weredescribed bj Caesar as cupidi rcruiii novartim ; that is, eager for new con- DECLINE OF THE REFORMATORY MOVEMENT. 481 ditions. On the whole the Liberal party was gradually losing its might see far off the premonition of a Conservative reaction thatwould reverse with an irresistible hand the prevailing political conditions. Just at the close of the year the popularity of the reigning house wasput to the test of public sympathy by the serious, even critical, illness ofAlbert Edward, Prince of Wales. The heir apparent, while visiting Lord. A CRITICAL QUESTION IN THE HOUSE. Londesborough at his house near Scarborough, contracted malarial appeared afterward that the place was infected. Earl Chesterfield also gotthe fever there and died. The Prince of Wales managed to return toSandringham, but became very ill, and by the middle of the month his lifewas well-nigh despaired of. The 14th of December was the anniversary ofhis fathers death, and at that date the bulletins scarcely gave any hope ofhis recovery. The prince had not been altogether popular with the English people, though he had many winning ways. He was said to bear in character and person a resemblance to Henry VHI of great memory. When it was seen, however, that the prince
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