“ Gladstone's Government resigning office, in consequence of their defeat on the Irish University Bill, March, 1873, Mr. Disraeli was commissioned by the Queen to form a Ministry, but declined to do so under the then circumstances. On Mr. Gladstone appealing to the country in 1874, the election returns placed him in a minority, and he resigned without meeting the new Parliament; Mr. Disraeli succeeded him as Prime Minister and formed his cabinet, March, 1874 ”

“ Disraeli allied himself closely with the Conservatives, of whom he became the leader in the House of Commons after the death of Lord George Bentinck in 1848; conspicuous for his attacks on Peel in Parliament; Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby's first Ministry, 1852; and in his second, 1858-9; in 1859 brought in a Reform Bill which was defeated by the Whigs; again Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby's third Ministry, July, 1866; brought in a second Reform Bill, based on Household Suffrage, which was passed, 1867 ”

“ Dizzy's K'rect Card for the "Derby" (?) ..................044 " Dizzy's Arithmetic.......................................045 " Pudding before Meat......................................046 " The First Question.......................................047 " Political "Economy"......................................048 " "Heads I Win, Tails you Lose"............................049 " The Honest Potboy........................................050 1867. Blind Man's Buff.........................................051 " The "Irrepressible Lodger"...............................052 " Extremes must meet ”