The Works, Volume 9

Book excerpt: Walter Bagehot was one of the most famous 19th-century British journalists and essayists, whose major works refer to government, economics, and literature. This is the ninth out of nine volumes with his most important writings, this one containing a wealth of essays thar he wrote for The Economist and The Saturday Review: Mr. Disraeli Lord Macaulay The Death Of Count Cavour The Limit Of Defensive Outlay Mr. Stansfeld And Signor Mazzini The Assassination Of Mr. Lincoln Politics As A Profession Oxford And Mr. Gladstone Mr. Carlyle On Mr. Eyre Why Mr. Disraeli Has Succeeded Ath Of Lord Brougham Lord Lawrence The Uses Of Scotch Liberalism ... and many more ...