THE WORKS OF

WALTER BAGEHOT

M. A., AND FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

WITH MEMOIRS BY R. H. HUTTON

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED IN FULL

BY

The Lravelers Insurance Company

OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

EDITED BY FORREST MORGAN

IN FIVE VOLUMES

VOL. IV

Hartford

1891

Copyrighted, 1889, by
THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY,

of Hartford, Conn.

Copyrighted, 1891, by THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY.

CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

PAGE

1

51

78

97

123

THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.

1.- Introduction to the Second Edition

II. — The Cabinet

III. - The Monarchy

IV.- Same, continued

V.- The House of Lords

VI. - The House of Commons

VII. - On Changes of Ministry .

VIII.— Its supposed Checks and Balances

IX.— The prerequisites of Cabinet Government, and the pe-

culiar form which they have assumed in England

X.- Its history, and the effects of that history.- Conclusion

156

194

229

258

273

291

Parliamentary Reform (National Review, January, 1859)

The History of the Unreformed Parliament, and its Lessons

(National Reriew, January, 1860)

369

427

456

PHYSICS AND POLITICS.

I. — The Preliminary Age

II. - The Use of Conflict

III.-- Nation-making

IV.-Same, continued

V.- The Age of Discussion

VI.— Verifiable Progress Politically Considered