BRITISH RULE

AND

MODERN POLITICS

A HISTORICAL STUDY

BY THE

HON. ALBERT S. G. CANNING

AUTHOR OF

'THE DIVIDED IRISH''HISTORY IN FACT AND FICTION' ETC.

'This precious stone set in the silver sea,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
Dear for her reputation through the world'

SHAKSPERE

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1899

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IN this work I endeavour to examine the results of British power and thought in promoting civilisation, and allude to English literature, believing that it specially illustrates the tendency and value of the national influence.

A. S. G. CANNING.