Contents:—

The King: His Prerogatives and Disabilities—The First of our Constitutional Sovereigns—How Edward VII. Opened his First Parliament-The Old House of Commons and the New—The Old House of Lords and the New—"Privilege! Privilege! "—The Great Seal of England-The Evolution of the Parliamentary Oath—Maiden Speeches—The Quaint Side of Parliament—Unparliamentary Expressions—The Current Coin of Politicians—"Hansard"—The Humours of Parliamentary Reporting-Last Speeches of Great Parliamentarians.