MACAULAY'S LIFE AND LETTERS

VOL. II.

LONDON: PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER VII.

1838-39.

Death of Zachary Macaulay-Mr. Wallace and Mackintosh
-Letters to Mr. Napier, and Mr. Ellis-Sir Walter
Scott-Lord Brougham-First mention of the History
-Macaulay goes abroad-His way of regarding
scenery Châlons-sur-Marne Lyons Marseilles-
Genoa-Pisa-Florence-Macaulay refuses the Judge
Advocateship-Florence to Rome - Thrasymene- St.
Peter's-The New Zealander-The Vatican-The Tem-
poral Power-The doctrine of the Immaculate Concep-
tion-Letter to Lord Lansdowne-The Canadian Insur-
rection-Gibbon-Rome to Naples-Bulwer's novels-
Impressions of Naples-Virgil's tomb-Macaulay sets
out homewards-Mr. Goulburn-Versailles

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CHAPTER VIII.

1839-41.

Macaulay returns to London-He meets Lord Brougham--

Letters to Mr. Napier, and Mrs. Trevelyan-Correspond-

ence with Mr. Gladstone-Heated state of politics-

The hostility of the Peers to Lord Melbourne's Govern-

ment-Macaulay's view of the situation-Verses by

Praed-The Bed-chamber question-Macaulay is elected