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AUTHOR OF A History of the British Empire in the NineteenthCentury.
The Mind of the Nation, A STUDY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT INTHE NINETEENTH CENTURY;
Ignorance, A STUDY OF THE CAUSES ANDEFFECTS OF POPULAR THOUGHT
AND From Matter to Mind.
Dedicated by Permission to His Majesty Leopold II,King of Belgium and Sovereign of the Congo Free State.