WHOM TO FOLLOW. THE time is at hand when the constituencies of the United Kingdom will be called to declare whether the country is to be governed, and the vast British Empire is to be administered, by the men and on the principles which have made Mr. Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield and Knight of the Garter, or by those of whom Mr. Gladstone has, since 1864, been the most able and honourable representative, and the Marquis of Hartington is now the tried leader. To enable the public to recall the antecedents of Mr. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield, and to trace in the career of each the development of liberty in politics, honest conviction in morals, and self-sacrifice for the people and for the Empire, or their opposites, is the object of the studies of public life and personal character which follow. We pretend to no cold neutrality in weighing events and opinions which involve the highest issues for individuals, for the kingdom, and for the world. But we no less disclaim the more odious and unprincipled position of mere partisanship. For, more vital reasons apart, the peculiarity of |