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Contents
PREFATORY NOTE 9
I. JANUARY
New Year's Dawn -- Habits of the English -- The effect
of the Ten Hours' Act -- Emerson's report on England --
Advances in civilization -- The Idrotobolic hat -- The
United States under Mr. Polk -- The three kinds of
American -- The grim state of Ireland -- Europe as an
established society-Russia, Turkey and Greece --
The eternal Austro-Hungarian Empire -- The princes
of Germany -- The respectable monarchy of France
-- The Victorian eccentric who ended the Kaffir war. 		11
II. FEBRUARY
The attraction of hair -- Lord Palmerston -- The Whig
Ministry -- The Tories: Mr. Disraeli and Lord George
Bentinck -- The attempt to suppress the Slave Trade --
The case of Buron v. Denman -- The sudden explosion
in France -- Flight of Louis Philippe and proclamation
of a Republic -- The happy days of February. 		54
III. MARCH
The Revolution rushes round Europe -- Holland, Baden,
Denmark, Bavaria -- The King of Prussia surrenders --
Metternich driven from Austria -- Revolt in Italy -- The
rights of Labour in France -- The French Republican
leaders -- Chartists in Britain -- The Lord Bishop of
Exeter sues a journalist. 		86
IV. APRIL
German Parliament to meet -- An unsuccessful invasion
-- The Chartists move in Britain -- April 10th on Ken-
ington Common -- Oddities of a revolutionary year --
Feminism, Communism, Phonetics -- Romping in noble-
men's houses. 		107
V. MAY
Art: the greatness of Landseer -- Founding of the Pre-
Raphaelite Brotherhood; its principles -- Augustus Egg
-- King Charles Albert endeavouring to make himself
King of north Italy -- The German State coming into 		134

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Publication Information: Book Title: Story of a Year, 1848. Contributors: Raymond Postgate - author. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1956. Page Number: 5.
    
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