of Wellington_ (15
vols., 1858-1872), edited by his son, the second Duke of Wellington,
extending from 1797 to 1818; _Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda
of the Duke of Wellington_ (8 vols., 1867-1880), by the same editor,
extending from 1819 to 1832. The second and third of these series
contain not only the duke's despatches, but the vast mass of political
correspondence which passed through his hands. In spite of the great
size of the collection, very little that can be considered trivial is
included. It is our most important authority for all foreign relations
between 1815 and 1827, and between 1828 and 1830. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL,
_The Life of Wellington_ (2 vols., 1899). HORACE TWISS, _Life of Eldon_
(3 vols., 1844). C. PHIPPS, _Memoir of R. Plumer Ward_ (2 vols., 1850),
containing important political correspondence from 1801 onward, and
Ward's diary from 1809 to 1820. Ward held numerous minor offices in the
government and was on terms of intimacy with Perceval and Mulgrave.
MOORE, _Life of Sheridan_ (2 vols., 1826), valuable for the crisis of
1811. _The Greville Memoirs; a Journal of the Reigns of King George IV.
and King William IV._ (3 vols.), edited by Henry Reeve. References are
to the first edition, 1874. New edition, also including 1837-1860 in 8
vols. (1888). Greville was clerk to the privy council from 1821 to 1859,
and as such possessed exceptional opportunities for making himself
acquainted with secret political transactions and with the personal
qualities of successive statesmen. _The Creevey Papers_ (2 vols., 1903),
edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, not of first-rate historical importance,
full of gossip and scandal. Creevey was a whig member of parliament,
1802-1818, 1820-1828 and 1831-1832, and treasurer of the ordnance,
1830-1834. STAPLETON, _The Political Life of George Canning (from
September 1822 to August 1827)_ (3 vols., 1831), very full and valuable,
especially for foreign relations; strikingly deficient in documents and
dates. _George Canning and His Times_ (1859), by the same author,
largely written from memory and therefore untrustworthy. YONGE, _Life
and Administration of Lord Liverpool_ (3 vols., 1868). _Memoirs of Sir
Robert Peel_ (2 vols., 1856-1857), prepared by Peel himself, and dealing
with the Roman Catholic question, the administration of 1834-1835, and
the repeal of the corn laws. The memoirs, which are of the highest
importance, consist mainly of correspondence and are studiously