Excerpt from The Historians' History of the World, Vol. 21 of 25: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages; Scotland, Ireland, England Since 1792 Rassments, 638. Disraeli's second ministry, 639. Bulgarian atrocities, 639. Afghan wars, 641. Zulu War, 642. Gladstone's second ministry; Boer War of 1881, 643. The Bradlaugh question, 644. Parnell, 645. Egypt: the death of Gordon, 646. Lord Salisbury's ministry, 647. The new Salisbury ministry, 648. Gladstone again in power, 648. Gladstone and the Home Rule Bill of 1893 a.d., 650. Lord Rosebery, 650. Lord Salisbury; the queen's jubilee, 651. African affairs, 652. Boer War, 653. The queen's last years and death, 654. A retrospective glance, 657. The accession of Edward VII, 658. Events of 1902 - 1904, 660. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.