Excerpt from The Life of Granville George Leveson Gower, Second Earl Granville, K. G., 1815-1891, Vol. 2 of 2 Lord Granville's Sporting Instincts - His Challenge to the Opposition to ride a cross-country Race - Correspondence with Mr. Ward Hunt Society in Bruton Street and Carlton House Terrace - The Salon of Lady Granville - Walmer Castle - Reception of the Comedie Francaise in 187i - Anecdote of M. Got - Lord Granville as a Linguist - The two Lord Granvilles - The Parliament of 1874 - Mr. Gladstone's pro posed Retirement - Dr. Manning and Lord Acton - The Leadership Of the Liberal Party - Mr. Cardwell becomes a Peer - Views of Mr. Goschen - Correspondence of Lord Granville with Mr. Bright Mr. Gladstone retires - Question of the Succession - Lord Harting ton and Mr. Forster - Correspondence between Lord Granville and Dr. Lyon Playfair - Lord Granville disclaims Leadership of the Party - Lord Hartington becomes Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons - Mr. Gladstone's Invitation to Lord Granville to join in his Theological Studies 120-156. 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.