The Diversions of a Prime Minister
Contents
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- [covers]
- The Colonial History Series
- Other titles in this series:
- [title page]
- [imprint]
- [dedication]
- Sir Basil Thomson — by D. H. Simpson (unavailable)
- Preface
- Contents p. ix
- List of Illustrations p. xi
- The — Diversions of a Prime Minister
- I. — A Bloodless Revolution p. 1
- II. — How I Took Office p. 26
- III. — The Ship of State and her Crew p. 34
- IV. — How I Fared at Court p. 50
- V. — How I Became a Privy Councillor p. 65
- VI. — The Political Uses of a State Church p. 73
- VII. — Meetings Ordinary and Extraordinary p. 85
- VIII. — Convicts and Police p. 105
- IX. — A School of Cookery for Accountants p. 118
- X. — The Wolf at the Door p. 143
- XI. — Vavau p. 161
- XII — Missionaries p. 185
- XIII. — Odium Theologicum p. 204
- XIV. — Amateur Law-Giving p. 220
- XV. — Incubation p. 234
- XVI. — Lords and Commons in Council p. 247
- Postscript p. 285
- A Sketch of the History of Tonga — A Sketch of the History of Tonga
- Things Anthropological and — Zoological — Things Anthropological and Zoological p. 369
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- Appendix p. 395
- Index p. 405
- Works Consulted