Excerpt from A Dictionary of Political, Phrases and Allusions: With a Short Bibliography In compiling this work the authors have been much assisted by the publications of the Conservative Publication Department, the Liberal Publication Department, and the Liberal Unionist Council; by The Times newspaper; and by the reports of Hansard's Parliamentary Debates. They have to express their special thanks to Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., Dr. A. P. Hillier, Mr. Charles Geake, the Secretary of the Liberal Publication Department; and also to Mr. C. G. Hennings, the Secretary of the Conservative Central Office, who most kindly read through the proofs, and freely placed his political knowledge at the service of the authors. 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.