Introduction -- Pt. 1. National problems : Bismarckism ; the policy of blood and iron. -- The duty of England. --France after war. -- Leon Gambetta. -- The making of Italy ; Cavour, Garibaldi. -- Afghanistan. -- The anti-aggression league. -- Egypt. -- The Boer war. -- The state of siege. -- Empire and humanity. -- Pt. 2. Social problems : The limits of political economy. -- Trades-unionism. -- Industrial co-operation. -- Social remedies -- Socialist unionism. -- Moral and religious socialism