Retitled 'A Small Star in the East' in collected editions of the series.
The electioneering described in the present item relates to the campaign which led to the resounding Liberal victory in the General Election of November 1868, following which Disraeli resigned as Prime Minister on 2 December, and Gladstone formed his first ministry, with Lord Clarendon as foreign secretary and Robert Lowe as chancellor.
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