Table of Contents:
  • 1. The empire question : war and peace
  • 2. The Irish question : "that most quarrelsome country"
  • 3. Sugar, spice, and the slavery question : West Indies, South Seas islands, and East Indies
  • 4. The India question : "that remote, and odd, and troublesome settlement"
  • 5. The Far East question : "a national disgrace," South Asia, Eastern Archipelago, China, Japan
  • 6. The Near East question : Egypt and the passage to India
  • 7. The scramble for Africa question: "that impracticable country."