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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE-A WORD ON THE LATE ELECTION -- I-THE REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM -- THE IDEA OF REPRESENTATION -- WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS -- PAST AND PRESENT -- II-THE GOVERNING GROUP -- THE MAKING OF MINISTRIES -- THE PLACEMEN -- THE SECRET ALLIANCE -- III-THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AS IT IS -- THE CONTROL OF THE TIME-TABLE -- HOW IT WORKS -- A CONCRETE EXAMPLE -- "THE TONE OF THE HOUSE" -- IV-THE SECRET FUNDS -- THE UNMENTIONABLE TRUTH -- THE SALE OF LEGISLATIVE POWER -- THE SALE OF POLICIES -- V-THE CONTROL OF ELECTIONS -- THE PARTY CAUCUS -- THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES -- AN ELECTION -- THE SELECTION OF PROGRAMMES -- VI-THE DEFENCE -- THE EXCUSES -- THE REAL SUPPORT -- THE PERIL -- VII-CAN IT BE MENDED? -- NOTES -- A NOTE ON CO-OPTION -- A NOTE ON COLLUSION -- A NOTE ON THE PRESS.

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library. ; "First published, September, 1911. Re-issued, February, 1913."--T.p. verso. ; Preface -- I. The representative system -- II. The governing group -- III. The House of Commons as it is -- IV. The secret funds -- V. The control of elections -- VI. The defence -- VII. Can it be mended? -- Notes. ; RLIN, ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Preface.--I. The representative system.--II. The governing group.--III. The House of commons as it is.--IV. The secret funds.--V. The control of elections.--VI. The defence.--VII. Can it be amended?--Notes. ; Mode of access: Internet.