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CONTENTS

6	REACTIONARY GOVERNMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 52
	Lord Salisbury Secretary of State—the Vernacular Press Act—the silence of Lord Lytton—Dr. K. M. Banerjee—a letter to Gladstone—strong convictions a bar to promotion—Lord Ripon and local self-government—a broader vision and a higher platform
7	JOURNALISM 63
	Kristo Das Pal and the Hindoo Patriot—I become proprietor and editor of the Bengalee, January 1, 1879—Ashutosh Biswas—Sir Ashley Eden
8	THE CONTEMPT CASE: IMPRISONMENT 69
	The leaderette in the Bengalee—prosecuted for contempt of court—public excitement—the trial—condemnation and imprisonment—demonstrations of sympathy; attitude of the Statesman—'Good cometh out of evil'—a national Fund—my life in prison—my release
9	POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, 1883-1885 79
	The First Indian National Conference—a second tour through Upper India; an appeal for unity—Lord Dufferin Viceroy—Sir Henry Harrison—drunkenness and the outstill system—public meetings
10	THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 91
	First sittings at Bombay—the genesis of Provincial Conferences—the first Calcutta Congress, 1886—Congress in Madras, 1887—the late Maharaja of Vizianagrami—the Allahabad Congress, 1888—Mr. Bradlaugh's visit to India
11	THE CONGRESS DEPUTATION TO ENGLAND 103
	Each member pays his own expenses—first meeting at Clerkenwell—interview with Gladstone; the elective principle—members of the Deputation—the debate at the Oxford Union—return to India; the Ripon College controversy
12	MY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WORK 114
	Expansion of the Legislative Councils, 1892—my election to the Bengal Legislative Council—Sir Charles Elliott—the Bengal Municipal Act—Sir Edward Baker—the House of Commons and simultaneous examinations