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 Wrecks on the Seaforth shore 8  Walton 10  Aigburth 10  The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 12  His last speech 13   1848—Waterloo and Southport Railway: Opening 15  Edge Lane 16  Early School-days 17  Home Life 21  Wavertree Park 23   CHAPTER II.—VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 25   1857—Sail in the "Red Jacket" 25  Australia 26  West Coast of South America 27  Easterly gales in the Channel 28   CHAPTER III.—LIVERPOOL 31  Liverpool in 1860-1870 32  The Town 33  The Docks 35  The Dock Board 37  Election 38  Birkenhead 39  Bootle 41  The Exchange 42  Cotton Brokers 44  Commerce 47  Shipowners 48  Merchants 49  The American War of 1861-1865 51  Blockade Running 53  The Southern Bazaar 55  The Volunteer Movement 55  Intellectual Life 57  Society