To say the man who would become Sir Henry Parkes had a tough childhood is an understatement. Yet poverty and a lack of formal education would not hold back the man who, arguably, was the most ...

By Sir Henry Parkes. With portraits. 8vo. London: Longmans, Green & Co. Dec. 19, 1892 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from December 19, 1892, Page 3 Buy Reprints ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Feb. 4.--Sir Henry Parkes, member of Parliament, Prime Minister of NewSouth Wales, arrived here this morning over the Union Pacific Railroad on a trip for his health, and to ...