The author's work is set forth the beginnings of the foreign committee in the times of James I -- adapted from the preface.

Vol. 2 edited by Gaudence Megaro.

Volume 1.Introduction -- Committees of foreign affairs until 1660 -- Committees of foreign affairs, 1660-1679 -- The Committee of Intelligence -- The Committee of Foreign Affairs after 1679 -- The lords of the committee -- Structure and organization of "The Committee" -- Work of the lords "The Committee" -- The Cabinet Council -- Conseil de Cabinet in France -- Favorites and particular advisers -- Origin of the Cabinet Council in England -- The cabinet, 1660-1679 -- Cabinet and ""The Committee" -- Structure and organization of the cabinet -- Work of the "Cabinet Council," 1660-1717 -- volume 2. The cabinet in the eighteenth century, 1717-1784 -- Cabinet meetings in the eighteenth century -- Cabinet procedure -- Work of the cabinet in the eighteenth century -- The lord justices -- Procedures of the lord justices -- Work of the lord justices -- Small groups of principal ministers -- Private meetings of ministers -- The inner group of cabinet ministers -- Work of the inner group.