PORTRAITS OF THE NINETIES

PORTRAITS OF THE SIXTIES

By Justin McCarthy.

With portrait Illustrations.

PORTRAITS OF THE SEVENTIES

By the Rt. Hon. G. W. E. Russell.

With portrait Illustrations.

PORTRAITS OF THE EIGHTIES

By Horace G. Hutchinson.

With portrait Illustrations.

T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., London.

W. E. GLADSTONE.

[Frontispiece

(From a portrait by J. McLure Hamilton.)

PORTRAITS OF
THE NINETIES

By
E. T. RAYMOND

WITH 20 ILLUSTRATIONS

T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD.
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE

First publishedSeptember 1921
Second ImpressionOctober 1921
Third ImpressionOctober 1921
Fourth ImpressionJanuary 1922

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.THE NINETIES[9]
II.THE EARL OF ROSEBERY[19]
III.CECIL RHODES[30]
IV.MR. GLADSTONE[41]
V.GEORGE MEREDITH[50]
VI.LORD SALISBURY[60]
VII.LORD KITCHENER[69]
VIII.THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE[83]
IX.ARCHBISHOP TEMPLE[93]
X.LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL[102]
XI.HERBERT SPENCER[111]
XII.MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND MR. BALFOUR[122]
XIII.OSCAR WILDE[136]
XIV.SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT[145]
XV.BISHOP CREIGHTON[154]
XVI.JOHN MORLEY[164]
XVII.W. T. STEAD[174]
XVIII.SIR HENRY FOWLER[183]
XIX.AUBREY BEARDSLEY[192]
XX.LORD COURTNEY OF PENWITH[200]
XXI.THOMAS HARDY[211]
XXII.EARL SPENCER[221]
XXIII.SIR H. M. STANLEY[230]
XXIV.JUSTIN McCARTHY[239]
XXV.LORD LEIGHTON AND G. F. WATTS[248]
XXVI.CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON—WILLIAM BOOTH[260]
XXVII.SOME LAWYERS[271]
XXVIII.OLD AND NEW JOURNALISTS[288]
XXIX.SOME ACTORS[308]
BIBLIOGRAPHY[315]
INDEX[317]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

W. E. GLADSTONE[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
CECIL RHODES[30]
GEORGE MEREDITH[50]
LORD SALISBURY[60]
LORD KITCHENER[70]
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL[102]
HERBERT SPENCER[112]
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN[122]
ARTHUR BALFOUR[128]
OSCAR WILDE[136]
JOHN MORLEY[164]
W. T. STEAD[174]
AUBREY BEARDSLEY[192]
LORD COURTNEY OF PENWITH[200]
THOMAS HARDY, O.M.[212]
EARL SPENCER[222]
JUSTIN McCARTHY[240]
LORD LEIGHTON[248]
G. F. WATTS IN HIS STUDIO[254]
GENERAL BOOTH[264]