PRIME MINISTERS
AND SOME OTHERS

A BOOK OF REMINISCENCES BY THE
RIGHT HONOURABLE

GEORGE W. E. RUSSELL

TO
THE EARL CURZON OF KEDLESTON,
K.G.,

I INSCRIBE THIS BOOK,
NOT SHARING HIS OPINIONS BUT
PRIZING HIS FRIENDSHIP

NOTE

My cordial thanks for leave to reproduce papers already published are due to my friend Mr. John Murray, and to the Editors of the Cornhill Magazine, the Spectator, the Daily News, the Manchester Guardian, the Church Family Newspaper, and the Red Triangle.

G. W. E. R.

July, 1918.

CONTENTS

I.—PRIME MINISTERS

I.[LORD PALMERSTON]
II.[LORD RUSSELL]
III.[LORD DERBY]
IV.[BENJAMIN DISRAELI]
V.[WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE]
VI.[LORD SALISBURY]
VIII.[ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR]
IX.[HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN]

II.—IN HONOUR OF FRIENDSHIP

I.[GLADSTONE—AFTER TWENTY YEARS]
II.[HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND]
III.[LORD HALLIFAX]
IV.[LORD AND LADY RIPON]
V.["FREDDY LEVESON"]
VI.[SAMUEL WHITBREAD]
VII.[HENRY MONTAGU BUTLER]
VIII.[BASIL WILBERFORCE]
IX.[EDITH SICHEL]
X.["WILL" GLADSTONE]
XI.[LORD CHARLES RUSSELL]

III.—RELIGION AND THE CHURCH

I.[A STRANGE EPIPHANY]
II.[THE ROMANCE OF RENUNCIATION]
III.[PAN-ANGLICANISM]
IV.[LIFE AND LIBERTY]
V.[LOVE AND PUNISHMENT]
VI.[HATRED AND LOVE]
VII.[THE TRIUMPHS OF ENDURANCE]
VIII.[A SOLEMN FARCE]

IV.—POLITICS

I.[MIRAGE]
II.[MIST]
III.["DISSOLVING THROES"]
IV.[INSTITUTIONS AND CHARACTER]
V.[REVOLUTION—AND RATIONS]
VI.["THE INCOMPATIBLES"]
VII.[FREEDOM'S NEW FRIENDS]

V.—EDUCATION

I.[EDUCATION AND THE JUDGE]
II.[THE GOLDEN LADDER]
III.[OASES]
IV.[LIFE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE]
V.[THE STATE AND THE BOY]
VI.[A PLEA FOR INNOCENTS]

VI.—MISCELLANEA

I.[THE "HUMOROUS STAGE"]
II.[THE JEWISH REGIMENT]
III.[INDURATION]
IV.[FLACCIDITY]
V.[THE PROMISE OF MAY]
VI.[PAGEANTRY AND PATRIOTISM]

VII.—FACT AND FICTION

I.[A FORGOTTEN PANIC]
II.[A CRIMEAN EPISODE]

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PRIME MINISTERS

PRIME MINISTERS AND SOME OTHERS