| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| 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] |