Chapter I: Front Matter

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.

(_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 published_ _September 1921_
_Second Impression_ _October 1921_
_Third Impression_ _October 1921_
_Fourth Impression_ _January 1922_

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

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

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

PORTRAITS OF THE NINETIES