Produced by Christopher Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 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. [Illustration: 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 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