ILLUSTRATIONS
| GEORGE HAMILTON (By Onslow Ford) | Frontispiece |
| The reproduction of this bust is introduced in place of the portrait by the Author which has been destroyed | |
| Facing page | |
| THE KING | 22 |
| From a lithograph made from sketches from life at Buckingham Palace | |
| VANILLA | 30 |
| A reproduction from the original pastel sketch made at the Royal Mews | |
| CROWN PRINCE | 32 |
| A reproduction from the original pastel sketch made at the Royal Mews | |
| MR. GLADSTONE | 40 |
| From the portrait in the Luxembourg Museum. Painted at Hawarden: the first of a series of ten portraits | |
| MR. GLADSTONE AT DOWNING STREET | 44 |
| Reproduced by permission of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| MR. GLADSTONE (Bust) | 48 |
| By J. McLure Hamilton. Modelled at Alpha House from studies made at Hawarden | |
| MR. GLADSTONE IN THE TEMPLE OF PEACE | 56 |
| The last of the series of portraits of Mr. Gladstone | |
| BISMARCK | 62 |
| From a pastel sketch made from the Prince at Kissingen | |
| MR. ASQUITH | 72 |
| From the portrait made at the Wharf | |
| MRS. ASQUITH | 76 |
| From a drawing in chalk made at the Wharf | |
| ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR | 78 |
| From an unfinished portrait painted at No. 4 Carlton Gardens | |
| CARDINAL MANNING | 88 |
| From the painting made at the Cardinal's house in Westminster | |
| JOHN TYNDALL | 90 |
| From the original painting in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| HERBERT SPENCER | 100 |
| From the painting made at the philosopher's house in St. John's Wood | |
| LORD LEIGHTON | 108 |
| Reproduced from a drawing in charcoal. A photograph of the original painting made at Leighton's house could not be obtained | |
| GEORGE MEREDITH | 118 |
| A reproduction of the painting in the possession of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (By permission) | |
| ALFRED GILBERT | 122 |
| From a painting in pastels. Designed for the National Portrait Gallery | |
| ONSLOW FORD | 126 |
| From the painting in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| HENRY THOURON | 130 |
| From a sketch in water colours | |
| RICHARD VAUX | 136 |
| Reproduced by permission of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| EDWARD MANDELL HOUSE | 140 |
| From a painting made at the Hôtel Crillon, Paris | |
| COSMO MONKHOUSE | 144 |
| From the portrait in the National Portrait Gallery | |
| HENRI ROCHEFORT | 148 |
| Reproduced from a portrait made in Paris | |
| GENERAL BOOTH | 152 |
| A reproduction of the portrait made at Hadley Wood | |
| THE PUBLISHER | 162 |
| From the portrait painted at The Hermitage | |
| JOSEPH PENNELL | 168 |
| From a painting representing the artist in his studio in the Adelphi printing his etchings | |
| EDWARD H. COATES | 176 |
| From a portrait made at Murestead | |
| DR. WEIR MITCHELL | 180 |
| Reproduced from a painting made in Philadelphia | |
| LORD HALSBURY (centre) with Lord Esher, Lord Fry, Lord Lindley | 188 |
| A fragment of a painting representing the Court of Appeal | |
| CHARLES MARQUEDANT BURNS | 198 |
| From a portrait made at The Hermitage | |
| G. F. WATTS | 202 |
| From a study of the original pastel painting in the possession of Mr. Edward H. Coates | |
| JUDGE WILLIAM W. PORTER | 208 |
| From a painting made in Philadelphia | |
| STEPHEN GLADSTONE | 214 |
| From a sketch made at Manley Hall | |
| HENRY GLADSTONE | 216 |
| From the portrait made at the Hermitage | |
| W. G. C. GLADSTONE | 218 |
| From a drawing in charcoal | |
| CANON ARMOUR | 220 |
| From the portrait made at the Hermitage | |
| EDWARD CLIFFORD | 224 |
| From a sketch made in Kensington Square | |
| DAVID CROAL THOMSON | 226 |
| From the portrait made in Murestead | |
| LORD ARMISTEAD | 232 |
| Reproduced from the portrait painted in Lord Armistead's house in Westminster | |
| CYRUS K. CURTIS | 236 |
| From the portrait painted for the Curtis Building in Philadelphia | |
| CHARLES LUDINGTON | 238 |
| From the painting made at North-East Harbour, Coast of Maine | |
| LORD HALIFAX | 240 |
| From a portrait painted in Eaton Square | |
| WALTER TYNDALE | 242 |
| From a portrait painted at The Hermitage | |
| JOHN MALCOLM SWAN | 248 |
| From a sketch of the artist made in his studio in St. John's Wood | |
| SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE | 252 |
| From the portrait painted at Haslemere | |
| SIR HENRY IRVING | 254 |
| From a drawing in charcoal made in the actor's dressing-room at the Lyceum Theatre | |
| J. McLURE HAMILTON (Bust). By Onslow Ford | 262 |
| From the bust modelled in the sculptor's studio in Acacia Road, St. John's Wood |