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which you can help speaking; and. In the
second place, never write q line which
you can avoid writing Lord Norton
also recalled that once Disraeli. when
about TO speak In the country, had sent
round to the departments 10 ask what
they we're doing Many Of the Ministers
replied at great length, hut he (Norton),
knowing the tastes OF his, chief, instead
Of writing volumes about the Board OF
Trade, merely put on paper a word or
two about sanitation. The result was tho
famous -Sanitas sanitatuna' speech. Dis
raeli's hatred OF taking any unnecessary
trouble seems 10 have been ono Of his most
marked characteristics. On one occasion
Lord c., when sitting neyt to him In
the House Of Lords. said: Just see what
nonsense he Is talking-tbis is the real
state OF the case, handing to his chief
a. he spoke a CLOSELY written manuscript.
The latter kept It opposite his eyes for a
decent number OF moments and then
handed 1t back, saying: How is Lady
C--?"
Dining with Lord Nofthbrook In July,
1893, our author met among others Henry
Grenfell, who related that during the
w di ITO uau 6oiAo ohS Saoy
to dine at Dropmore with Mr.. George
there but Disraeli, who did not open his
mouth till near the end Of the entertain
ment, when he observed In his most SEN
tentious manner: 'The French embarked
In this war because they conceived that
they had the superiority in arms Of pre-
cision; they had the chassepot and they had
the mitrailleuss lhe pronounced the latter
word 'mitraillousel; but Of the third en-
gine, called man. they did not possess
even a single specimen This said, Dis
raeli relapsed Into perfect silence.
1t Is In the second volume Of these notes
that we como upon curious story illustra-
tive OF the devotion Of Mr.. and Mrs. Disraeli
to each other. On her way down to Hat
field the latter had fall, on the premises
OF a dealer in marble, and cut her face
most severely. When she reached her
destination she took her hostess aside,
and said: MY husband is preparing q
great speech; II he finds out that have
had this accident he will be quite upset.
/ want you to take me straight up to my
room and say I've . headache. He has
lost his eyeglass, and II you put me long
way from him at dinner he will never eee
what a condition I am in Her wish was
compiled with, and 1t was not the next
sday, but the day after that Disraeli found
out the state OF the case. When he did so
he was thrown into such low spirits that
he was obliged to beg leave to 60 home
Immediately.
At dinner in February. 1895. the author
of this diary reminded Mr.. Balfour Of the
answer made by him some years before to
Mrs. Sydney Buxton. when she said she
would like to hear Disraelis conversation:
sOh! you need not trouble to do that; you
have only to imagine brazen mask talking
his own novels A fellow guest mentioned
that on one occasion, when he was going
to move the Address, Disraeli had offered
him some burgundy, which he had declined.
SAh!" was his chiefs answer, that is tho
advantage of being In Opposition; we can
then drink burgundy and brown sherry
Lord Ashbourne called acppss the table to
our author. THAT Is very CHARACTERISTIC;
you must put 1t down" Later, in con-
neotion with different topic, Plunket told
another story Of Disrael which was new
to the auditors. In the earlier days Of tho
first Gladstone administration group
Of young members, Of whom Plunket was
Monday to Maidenhead. man an eight-oar
their work In the House on Monday after
noon. Laughing together. they one day
suggested that Lord George Hamilton
should propose to the leader Of the OPP
position that he should officiate as coxswain
to their boat In a race against one manned
by the followers Of the Government, with
Gladstone steering. Hamilton. with some
fear and trembling. made his request, and
the old gentleman. who was as ft to steer
q boat as mole, agreed to do 80. but added
.The other damned fellow won't do it, you
know"
The last anecdotes about Disraei will be
found under date Of May, 1895. 1t seems
that in Lord Beaconsield's last days the
people about him wanted to persuade him
to lean back on one Of those cushions the
centre Of which is hollow; but he said.
rather angrily: .Take away that Egyptian
symbol Of eternity" Our author heard
Goschen repeat the story, elsewhere less
correctly reported, Of Disraeli's having
said to Sir William Harcourt at Hughen-
den: I'VE have walked far-too far; but the
pride Of o proprietor upon Sunday after
noon is-boundless!' Also recalled Is the
conversation which passed between Dis
raeli and the Princess Batthyany. when
as he took her into q wood close to his house.
he remarked in his sententious way, point
ing to the beechwood which covered the
ground: .Observe the magnificent prodi-
gality OF Nature" and was met by the ques-
ton from the practical lady: why don't
you keep pigs'' Some one mentioned that
Lady Beaconsfield had once sat next a lady
at tho Queens concert and, after much
discourse upon her own married happi-
ness, had said to her neighbor: But per-
haps, my dear. you do not know what it is
to have an ahectionate husband"
There is not much in the present INSTALL
ment Of Grant Dun's diary about Mr.. A. j.
Balfour, the present Prime Minister, but
doubtless We shall hear moro Of him In the
next two volumes. that will deal with the
period 1So5-lSO1. We are told that the con-
versation Of Sir Andrew Clark was always Of
a graver and more philosophio tone than
was that Of most people. At q dinner Of
the Royal Academy he spoke with great
admiration Of a paper by Dalgairns, read