Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22

Hugh and Lord Robert, both free trade
unionists. although the latter is hardly so
pronounced an adherent to the free trace
faith as his brother. are candidates Tor
Greenwich and East Marylebone. In West
Marylebone liberalism has another repre-
sentative of great administrative ability IN
the person of Sir Harry Johnson. the ex-
plorer and first administrator OF Uganda
For the first time. perhaps, in the most re-
cent electoral history of London the bal
ance of eminence seems to be on the side
of the liberals.
Lord Aberdeen. the new liberal Irish vice.
roy Is quite aware that he is going to be
boycotted by the county aristocracy of Ire
land, and he has retorted by announcing
that he Is going to run the lerd-lieuten-
ancy on his official salary-a sum generally
exceeded by at least 100 per cent by pre-
v.ous viceroys Whilst everybody else IS
convinced that the liberals will be returned
at the general election, he will act moro
prudently and has announced that he VIII
not make his state entry into Dublin until
after the declaration Of the polls. Tbs
means that he considerably shortens the
Dublin season. much to the detriment OF
Irish trade, and draws 1000 salary before
he has begun to do his work.
I understand that the sum received by Mr..
Winston Churchill for his biography of Lord
Randolph Churchill is convincing token
of the Importance with which the publish
fldence of experts In its prospective interest
and popularity Mr.. Churchill receives the
sum of $40 900 down, and after the profits
of publication have yielded that sum and
further 10000 to the publishers, he Is to
have half of whatever further gains may
accrue. There are only one or two books
IN a year which endow their writers with
anything like this reward. and 1 understand
that the offer accepted from Messrs. Mac
MILAN was considerably in advance of the
terms proposed by any other publisher
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The death of the patient and sympathetic
deHneator of birds and beasts. Mr.. Harri-
son Weir. who first awakened the ideas of
many town-bred children TO the real glories
OF country holidays. reminds one how few
o. the old illustrators of the seventies and
eighties are left to US. Birket Foster, Pet
tie. William Small and Leech have gone
long ago. More recently We have lost GIL
bert Kate Greenaway and Frederick
Sandys. But we still have Weir's seniors in
book illustration among US. Sir John Ten
MEL who retired from PunchS active serv-
ice four years ago. and now lives quietly in
MAZDA Vale, Is in his eighty-sixth year. MIR.
Fritch is one year older. while that mar
yelous old artist, William Callow. who con-
tributed some of the finest work in the Old
Water Color Society's show last summer,
aand came to see 1t. too. is In his ninety
fourth year Tow of Dickens illustrators, Mr..
Luke Fildes and Mr. Marcus Stone, are
with us, and Mr.. Fildes was able TO give
some first-hand information about Edwin
brood That gentle pre-naphaelfte, Mr.. Ar
thur Hughes, is also with us still. pursuing
his art and no one guesseS him to be IN
his seventy-sixth year. OF the illustrators
of Good Words" In the great days, Mr.
Walter Grams is the only one / can easily
recall L. III. MOORE.