Forty years of 'Spy'

Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The Lively.--The Hercules.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Squadron.--Fishing party at Loch Brine.--The young Princes arrive on the Bacchante.--Cruise to Vigo.--The "Night Alarm."--The Duke as bon voyageur.--Vigo.--The birthday picnic.--A bear-fight on board the Hercules.--Homeward bound.--Good-bye.--The Duke's visit to my studio. 252

CHAPTER XIII

YACHTSMEN--FOREIGN RULERS

Sir Reginald Macdonald's caricature.--H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's invitation.--The Lively.--The Hercules.-- Admiral Sir William Hewitt.--Irish excursions.--The Channel Squadron.--Fishing party at Loch Brine.--The young Princes arrive on the Bacchante.--Cruise to Vigo.--The "Night Alarm."--The Duke as bon voyageur.--Vigo.--The birthday picnic.--A bear-fight on board the Hercules.--Homeward bound.--Good-bye.--The Duke's visit to my studio. 252

CHAPTER XIV

MUSICIANS--AUTHORS--ACTORS AND ARTISTS

Wagner.--Richter.--Dan Godfrey.--Arthur Cecil.--Sir Frederick Bridge and bombs.--W. S. Penley.--Sir Herbert Tree.--Max Beerbohm.--Mr. and Mrs. Kendal.--Henry Kemble.--Sir Edgar Boehm.--George Du Maurier.--Rudyard Kipling.--Alfred Austin. --William Black.--Thomas Hardy.--W. E. Henley.--Egerton Castle. --Samuel Smiles.--Farren.--Sir Squire and Lady Bancroft.--Dion Boucicault and his wife.--Sir Charles Wyndham.--Leo Trevor.-- Cyril Maude.--William Gillette.--The late Dion Boucicault.-- Arthur Bourchier.--Allan Aynesworth.--Charlie Hawtrey.--The Grossmiths.--H. B. Irving.--W. L. Courtney.--Willie Elliot.-- "Beau Little."--Henry Arthur Jones.--Gustave Dore.--J. MacNeil Whistler.--Walter Crane.--F. C. G.--Lady Ashburton and her forgetfulness. 283

CHAPTER XV

NOTABLE PEERS--TANGIER--THE TECKS

Peers of the Period.--My Voyage to Tangier.--Marlborough House and White Lodge. 303

CHAPTER XVI

MARRIAGE--SOME CLERICS--FAREWELL TO VANITY FAIR

My engagement and marriage to Miss Topham-Watney.--"Drawl" and the Kruger cartoon.--"The General Group."--Field-Marshal Lord Roberts.--Archbishops Temple and Randall Davidson.--The Bishop of London.--Archbishop of York.--Canon Fleming.--Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.--Lord Salisbury's cartoon.--Mr. Asquith. --Joe Knight.--Lord Newlands.--Four great men in connection with Canada.--The Queen of Spain.--Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg.--General Sir William Francis Butler, G.C.B.--Mr. Witherby.--Farewell to Vanity Fair. 321

CHAPTER XVII

A HOLIDAY MISFORTUNE--ROYAL PORTRAITS--FAREWELL

Belgium.--Accident at Golf.--Portraits of King George V, the Duke of Connaught, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Garvin.--Portrait painting of to-day.--Final reflections. --Farewell. 332

ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

PAGE

Mr. Charles Cox (Banker), 1881 47

The Marquis of Winchester, 1904 61

Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty (Garter King-at-Arms, 1905) 71

Lord Haldon, 1882 138

Admiral Sir Compton Domville, 1906 160

Miss Christabel Pankhurst 160

F. R Spofforth (Demon Bowler), 1878 232

Mr. Gladstone, 1887 239

Sir Albert Rollit, 1886 248

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, 1902 324

The Marquis of Salisbury, 1902 326

IN HALF-TONE

Leslie Ward Frontispiece

James Ward, R.A. 2

James Ward's Mother 2

Miniature of my sister Alice and myself painted by Sir William Ross, R.A. 12

My Father 14

My Mother 14

Cartoons from Punch, 1865 22

Sir William Broadbent, 1902 31

Sir Thomas Barlow, 1903 31

Sir James Paget, Bart., 1876 31

Gainsborough's Tomb at Kew Churchyard and Tablet to his Memory Inside Church 35

My Brother, Wriothesley Russell, 1872 37

My Sister, Beatrice, 1874 37

Bust of my Brother, Wriothesley Russell, 1867 39

My Daughter Sylvia 39

John Everett Millais, R.A., 1874 55

C. R. Leslie, R.A. (my Godfather) 55

Lord Houghton, 1882 66

Fred Archer, 1881 66

The Duke of Beaufort, cir. 1895 66

First Lord Lytton (Bulwer Lytton), 1869 77

Mr. George Lane Fox, 1878 83

Lord Portman, 1898 83

Duke of Grafton, 1886 83

Sir William Jaffray, Bart. 88

Sir William Crookes, 1903 93

Sir Oliver Lodge, 1904 93

Sir William Huggins, 1903 93

Professor Owen, 1873 93