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 at which long practice has made them perfect. "The editor of the 'Morning Post, observed Mr. Maurice Hewlett wearily, "begins his day by wondering whom he shall denounce"; and opposing editors, as nimble at the fray, match outcry against outcry, and malice against malignity.

I doubt if any other than an Englishman could have written "The Mirrors of Downing Street," and I am sure that, were an American able to write such a book (which is problematic), it would never occur to him to think of it, or to brag of it, as a duty. The public actions of public men are open to discussion; but Mr. Balfour's personal selfishness, his parsimony, his indifference to his domestics, are not matters of general moment. To gossip about these things is to gossip with tradesmen and servants. To deny to Lord Kitchener "greatness of mind, greatness of character, and greatness of heart," is harsh