Live oF tHe Finst Manguess or Rirox, K.G., P. 6, GE. 8.1L, D. EL, Ete. by Lucien Wolf. With illustre tions. In two volumes. London: John Murray. Price: £2.28, net.
It requires an effort of memory to recall exactly who the Marquess of Ripon was, and yet, born 10 years before the accession of Queen Victoria, Lord Ripon was a prominent figure in all the Liberal administrations, from that of Lord Palmerston ju 1859 to that' of Mr. Asquith in 1908.
Lord Ripon, as Mr. Lucien Wolf in the preface points out, was not a_showy statesman. He hated the "Palaver" (House of Commons) and the limelight. He was not a great speaker or a good writer, but he was- industrious, painstaking, honest and shrewd. He had high ability, which, joined with a character of singular nobility and lovableness (see his letters), once-in the Indian Viceroyalty-almost touched the high-water mark of genius. Lord Ripon served his country through nearly 60 years
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