The Last Will and Testament of Cecil Rhodes

by Cecil Rhodes

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THE LAST WILL
AND
TESTAMENT OF
CECIL J. RHODES

 

With
Elucidary Notes
Edited by
W. T. STEAD

Photograph by][W. and D. Downey.

The Right Hon. Cecil John Rhodes.

THE

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

Cecil John Rhodes

WITH ELUCIDATORY NOTES

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

SOME CHAPTERS DESCRIBING THE

POLITICAL and RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF THE TESTATOR

 

Edited by W. T. STEAD

 

LONDON

“REVIEW OF REVIEWS” OFFICE

NORFOLK STREET, W.C.

1902

 

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND GREAT WINDMILL STREET, W.

 

PREFATORY NOTE.

The interest excited by the publication in the daily papers of the last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes justifies and explains the appearance of this volume.

For the marginal and foot notes, as well as for the chapters describing the political and religious ideas of Mr. Rhodes, no one is responsible but

THE EDITOR.

June 4th, 1902.

CONTENTS.

Frontispiece : The Right Hon. Cecil John Rhodes.
Prefatory Note.	page
Part I.—The Last Will and Testament	3
Part II.—The Political and Religious Ideas of Mr. Rhodes	51
Part II. Chapter I.—His Writings	55
Part II. Chapter„ II.—His Conversations	79
Part II. Chapter„ III.—His Correspondence	117
Part II. Chapter„ IV.—His Speeches	139
Part III.—The Closing Scene	177
Index	193

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Frontispiece: The Right Hon. Cecil John Rhodes.
PART I.
page
Mr. Rhodes's Burial Place: The Summit of "World's View"		2
Mr. Rhodes's Westacre Farm in the Matoppos		6
The Inyanga Farm		8
Groote Schuur		10
Approach to Groote Schuur		12
Other Views of the Residence		14–37
Portrait of Mr. Rhodes: By E. Tennyson-Cole		26
Oriel College, Oxford		31
Portrait of Mr. B. F. Hawksley		41
Portrait of Mr. W. T. Stead		42
Dalham Hall		48
PART II.
Cecil Rhodes (a Sketch by the Marchioness of Granby)		50
Portrait of Lord Rosebery		53
Mr. Rhodes Studying the Map of Africa		54
Chapter I.—	Portrait of Lord Milner	57
	Portrait of Earl Grey	60
	Portrait of Mr. A. Beit	65
	Portrait of Mr. L. L. Michell	67
	Portrait of Dr. Jameson	75
Chapter II.—	Portrait of Mr. Rhodes as a Boy	78
	House in which Mr. Rhodes was Born	87
	Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Maguire	92
	Portraits of Mr. F. E. Garrett	110
Chapter III.—	Portrait of Mr. Rhodes	116
	Portrait of Mr. C. D. Rudd	119
	Portraits of Dr. Jameson and Mr. Boyd	123
	Portrait of Sir Harry Johnston	127
	Portrait of Mr. Rhodes in 1899	138
Chapter IV.—	A Characteristic Portrait of Mr. Rhodes	141
	Portrait of Dr. Rutherfoord Harris	146
	Portrait of Mr. Hays Hammond	156
PART III.
The Last Portrait of Mr. Rhodes		176
The Cottage at Muizenberg, where Mr. Rhodes Died		179
The Lying in State		182
Funeral Procession Starting from Bulawayo		182
Excavating Mr. Rhodes's Tomb		186
Lowering the Coffin into the Grave		191

 

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Photograph by][L. Pedrotti, Bulawayo.

Mr. Rhodes's Burial Place: The Summit of “World's View.”