Correspondents include: Frank Harris (7); Henry Labouchere (2); Arthur Balfour; Sir Arthur Godley (2); Lord Justice Gerald Fitzgibbon; St John Brodrick (3) (later Lord Midleton); Lord James of Hereford; Lord George Hamilton; Lord Rosebery (4); Lord Lansdowne; John Morley; Lord Grimthorpe (formerly Ernest Beckett) and Lord Hugh Cecil (later Lord Quickswood) File also contains extensive proofs of the book.