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Show ChurchilFs "Reminiscenie8,, 'r - -1 ' i- - J - - - -i ii - - -- nr r i !- in i V fc 1 Winston. Spcncor-Chuahlll. Hrlt ish. secretary of state for the colonies, has itiiid(v K'Ti'oro'profltnbIe deal, wltlj, the Loudon publishers, Thornton & Hiittervvortji, than did Mrs. Herbert Aft Miiltli, for wht'reas they gave her -fOO,- 1 000 for her much-discussed mtohlog. I inphy. they huve undertiikeii to puj j to him down $90,000 for his "Itemlnls J ceiues" of the Inst eight years In ad- j tlltlon to -royalties. The work, which Is j to tippcip In the autumn In two vol- I iimos is already completed. It Is like- j ly to be of extraordinary Interest, for Its author has Intimated that his vurl- ' oiiH statements will be supported by a number of heretofore unievuied olll- I clnl documents, calculated to shed an j altogether new light upon certain feat- j ores of Great Urltnln's policies in the j recent war and Us aftermath. lie In- j 'liciites thnt tho volumes will create I u senatlon. nnd there Is reuon to believe be-lieve that ho Is speaking the truth. As eerjbody knows, lie is the sou jf Lord Randolph Churchill .ind a gifted Aiucrlcau mother, who was Jennie Jerome of N'ew York and died recently. Hll kick Is a byword In Groat Hrltaln. U0 has been proverbially and exceptionally exceptional-ly lucky, Invariably falling upon his f;et, and retaining his hold upon popular Interest and good will, no matter how grievous his mistakes in the past. - : w-. j |