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An analysis of the annual Pension List, from the first Resolution of the House to 1889, by William Morris Colles. Reprints all of the official lists with the reasons assigned for awarding the pension and the amount.

William Morris Colles (1865–1926); literary agent, and founder and managing director of The Authors' Syndicate.

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863–1933); novelist.

Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard (1876–1922); explorer and marksman.

Sir Owen Seaman, baronet (1861–1936); journal editor and satirist.

Sir (Samuel) Squire Sprigge (1860–1937); medical editor and author.

Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920); philanthropist, political lobbyist and novelist (as Mrs Humphry Ward).

M. H. Spielmann (1858–1948); art critic and scholar.

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934); humorous writer.

Ethel Brilliana Harley Tweedie (1862–1940); travel writer (as Mrs Alec Tweedie).