The Directors propose to organise a scheme of insurance against hostile
reviews and obdurate editors. For an annual payment of £24 an insurer
will be entitled to one favourable review during the year; for £30 he
will be absolutely guaranteed against unfavourable criticism. A small
yearly payment, varying according to age, will entitle his widow to
claim £1000 at his death upon furnishing a certificate, signed by Mr.
BESANT and the family doctor, that he died after reading an unfavourable
notice of one of his books. All literary men, however, are recommended
to subscribe £30 a year, thus obtaining a life-long immunity from
depreciation.