5 MAY 1933, Page 7

Mr. Lloyd George, I should judge from estimates I have

heard made in a reliable quarter, should with reasonable luck clear £100,000 from his forthcoming autobiography, which Ivor Nicholson and Watson are to publish. That, of course, is not a single fee. There is a question of the book rights, the serial rights and the instalment rights (i.e., for issue on deferred payment terms by some concern other than the actual publishers) on both sides of the Atlantic. And in a case like this translation rights have no doubt to be added. The Daily Telegraph, which is to publish selections in advance, will not have secured that privilege for much under £20,000. * * * *