An article published in a series of portraits with biographical sketches of Dutch journalists. The article was printed along with a portrait of Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (since 1885), then director (1896–1916), and finally commissioner (until 1922) of Het Handelsblad. Kuyper wrote an amicable sketch about this liberal journalist. He could scarcely conceal his sense of kinship with Boissevain, despite their previous polemical exchanges (see 1895.19 and 1898.01). The article was published in the weekly De Amsterdammer as the second portrait in a series entitled Uit het diensthuis van de koningin der aarde [From the slave quarters of the queen of the earth (i.e., the press)].