“Mr. M’Carthy’s charm of style and temperament will give it an immediate place among biographies, and will probably make many in all parties regard Mr. Gladstone more favourably than hitherto. For the portrait is charming, sympathetic, and convincing; it does honour to both subject and painter.”—_Daily Chronicle._ “A calm, judicial, thoroughly well-balanced estimate of Mr. Gladstone as a man, and an eloquent, accurate, and fascinating account of his eventful life.”—_Daily Mail._ “The book has deep interest for readers of all shades of political opinion, and is distinctly the most attractive monograph yet written on ‘the greatest English statesman who has appeared during the reign of Queen Victoria.’”—_Literature._ “The greatest praise that can be given to the story of a life is that it charms, fascinates, and has no padding, and all that can be truthfully said of this book.”—_Star._ “Barrowsful of books have been written about Gladstone. But it would be difficult to name one which holds the reader fast from first page to end as Mr. M’Carthy’s does.”—_Echo._ “Extremely well done, and deserves to be widely read.”—_Daily Graphic._ “‘The Story of Gladstone’s Life,’ here rendered as it is with charming literary grace, will be read with delight all over the English-speaking world.”—_Weekly Sun._ “This is a charmingly written sketch of Mr. Gladstone’s public career, with some interesting glimpses at the same time into his private life.”—_Observer._ “Most brilliantly and charmingly written, and most generously written, and full of evidences of the impartiality which distinguished his great ‘History of our Own Times.’ And it is written just as a biography of Mr. Gladstone should be written.”—_The Queen._ A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. _THE POET LAUREATE ON KING ALFRED_ _Crown 8vo 5s._ ALFRED THE GREAT ENGLAND’S DARLING BY ALFRED AUSTIN POET LAUREATE “Alike by his birth, his character, and his exploits, Alfred is the one Englishman qualified to be a National Hero.”—_Extract from Preface._ LONDON MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK