Transcribed from the 1919 The Century Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: William Ewart Gladstone] WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE [Picture: Decorative graphic] HIS CHARACTERISTICS AS MAN AND STATEMAN BY JAMES BRYCE AUTHOR OF “THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH,” “TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT,” “THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,” “IMPRES- SIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA.” [Picture: Decorative graphic] NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1919 * * * * * Copyright, 1898, by The Evening Post Publishing Company. Copyright 1898, by THE CENTURY CO. * * * * * CONTENTS PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. EARLY INFLUENCES 5 III. PARLIAMENTARIAN 18 IV. ORATOR 39 V. ORIGINALITY AND INDEPENDENCE 56 VI. SOCIAL QUALITIES 76 VII. AUTHORSHIP 81 VIII. RELIGIOUS CHARACTER 94 I INTRODUCTION