Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript, "Memoir of John Murray", by William Gladstone., 1891.
Item
Identifier: MS.42272
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is a review of "A publisher and his friends", by Samuel Smiles.
Dates:
1891.
Papers of and concerning William Gladstone., 1835-1906.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42259-42273
Scope and Contents
Statesman William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a leading politician of the 19th century and became Prime Minister four times during his political career. Throughout his life, Gladstone was also a prolific writer. He published books, articles and pamphlets on political and religious matters, Classical subjects and his autobiography. One of his publishers was John Murray and the material here reflects this author/publisher relationship.There are hundreds of letters of...
Dates:
1835-1906.