XI 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF MR GLADSTONE'S 

 CONTROVERSIAL METHODS 



[1891] 



THE series of essays, in defence of the historical 

 accuracy of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, 

 contributed by Mr. Gladstone to " Good Words/ 1 

 having been revised and enlarged by their author, 

 appeared last year as a separate volume, under 

 the somewhat defiant title of " The Impregnable 

 Rock of Holy Scripture." 



The last of these Essays, entitled " Conclusion/' 

 contains an attack, or rather several attacks, 

 couched in language which certainly does not err 

 upon the side of moderation or of courtesy, upon 

 statements and opinions of mine. One of these 

 assaults is a deliberately devised attempt, not 

 merely to rouse the theological prejudices in- 

 grained in the majority of Mr. Gladsone's readers, 

 but to hold me up as a person who has endeavoured 

 to besmirch the personal character of the object of 

 their veneration. For Mr. Gladstone asserts that 



