TO 

 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P., 



HER MAJESTY'S 

 CHANCELLOK OF THE EXCHEQUER, 



AS A. SLIGHT TESTIMONY TO HIS 

 MATCHLESS TALENTS AS AN ORATOR AND A STATESMAN;' 



TO HIS HIGH AND NOBLE PRINCIPLES, 

 PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE MADE HIM ONE OF THE 



BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS OF THE AGE ; 

 TO HIS INNATE AND BOUNDLESS LOVE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL IN 



NATURE AND IN ART ; 



TO WHOM AND TO WHOM ONLY, 



(FROM THE PROMINENT AND PRAISEWORTHY PART HE 



TOOK IN FURTHERANCE OF 



THE WEDGWOOD MEMORIAL INSTITUTE), 



A MEMOIR OF THAT GREAT AND GOOD MAN CAN WITH 



PROPRIETY BE INSCRIBED ; 



AND IN 

 GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY ACTS OF KINDLY 



COURTESY RECEIVED AT HIS HANDS, 



THIS VOLUME IS, BY EXPRESS PERMISSION, 



DEDICATED. 



LLEWELLYNS JEWITT. 



