ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P., HER MAJESTY'S CHANCELLOR 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 THIS COURTESY RECEIVED AT HIS HANDS, VOLUME IS, BY EXPRESS PERMISSION, DEDICATED. LLEWELLYNN JEWITT. |