William Ewart Gladstone

ER and her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake , attended Gladstone 's party for the Italian patriot Garibaldi , who was visiting England.

The preface notes that the work was ready for publication in the Spring, but delayed by the publisher 's wish, on account of the agitated state of the political atmosphere.

These pieces convey vividly personal memories of people, places, and events from her childhood, and the impact her famous writer father had on her early life. She writes: my memory is a sort of Witches'...

FMR became deeply interested in political debates and struggles around the issue of home rule for Ireland, and went so far as to carry secret messages back and forth between England and Ireland. This...

The subtitle defines the period covered as from earliest times to the close of the year 1885. That is, the book takes in the rejection in April 1885 of Joseph Chamberlain 's moderate plan for...

The book elicited strong reactions, most of them positive. It was highly praised by Philip Kent , who wrote a long article about it instead of his usual shorter reviews in Life, a weekly...

Founded in February 1875 by Beata Doreck (who died in 1875 shortly after assuming the presidency of the new organization), Maria Grey , and ES , the Froebel Society promoted the kindergarten system advocated by...

Elegies was praised by Robert Browning , George Meredith , and William Gladstone .

Aldersyde was well reviewed. ASS sent a copy to Gladstone (she says he was then engaged in an election campaign for his parliamentary seat of Midlothian, though the dates do not seem to fit)...

AS 's circle of friends (very largely brought her by her translations) included Henry Crabb Robinson , Tennyson , Robert Browning (who told her he wished she had known his wife), James Martineau (brother of...

Her work was greeted with a chorus of praise from reviewers: the only quibble, from some, referred to her metrical choices. P. H. Wicksteed in the Saturday Review suggested that AS would advance the cause...

A sociable man (although distrustful of unknown admirers) Tennyson was acquainted with many of the major artistic and political figures of the nineteenth century, including Edward FitzGerald , Coventry Patmore , Edward Lear , William Ewart Gladstone

In LondonKT met the politician William Gladstone (a supporter of Home Rule for Ireland) at a party given for Charles Parnell . On another occasion, she attended a garden-party given by feminist novelist...

After Benjamin Disraeli first became Prime Minister, somewhat briefly, on 27 April 1866, Victoria encountered a type of politician which was new to her. Prince Albert had distrusted Disraeli and favoured Gladstone ; Victoria found...

This text is the third in the series of selected letters between Victoria and her eldest daughter. The six years of correspondence included in this volume reveal royal opinions on a wealth of important events...