. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. seri-ously affected with incipient cataract, and the other was affected by sympa-thy. It became necessary to have surgical treatment, and this was success-fully given a short time after the statesmans retirement. He bore thesurgery with great fortitude, and his sturdy constitution brought him safelythrough. His eyesight beg
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. seri-ously affected with incipient cataract, and the other was affected by sympa-thy. It became necessary to have surgical treatment, and this was success-fully given a short time after the statesmans retirement. He bore thesurgery with great fortitude, and his sturdy constitution brought him safelythrough. His eyesight began to improve from the operation and from the 6i4 LIFE AND TIMES OK WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. rest which he now enjoyed; and he was soon able to resume his reading andcorrespondence. His general health improved, and he began to be seenabroad about his estates as usual. His step, however, had now becomedeliberate and his shoulders were bent somewhat with the accumulation ofyears. The happy surroundings at Hawarden favored the restoration ofthe Grand Old Man to as full a measure of strength as one of his great agemight hope to enjoy. Mr. Gladstone had during his long public career several haunts whichwere favorite places with him. While on parliamentary duty his residence. MRS. GLADSTONE.(From a late photograph.) was generally at lo Downing Street. Sometimes he lived at CarltonHouse Terrace ; sometimes at the Lion Mansions, at Brighton ; sometimesat Mr. Armisteads home in the North, and in vacations frequently at Biar-ritz, in Brittany. But of all the places none was as his home at was his Mecca. It is not without note of memory and praise that theuniversal tradition respecting the happiness of Mr. Gladstones home life isno more than a record of indubitable fact. RETIREMENT AND LAST YEARS. 615 The biographers of great men are in the habit of glorifying them at allhazards, particularly as it relates to their domestic bliss. This has beendone in several notable cases with
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