'Critics', c1870, (c1897). Artist: E&S Woodbury.

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'Critics', c1870, (c1897). 'Mr Gladstone: H'm, Flippant! Mr Disraeli: Ha, prosy! Two British politicians criticise each other's literary efforts. Benjamin Disraeli's (1804-1881) Lothair and William Gladstone's (1809-1898) Juventus Mundi appeared almost simultaneously in 1870. Cartoon by Sir John Tenniel, first published in Punch. From Sixty Years A Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's Reign, by Sir Herbert Maxwell. [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, c1897]

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