In the last decade of W.E. Gladstone's life, the media frequently featured the Grand Old Man of British politics with his grandchildren. There are fewer glimpses of Gladstone's family life when his own children were young. Some of the most charming can be seen in the letters that he exchanged with his daughter, Mary.
Read MoreSTATESMEN AT HOME. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., at Hawarden. cartoon top. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 (February 8, 1890). The Project Gutenberg eBook.