CHAPTER XXI
CLOSING SCENES

[Illustration: Gladstone entering Palace Yard, Westminster.]



"In thought, word and deed,
How throughout all thy warfare thou wast pure,
I find it easy to believe."
--ROBERT BROWNING




List of Illustrations.

WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE (_Frontispiece_)

GLADSTONE ENTERING PALACE YARD, WESTMINSTER

GLADSTONE AND SISTER

INTERIOR OF THE OLD HOUSE OF COMMONS

BIRTHPLACE OF GLADSTONE

GLIMPSES OF GLADSTONE'S EARLIER YEARS

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT