Mary Drew — Catherine Gladstone

London, Nisbet and Co. 1919. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this scarce first edition biography of Catherine Gladstone by her daughter Mary Drew. Scarce first edition of this work. Affectionate biography of Catherine Gladstone, wife of British statesman William Ewart Gladstone. Written by her daughter Mary Drew originally for private circulation, it was first published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1916. This raised deep interest in her life and personality; she was described by Masterman as 'one of those informal geniuses who conduct life, and with complete success, on what the poverty of language compels me to call a method of their own.'Illustrated with a frontispiece and other full page plates in black and white.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .