ABSTRACT
This chapter explains James Brinsley-Richards account of Gladtone. It says that Gladstone was somewhat concerned about what Richard had written about him as Richards was also preparing three articles for Temple Bar magazine on the young Gladstone. The chapter narrates that the first in the series is Mr. Gladstone's school days, the second is Mr. Gladstones's early politics and finally, Mr. Gladstone's Oxford days. Overall, Gladstone was far from happy with the description in Oxford days, and not prepared to let Brinsley-Richards get away with everything said in it. William Gladstone left Eton in 1827, and read for nearly two years with a private tutor, Dr. Turner, before proceeding to Oxford. At Dr. Turner’s, Gladstone learnt all that had not been taught at school, and went up to Oxford knowing almost as much mathematics as a junior Soph of Cambridge. The chapter says that at Oxford, Gladstone's direction towards higher objects, stubbornness could be dignified with the name of perseverance.
