30 DECEMBER 1893, Page 27

Mr. Gladstone's Life, Told by Himself. Compiled by H. J.

Leech. (Kogan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Gladstone is made to tell his Mr. Gladstone's Life, Told by Himself. Compiled by H. J. Leech. (Kogan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Gladstone is made to tell his

own story by extracts from speeches and public lectures, the editor supplying an occasional note. One wonders whether the motive is friendly or hostile. It might be either. A catena of Mr. Gladstone's utterances is, anyhow, highly interesting.