MR. GLADSTONE’S TEN SHILLINGS.
Some recollections of a Liverpool bookseller who often served Mr. Gladstone have appeared in “The Times.” They contain a good story. One day in 1895. when Gladstone was 85, Mr. Edward Howell took a parcel of valuable books to Hawarden Castle.- Gladstone bought them, making out the account himself, and writing a cheque for the total. The bookseller did not check the figures. He was shown the treasures of the library, and had tea with the “G.0.M.” Afterward, while Mr. Howell was in the village, a messenger overtook him with n note from Mr. Gladstone saying that by a blunder of his own he had paid 10/— too much. Mr. Howell returned the 10/ r . Next day he showed the note to an American who was browsing in the shop. The American offered £5 for it. Mr. Howell was surprised, but said he wanted to keep this memento of his day at Hawiirden. The American offered £25, in vain, for Mr. Howell would not sell at any price.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 14
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172MR. GLADSTONE’S TEN SHILLINGS. Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 14
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