A STORY OF MR. GLADSTONE'S GREEK.
Karl Blind, in the Westminster Review, contributes among other reminiscences of the late Professor Max Midler the following incident: —
1 may mention here what Max Muller told me about a curious experience he had when staying in Gladstone's own home at Hawarden. The conversation naturally turned to matters Hellenic, and in the course of it Gladstone made a grammatical mislake in Greek. His learned guest mildly tried to correct him, but Gladstone rather haughtily maintained that he was perfectly right. After another fruitless attempt of Max MuLler, Gladstone became so imperative in his assertion that his guest quietly answered, "Well, we can easily solve the difficulty. No doubt you have a (.'reekgrammar in the house. Let us look into it." Thereupon Gladstone rose in a hurt'. No Greek grammar was brought down, nor did the great statesman appear himself any mora on that occasion. It was a most painful scene for Max Muller. Mrs. Gladstone tried her best, in tile meantime, to apologise for hei husband's behaviour.' "1 am sorry to say," she remarked, "that he cannot brook contradiction. I hope you won't mind it."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11686, 22 June 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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