Mr Gladstone
The Illustrazione Italiana prints the following letter, written by Mr Gladstone to the Countess Martinengo Cesaresco, author of * Patriotti Italiani,’ which was first published in English by Mr T. Fisher Unwin, under the title of ‘ Italian Characters in the Epoch of Unification —‘ My public and personal engagements keep me sadly in literary arrear, but yesterday I began your work, and I read with profound interest the memoir of Ricasoli and that of the Poerios. Both are most interesting, and the workmanship is like that of a practised biographer. The Ricasoli is singularly vivid. I knew him at Florence in 1866, and I cannot forget how, on my entering his room for the fii'st time, he grasped my hand and cried “Siamo amici.” I would that his services were still available for Italy.’
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 993, 13 March 1891, Page 9
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134Mr Gladstone New Zealand Mail, Issue 993, 13 March 1891, Page 9
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