عنوان

Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P.

(Number (ISBN

9780511696411 (ebook)

Number

b504353

Title Proper

Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P.

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Herbert Eustace Maxwell.

Volume Designation

Volume 2 /

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Place of publication not identified :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

publisher not identified,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1893.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (420 pages) :

Other Physical Details

digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge library collection. History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries.

Text of Note

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Text of Note

This is a lively two-volume biography, first published in 1893, of the influential Victorian businessman and politician W. H. Smith (1825-1891), whose father and uncle established the well-known stationery and bookselling business. The author, Herbert Maxwell (1845-1932), was a Scottish essayist and Conservative Member of Parliament who greatly admired Smith's human qualities and had access to his personal papers. In this second volume, Maxwell narrates Smith's career from 1878 to 1891 as the First Lord of the Admiralty, revealing his political stamina during a time of economic hardship and conflicts in Afghanistan and among the Zulu. Extracts from his personal letters show the emotional burden of his responsibilities. Smith did not disguise his connection to the commercial middle class. Instead, he approached his political life with the same pragmatic wisdom he cultivated in business, and Maxwell emphasises how Smith strove to relieve the burdens of ordinary citizens.

Parallel Title

Life & Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P.

Smith, W. H., (William Henry),1825-1891.

Class number

Book number

Maxwell, Herbert,Sir,1845-1937

Date of Transaction

20151005020623.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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