oncentration, the
multiplicity of his interests, his labour of every day, and almost of
every hour of every day, in fashioning an intellect that was mighty by
nature. And besides this panegyric on the departed warrior, he touched
with felicity and sincerity a note of true feeling in recalling to his
hearers

the solitary and pathetic figure, who for sixty years, shared all
the sorrows and all the joys of Mr. Gladstone's life, who received
his confidence and every aspiration, who shared his triumphs with
him and cheered him under his defeats; who by her tender
vigilance, I firmly believe, sustained and prolonged his years.

When the memorial speeches were over the House of Commons adjourned. The
Queen, when the day of the funeral came, telegraphed to Mrs. Gladstone
from Balmoral:--

My thoughts are much with you to-day, when your dear husband is
laid to rest. To-day's ceremony will be most trying and painful
for you, but it will be at the same time gratifying to you to see
the respect and regret evinced by the nation for the memory of one
whose character and intellectual abilities marked him as one of
the most distinguished statesmen of my reign. I shall ever
gratefully remember his devotion and zeal in all that concerned my
personal welfare and that of my family.

IV

It was not at Westminster only that his praise went forth. Famous men, in
the immortal words of Pericles to his Athenians, have the whole world for
their tomb; they are commemorated not only by columns and inscriptions in
their own land; in foreign lands too a memorial of them is graven in the
hearts of men. So it was here. No other statesman on our famous roll has
touched the imagination of so wide a world.

The colonies through their officers or more directly, sent to Mrs.
Gladstone their expression of trust that the worldwide admiration and
esteem of her honoured and illustrious husband would help her to sustain
her burden of sorrow. The ambassador of the United States reverently
congratulated her and the English race everywhere, upon the glorious
completion of a life filled with splendid achievements and consecrated to
the noblest purposes. The President followed in the same vein, and in
Congress words were found to celebrate a splendid life and character. The
President of the French republic wished to be among the first to associate
himself with Mrs. Gladstone's grief: "By the high