[Ads-l] Victoria Quote About Gladstone

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu Oct 27 18:04:30 UTC 2016


Wikiquote attributes the well known quotation by Queen Victoria (about William E. Gladstone), "He speaks to me as if I was a public meeting." to the following:


"Memorandum to her private secretary Gen. Sir Henry Ponsonby (1874-11-18)"


Can anyone help me to locate a reliable source for this memorandum?


Fred Shapiro

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