Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P Paperback / softback
by Herbert Eustace Maxwell
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries series
Paperback / softback
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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.
Volume 1 documents the foundation of the newspaper wholesaling business, Smith's education and his thwarted desire to become a priest.
It describes how Smith helped his father expand their efficient and successful business to include a chain of railway station news- and bookstalls and a lending library, as well as becoming sole agents for The Times in 1854.
Smith went into Parliament in 1868, and worked for several years at the Treasury.
Volume 1 ends with his tour to Cyprus in 1878 as First Lord of the Admiralty.
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- Pages:392 pages, 2 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2010
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- ISBN:9781108009232
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages, 2 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108009232
