Life and times of the right honourable William Henry Smith, M.P v. 1

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. INDICE: 1. 1784-1846; 2. 1846-1854; 3. 1854-1893; 4. 1855-1865; 5. 1865-1868; 6. 1868-1869; 7. 1870-1871; 8. 1872; 9. 1873-1874; 10. 1874-1876; 11. 1876-1878; 12. 1878.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-00923-2
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 392
• Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés