CHAPTER IV

_ROBERT ELSMERE_ AND AFTER, 1888-1889

Reviews--Mr. Gladstone's Interest--His Interview with Mrs. Ward at Oxford--Their Correspondence--Article in the _Nineteenth Century_--Circulation of _Robert Elsmere_--Letters--Visit to Hawarden--_Quarterly_ Article--The Book in America--"Pirate" Publishers--Letters--Mrs. Ward at Hampden House--Schemes for a _New Brotherhood_ 55-80