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Dr Langer : Roman History

'Gladstone's reading habits were described in "The Home Life of Mr. Gladstone," Young Man (January 1892): "He was most particular, it said, in mantaining variety in his reading and, during the previous summer, had on hand Dr Langer's Roman History (in German) for morning reading, Virgil for afternoon, and a novel in the evening."'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Wiliam Ewart Gladstone      Print: Book

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