English Statesmen Since the Peace of 1815 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from English Statesmen Since the Peace of 1815That, for some reason, this method of treatment did not meet with the approval of the proprietors, who had expected, I believe, more biography and less politics than it was consistent with my plan to furnish. It was, therefore, suggested to me, that I should place them in the hands of the late Editor, to be disposed of at his own discretion. The result was an arrangement with Messrs Bemrose, by which they were to be brought out in the shape of a separate volume and, I have merely to add, that, although it would not have occurred to me to write a book upon this subject, partly because I have already travelled over a good deal of the same ground in another work, partly7 because an original work seems to require a raison d'etre of its own not always to be found in the wants of periodical literature, nevertheless, as the Sketches were in existence, I saw no reason why they should not be given to the public. They are incomplete, but I hope they are not inaccurate, and I hope, too, their incompleteness is not of a character to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.