Essays Political and Biographical (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Essays Political and Biographical The reception accorded to the Studies in Biography of the late Sir Spencer Walpole encourages the hope that a new volume of essays by the same distinguished author may be read with interest. With two exceptions they are reproduced from the Edinburgh Review, and acknowledgments are due to Messrs. Longman for their kindness in permitting the publication. Substantially they are reprinted in their original form, those passages only having been omitted which contain direct criticism of the books under review, and are not, therefore, of permanent interest. Of the other two essays, one, that on Crabbe, was delivered as a lecture to the East Anglian Society, and the other, a sketch of Mr. Frank Buckland, appeared in Macmillan's Magazine. I have to thank Messrs. Macmillan for permitting me to republish this appreciation of the kind-hearted naturalist by a kindred spirit, and I have also to thank Mr. Arthur Elliot for his courtesy in conveying to me the permission of Grillion's Club for the reproduction in the frontispiece of Mr. Hugh Riviere's admirable portrait of the author. The essays are preceded by a last "Study in Biography, " which will be valued by many as a memorial of a much loved and most lovable nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.