AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF LORD METCALFE," "THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. - 1859. [The right of translation is reserved.] NEW YORK PUBLIC BY DEDICATING THIS VOLUME MOST AFFECTIONATELY TO ALEXANDER DUFF, I SEEK ONLY TO EXPRESS MY ADMIRATION OF HIS CHARACTER AND MY GRATITUDE FOR HIS KINDNESS, NOT TO ASSOCIATE HIS HONOURED NAME WITH OPINIONS WHICH HE MAY NOT WHOLLY APPROVE. |