882 THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. 



himself, who has revealed his entire career to the world with a sincerity 

 which would permit one who differed from him as to the propriety of 

 the methods of which he at times made use, to appropriate freely ftom 

 the autobiographical writings which he has left behind him. To a 

 great extent this is what I have done, thus trying to do justice to a 

 friend whom I honored even when I did not agree with him. The 

 story herein given of the career of this aggressive reformer, this out- 

 spoken independent preacher, this courageous soldier and scholarly 

 author, this useful citizen and brilliant man, is practically told in his 

 own words. Should it seem that his social charms have been inad- 

 equately developed and that there is no sufficient picture of the gentle 

 urbanity of his later years, we must hope that this phase of the Col- 

 onel's character will be more forcibly portrayed in the forthcoming life 

 promised at the hand of Mrs. Higginson. 



Andrew McFarland Davis. 



