PREFACE. 



The Reader will be glad to know, as the Author is 

 to state, that before a line of the first edition of 

 this Memoir was published, the proof-sheets of 

 every chapter were duly submitted to J\Ir. Russell 

 himself, in order that any statement, affecting 

 directly or indirectly the authenticity of his personal 

 history, might be corrected, refuted, or substantiated 

 by his own hand. 



That advantage is lacking only in the final 

 chapter ; which is added to wind up the history of 

 his last years, and at the same time to record — as 

 the Author does with unspeakable regret — the 

 closing scene of his prolonged and active life. 



To the present edition is added a series of 

 illustrations by Mr. Baird depicting scenes and 

 incidents in the life of Mr. Russell. 



