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In preparing for publication a complete and uniform edition of Lord Macaulay's 

 Works, it has been thought right to include some portion of what he placed on record 

 as a jurist in the East. The papers selected are the Introductory Report on the 

 Indian Penal Code, and the notes appended to that code, in which most of its leading 

 provisions were explained and defended. These papers were entirely written by Lord 

 Macaulay, but the substance of them was the result of the joint deliberations of the 

 Indian Law Commission, of which he was President. They are by no means merely 

 of Indian interest, for while they were the commencement of a new system of law for 

 India, they relate chiefly to general principles of jurisprudence, which are of universal 

 application. 



The contents are arranged in this edition as follows : Vols. I. to IV., History of 

 England since the Accession of James the Second ; Vols. V., VI., and VII., Critical 

 and Historical Essays, Biographies, Report and Notes on the Indian Penal Code, and 

 contributions to Knight's Quarterly Magazine ; Vol. VIII., Speeches, Lays of Ancient 

 Uome, and Miscellaneous Poems. 



This last division of the work is completed by the insertion of the Cavalier's Song 

 and the Poetical Valentine to the Hon. Mary C. Stanhope, two pieces which were not 

 included in previous editions of Lord Macaulay's miscellaneous writings. 



" Every admirer of Lord Macaulay's writings (and their name as legion) will 

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 works. It seems almost idle to say any thing in praise of the great historian to 

 the American reader, but we cannot forbear expressing our admiration of the physical 



as well as mental strength so manifest in his diction and style But it is not our 



intention to write a critique on the man whose memory holds so prominent a place 

 in the heart of the reading world. The volumes before us should fill a niche in every 

 public and private library in our land." Glen Falls Journal. 



" His writings and his speeches, arranged in chronological order, exhibit the devel- 

 opments of a mind always more or less powerful, and announce the extent of his 

 reading and the tenacity of his memory. His contributions to the History of British 

 India show how usefully his time was spent during his sojourn at Calcutta." 



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