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" Eagle " case. Therefore, I felt fully justified in 

 using it, at the same time carefully warning my 

 readers that it must be taken with due caution. 



Mr. Trotter's useful letter admits that such a 

 book was written by a person with whom he had 

 the " pleasure of an interview," arid that a version 

 of it (interpolated, according to his assertion) was 

 published against the will of the author. Hence 

 I am justified in believing that there is a founda 

 tion of truth in certain statements, some of which 

 have long been in my possession, but which for 

 lack of Mr. Trotter's valuable corroboration I have 

 refrained from using. The time is come when I 

 can set forth some of the heads of this informa 

 tion, with the request that Mr. Trotter, who 

 knows all about the business, will be so good as 

 to point out any error that there may be in them. 

 I am bound to suppose that his sole object, like 

 mine, is the elucidation of the truth, and to 

 assume his willingness to help me therein to the 

 best of his ability. 



1. " The author of ' The New Papacy ' is a 

 Mr. Sumner, a person of perfect respectability, and 

 greatly esteemed in Toronto, who held a high 

 position in the Army. When he left, a large 

 public meeting, presided over by a popular 

 Methodist minister, passed a vote of sympathy 

 with him," 



