AUTHOR'S PREFACE. xi 



As to pictures, they came in shoals, His Majesty 

 the King, the Earl of Coventry, Lord Marcus 

 Beresford, Earl Poulett, Sir Charles Nuo-ent, Colonel 

 E. W. Baird, Mr. J. G. Bulteel, Mr. Bibby, the 

 Honourable Aubrey Hastings, Mr. Arthur Yates, 

 Mr. T. Cannon, Mr. Richard Marsh, Mr. Charles 

 Archer, Colonel Richardson, Colonel Kirkwood, Mr. 

 W. Jameson, Colonel Brocklehurst, Mr. Studd, Mr. 

 J. C. Dormer, Mr. Alfred Holman, Mr. George 

 Stevens and Mr. W. Nightingall, all coming for- 

 ward in the handsomest manner. 



Seeing that these portraits form the principal 

 attraction of the book, the author takes the oppor- 

 tunity of tendering his sincere thanks to the above- 

 named noblemen and gentlemen for their great 

 kindness in permitting him to make use of them. 

 A feeling which he is sure will be echoed by 

 the purchasers of the book. 



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