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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," and 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 eiTor that there may be in them. 

 I am bound to sui:>pose 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, 23assed a vote of sympathy 

 with him." 



