400 MY LIFE [Chap. XL] 



who reaches my age enjoys " retrospection," but that kind of 

 general looking back to the past is very different from the 

 detailed Retrospection I have had to make in searching out 

 the many long-forgotten incidents and details of my very 

 varied life as here recorded ; and the Work this has involved, 

 and the Satisfaction I have had in writing, fully justify the 

 solemn emphasis with which the prediction was made. 



I now bid my readers, who have travelled with me so far 

 a hearty Farewell. 



