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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELLESMERE.
My Lord,
I knew you to be a friend and lover of learning, and, therefore, I sought the honour of dedicating these pages to your Lordship. I beg to thank you for the permission, and may observe, another fact emboldened me to seek that favour,—viz., the circumstance of your Lordship being President of a Literary Society of which I have the honour of being Vice-President.
I have endeavoured to preserve the substance and spirit of the subject, and yet write in an untechnical manner; but you will not be surprised, that in this attempt I have met difficulties I have only partially surmounted.
Permit me to express my deep respect for your Lordship, and to subscribe myself,
Manor House, Norwood.
13th Feb. 1856.
13th Feb. 1856.
