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Excerpt from Letters of Frederic Lord Blachford: Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1860-1871
Lord Blachford left some notes of autobiography, written for his family, regarding which he expressed a wish that they should not be published disliking (as he wrote)' the rage for. Printing at the present day;' but he gave a discretionary power to extract any part, not of a private nature, if it should seem desirable for any purpose to do so. Some extracts from these reminiscences have accordingly been inserted. In the introductions to the chapters. He had a remarkable gift for sketching character in a few telling words, and some of these Sketches, taken from his reminiscences, have been included With regard to some others, describing public men whom he thought blameworthy, the conclusion has been reached, not, it must be confessed, without reluctance, that he would not have wished them to appear in a printed book. His own feeling'as regards. The publication of letters is expressed in a letter to Sir Henry Taylor which appears on-page 345. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
