Excerpt from An Annual Publication of Historical Papers: Reconstruction and State Biography; 1897 The following sketches represent for the xhost part work done by the students in the upper classes of Trinity College. It has not been thought wise to be too stringent in reforming the style of these pieces, but pains have been taken to ensure the reliableness of the facts presented. The work of collect ing them was begun with some hesitation, but it is now an assured fact that they will appear regularly in the future. 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.