Excerpt from Biographies: Contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica; With Notes of His Connection With Edinburgh, and Extracts From His Letters and Speeches I was first introduced to lord maoaulay in the summer of 1839, and had the honour of his unin terrupted friendship till his death. During his connection with Edinburgh, I was his frequent correspondent, and had an Opportunity of learning his views on many of the public events of the time; his opinions are so just and instructive, and so elo quently expressed, that I am led to believe that extracts from his letters, and from his speeches on public measures, especially as affecting Scotland and Edinburgh, will not be uninteresting. 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.