Excerpt from Recollections There is an eutrv in his Note Book. In his own handwriting. In the thllowiug words: Fox. Burke. Grattan. Person. Tooke. Erskine, Yalter Scott. Lord Grenville. Duke of wellington. Bv this and numerous other indications. He has suf lieientlv shown the course he wished should he followed: and a short. Pretiiee. Written hv him as an introduction to the Recollec tious. Makes clear his intention that they should not alwavs remain unpublished. 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.