Excerpt from The Works, of the Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams, K. B., Ambassador to the Courts of Russia, Saxony, &C, Vol. 1 of 3: From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson the Right Hon. The Earl of Essex, With Notes Preface, in the usual style of prefaces, to the Works of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams would be unnecessary perhaps, in more senses than one, even impertinent. The simplicity of his character, and of the character of his writ ings, present formidable obstacles to the grave ceremony with which those portals to new and unexpected publications are generally raised, and set at nought the customary arrangement of their usual cumbrous decorations. A literary career without labour, and a political life with out intrigue, furnish little ground for narration, and less for conjecture and common-place criticism could with difficulty find employment on the works of one who drew solely from the. 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.