Excerpt from With Mr. Chamberlain in the United States and Canada, 1887-88 Since that date the Sons of England in all parts of the world as well as the old folks at home - to quote from Mr. Chamberlain's memorable speech at Toronto-have been inexpressibly shocked and grieved by the news of his unexpected death. I took my farewell of him at Victoria Station on the morning of Sunday, January 18th last, on his departure for Cannes. Two days prior to that I visited him at 40 Princes Gardens, and told him of my projected work on his Mission to the United States. He evinced great interest in it and readily gave me permission to dedicate it to him. The title-page of my book accordingly bore such dedica tion, which his untimely death has necessitated erasing. I hoped and believed that this record would have afforded him some little interest and amusement, and would have recalled some agreeable memories. Fate has, however, decreed otherwise. May God rest his soul. 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.