A Selection From The Writings Of Viscount Strangford On Political Geographical And Social Subjects Vol 1 Of 2 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from A Selection From the Writings of Viscount Strangford on Political, Geographical, and Social Subjects, Vol. 1 of 2 It seemed to me right to sum his intention as far as lay in my little power, knowing only too well how slight that power is, and how far short the result must fall of what no hand but his own could have done. I am well aware that I here present to the public little more than a collection of raw material, instead of a finished fabric; but I do so believing this better than to let much that will beuseful and interesting to others be lost or forgotten in the com paratively ephemeral form in which nearly all these writings have originally appeared. I could not bring myself to do even what I thought he might have wished done, lest my ignorant hand, through mis taken zeal, should injure his work. I have but arranwd these papers, as best I could, according to their various subjects; and I now venture to hope and believe that their readers will look with lenient eyes upon the work of one who has only attempted to do what she believed to be her duty under 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.