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Excerpt from Memoir of Arthur John Butler
I was correcting the last proofs of this Memoir, and had almost reached the moment of marking them for press, when news came that the friend was dead to whom they should have been posted - Mr. Reginald Smith, k.c head of the publishing house of Messrs. Smith, Elder Co. The book, up to then, had required no Preface. All who helped us to write it helped in affection for Butler's memory; the mere mention of their names, as they occur in the following pages, carries its implication of gratitude and the adviser who stood behind us would have depre cated being thanked in a Preface. 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.
