2418x7 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN CUNDATIONS 1901 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY BOLLES AND HOUGHTON. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE VISCOUNT MORPETH, M. P. THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED WITH THE AFFECTIONATE RESPECT OF THE AUTHOR. NOTE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. The Publishers would state that the following work has been reprinted in answer to the frequent inquiries which have been made for it. Its author was previously consulted, however, and his approval of its republication gained. They would also state, that desiring to show their sense of the excellence of the book, they have made an arrangement with its writer, similar to that which they would make with an American author. BOSTON, May 1849. |