| Memoirs of the Right Honorable Henry Lord Langdale V1 (1852) Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas Duffus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1164437879 ISBN-13: 9781164437871 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $38.84 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.95 lbs) 490 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... the true copy of my own suggestions for discussion, VOL. II. P though most erroneously pretended to be part of the Report, convince me that some other papers relating to the report, beside those which have been sent to me, have been circulated for the use of the Commissioners. On my return to this place I wrote to Mr. Collier, who assures me that he has received for circulation no papers relating to the Report, except the two which were sent to me, and to which I have referred; and that if any irregularity has taken place, it has not been his. I hazard no conjecture as to the means by which any paper, which ought to have been kept strictly private, found its way into the newspaper; but the circumstances which I have stated, and the interest which I take in the subject of the Report, induce me to hope that your Lordship will excuse me for asking you to give directions that copies of all the papers relating to the Report which have been printed for the use of the Commissioners, may be sent to me. I have the honour to be your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant, Langdale." To this Lord Ellesmere wrote to say that he did not believe that any papers have been yet in circulation other than those Lord Langdale admitted to have received. Lord Ellesmere intimated that he had not seen any print of Lord Langdale's memoranda, and suggested that the pseudo-report which appeared in the newspapers might have been taken from some purloined fragments of the various papers which had been printed for the convenience of the Commissioners. Lord Langdale replied, thanking Lord Ellesmere for the trouble he had taken to explain the matter, and forwarded some short notes on a paper that he had recently received, " Department of Printed Books," many of the sugge... |
