TO SIR JAMES HUDSON, K.C.B., H.B.M.'S MINISTER AT TURIN MY DEAR HUDSON,-If there be anything good in these volumes, I know of no one more capable than yourself to detect and appreciate it. If they be all valueless, who is there so ready to pardon faults and to overlook shortcomings? With a tolerably wide circle of acquaintances I do not know your superior in either quality; and in this assurance I dedicate them to you, very proud as I am to write your name on the same page with that of Yours faithfully, CHARLES LEVER. |