Leipsic Edition of the Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay

by Sir George Otto Trevelyan

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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. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...by seeing that their performances attract notice at home, and are judged with candor and discernment by writers of a far higher rank: o literature than the Calcutta editors. For these reasons I should be glad M see an article on the Penal Code in the Edinburgh Review. But I must stipulate that my name may not be mentioned, and that everything may be attributed to the Law Commission as a body. I am quite confident that Empson's own good taste, and regard for me, will lead him, if he should review the Code, to abstain most carefully from everything that resembles puffing. His regard to truth and the public interest will, of course, lead him to combat our opinions freely wherever he thinks us wrong. There is little chance that I shall see Scotland this year. In the autumn I shall probably set out for Rome, and return to London in the. spring. As soon as I return, I shall seriously commence my History The first part, (which, I think, will take up five octavo volumes, ) will extend from the Revolution to the commencement of Sir Robert Walpole's long administration; a period of three or four and thirty very eventful years. From the commencement of Walpole's administration to the commencement of the American war, events may be despatched more concisely. From the commencement of the American war it will again become necessary to be copious. These, at least, are my present notions. How far I shall bring the narrative down I have not determined. The death of George the Fourth would be the best halting-place. The History would then be an entire view of all the transactions which took place, between the Revolution which brought the Crown into harmony with the Parliament, and the Revolution which brought the Parliament into harmony with the nation. But there. Read Less

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. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...by seeing that their performances attract notice at home, and are judged with candor and discernment by writers of a far higher rank: o literature than the Calcutta editors. For these reasons I should be glad M see an article on the Penal Code in the Edinburgh Review. But I must stipulate that my name may not ... Read More