Excerpt from Rambling Recollections, Vol. 1 of 2

The title Of this book 'conveys my meaning clearly. It is not an autobiography, nor even a continuous narrative. It is founded on no diary or record. Whatever the contents of the book - whether narrative or anecdotic - they are given just as they come unbidden into my memory, which is not a bad one, though possibly not so exact as I could wish. I have not attempted to be strictly accurate as to chronological order, though the events described harmonise with the period in connection with which they appear. By anticipa tion, therefore, I fully recognise the defects arising from want Of premeditation.

Any apologies that may be required of me, I make at once. I am prepared to accept criticism without remonstrance.

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