Excerpt from The Life of William Morley Punshon, LL. DIN sending forth this volume I have to express my regret that its publication has been so long delayed. This has arisen from various causes, some of which, at least, it was not in my power to obviate. But I venture to hope that the delay has not been altogether prejudicial. It has given time for the acquisition of ampler biographic material, and for something else which it is more difficult to state precisely. Under any circumstances it could not be an easy task to weigh and analyse, to assign the limits, to give judgment, as it were, upon the qualities and Qvork of one to whom the writer looks up with affectionate reverencej but if the attempt was to be made at all, a reasonable interval of time, the per spective of a few years, seems necessary. Otherwise, the personal equation is apt to be a disturbing one: the biographer cannot move with becoming freedom and calmness, and the reader, possessed by memories not yet adjusted and proportioned, is hardly prepared for the measured judgments of care.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.