The Greville Memoirs, Part 2 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3)

The Greville Memoirs, Part 2 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) - A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852

OF THE EDITOR TO THE SECOND PART OF THIS JOURNAL. When the first portion of the Memoirs of the late Mr. Charles Greville, consisting of a Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King William IV., was given to the world in the autumn of the year 1874, it was intimated that the continuation of the work was reserved for future publication. Those volumes included the record of events which Mr. Greville had noted in his Diary from the year 1818 to the accession of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in the year 1837, a period of nineteen years. As they were published in 1874, an interval of thirty-seven years had elapsed between the latest event recorded in them and the date at which they appeared. The reigns of George IV. and William IV. already belonged to the history of the past, and accordingly I did not conceive it to be my duty to suppress or qualify any of the statements or opinions of the Author on public men or public events. I am still of opinion that this was the right course for a person charged with the publication of these manuscripts to pursue. I have seen it stated that the [viii] first edition of these Journals contains passages which have been suppressed in the later editions: but this is an error. The first edition contained a good many mistakes, which were subsequently pointed out by criticism, or discovered and corrected. Two or three sentences relating to private individuals were omitted, but nothing which concerns public personages or public events has been withdrawn. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24504
Author: Greville, Charles
Release Date: Feb 3, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English