Charles S. Francis

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Excerpt from Charles S. Francis: A Personal Tribute This volume is dedicated to Hon. Charles S. Francis by the compilers, and is intended only for circulation among his friends. It is a personal tribute. The occasion thereof is the appointment by President McKinley of Mr. Francis to the position of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Greece, Roumania and Servia, with the demonstration of respect, marvelous in extent and intensity, with which press and people received the appointment. The expressions which have been made justify, in our opinion, their collection in a permanent form. We are not at all sure that this work of compilation, performed clandestinely in Mr. Francis' absence from this country and without his knowledge and consent, will be approved by him. But we have taken the liberty of friends, and if in so doing we have offended his own feeling of reserve and idea of modesty, we must throw ourselves upon his mercy. Ours be the blame, if any. But we are confident that the host of friends of Mr. Francis will applaud our act, will rejoice that this deserved testimonial to him is now in existence and will assure him that though we may not have pleased him by bringing together this gallery of portraiture drawn by many admiring hands, we have done a service to his friends and have performed what has seemed to be an act of the most manifest justice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.