Society, Politics and Diplomacy, 1820-1864

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Excerpt from Society, Politics and Diplomacy, 1820-1864: Passages From the Journal of Francis W. H. CavendishOffice and, being unable to endure the noise and bustle of the town, to retire to quieter scenes of life.Some little time before his death, in 1893, he began to write his recollections, but not till last year were his papers examined. It then became evident that, although he kept a journal nearly all his life, Mr. Cavendish omitted from it much that was Within his knowledge, and also that various interesting letters and documents to which he refers have vanished. In preparing his reminiscences it is obvious he had taken from his journal the ground work of many incidents with the intention of filling in later, at his leisure, details of light and shade drawn from the numerous memories stored in his retentive brain, but unfortunately the end came suddenly before he could complete his work. However, he recorded much, and the task of selection has not been on the whole an easy one.The editor can bear witness that Mr. Cavendish possessed a vast fund of anecdote of all kinds, and would give much to be able to recall a tithe of the many and various tales of society, politics, and diplomacy with which he was wont to regale his family and friends.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.