The Life of Thomas Love Peacock

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Excerpt from The Life of Thomas Love Peacock: With Three Photogravure Plates My warm thanks are due Mrs. Clarke, who has generously placed at my disposal all the letters and other unpublished manuscripts in her possession, and has done in various other ways many things to assist me. To Mr. P. A. Daniel and to Mr. Alan S. Cole I am indebted for several kindly suggestions. Mr. William Foster, ' Secretary of the India Office, not only helped me to an examination of the Minutes of the Court of Directors, but most courteously put into my hands certain notes relating to Peacock's connection with the Company which he had already made. The work was originally undertaken during the leisure afforded me by a fellowship in Columbia University, and was completed in London. By the officials of the Library of Columbia University, of the Bodleian, and of the British Museum, I have been accorded the most courteous treatment. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the helpful advice of my former teachers, at present my colleagues, and always, I hope, my friends, Professor A. H. Thorndike, Professor Brander Matthews, and especially Professor W. P. Trent. In the preparation of the manuscript I have received great assistance from my friend Dr. F. H. Ristine. 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.