Excerpt from A Memoir of the Right Hon. William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley, Vol. 1 of 2: With Selections From His Correspondence Some explanations and illustrations of the Autobiography have been added for the most part in footnotes; but occasionally, When they seemed to be too long for footnotes, or to be more closely connected With the narrative, they have beeli incorporated in the text, only enclosed in brackets, and signed ed. For editor.' I have to express my sincere thanks to the present Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Selborne, for his kindness in giving me some information re specting the measures of Law Reform introduced by Lord Hatherley, and also for some observations upon his character Which Will be found at the end of the second volume. 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.