Excerpt from Life and Letters of John Arthur Roebuck: With Chapters of Autobiography IT is nearly twenty years since Mr. Roebuck died, and surprise has often been expressed that so long a time has elapsed without any record being given to the world of the. Career of a man of unique personality, who played a prominent part in his country's affairs for half a century. Into the reasons for the delay it is unnecessary to enter. Circumstances have at length made possible the realization of the'determination, ever tenaciously held by those most intimately connected with Mr. Roebuck, to place the story of his life before the public. Although the ranks of those who knew him are sadly thinned, and a generation has arisen to whom he is little more than a name, the lapse of time brings with it this compensation - that the events which engrossed Mr. Roebuck's activities can be seen' 'in larger perspective, and the persons with whom he came in contact can be referred to with less of the reticence that would have been necessary during their lifetime. 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.