Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, 1856, Vol. 201: July to December Inclusive In the Biographical department will be found memoirs of most persons of celebrity whose decease we have had to lament. This has always been a conspicuous feature in the gentleman's maga zms, end to some extent depends upon the contributions of the relatives of the departed - readers will do well to bear this in mind. I do not want panegyrics, but facts: if they will supply me with these, they will be conferring a favour upon others. 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.