TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
The Third Part of The Greville Memoirs contains two volumes, of whichthis is the first. The second volume is available from Proj Gutenbergat http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40681
All spellings are as they appeared in the original text save for those that were obviously printer's errors.
All phrases that are in languages other than English have been italicised for consistency.
There are two styles of footnotes used in this work.Footnotes enclosed in square brackets [ ] are by the editor.Footnotes not enclosed in square brackets are by the author.
1 [This note is by the editor.]
2 This note is by the author.
For ease of reference, the index to both volumes of this diary has been added. It originally appeared at theend of volume 2. References in the index to the second volume have been cross-linked to the file at Proj Gutenberg.
(THIRD PART)
Vol. I.
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SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
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The Greville Memoirs
(THIRD PART)
A JOURNAL OF THE REIGN
OF
QUEEN VICTORIA
FROM 1852 TO 1860
BY THE LATE
CHARLES C. F. GREVILLE, Esq.
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
IN TWO VOLUMES—VOL. I.
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1887
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It appears to be unnecessary and inexpedient todelay the publication of the last portion of these papers,which contain some record of the events occurringbetween the year 1852 and the close of the year 1860,a period already remote from the present time, andrelating almost exclusively to men of the last generation.I have little to add to the notices prefixed byme to the two preceding portions of this work, butI am grateful for the length of days which has enabledme to complete the task confided to me by Mr. Grevillethree and twenty years ago, and to leave behind me arecord of that delightful company to which I wasbound by the closest ties of intimacy and friendship.On looking back upon the first half of the presentcentury, I believe that we were too unconscious ofthe exceptional privileges we enjoyed, and that we didnot sufficiently appreciate the remarkable gifts of thestatesmen, the orators, the historians, the poets, andthe wits who shed an incomparable lustre on the politics,the literature, and the social intercourse of thoseyears. Of these personages some traces are to be fo[Pg vi]undin the preceding volumes and in these pages.
Nor am I less grateful for the reception this publicationhas met with from the world, which has far surpassedthe modest expectations of the author, and hasat last conveyed to the reader a just estimate of theintegrity and ability with which these Journals werewritten. They bear evident marks of the changeswhich are wrought in a man's character and judgementsby the experience of life and the course of years;and they fall naturally into the three periods or divisionsof Mr. Greville's life which I was