Correspondence Of Sir Arthur Helps PDF Download

Excerpt from Correspondence of Sir Arthur Helps K. C. B., D. C. L In looking through my father's voluminous correspondence some years ago, I found so many letters of interest, that I determined to make a volume of them for private circulation. Various circumstances, however, prevented me from doing this, and I left them untouched for a long time. On taking them up again it seemed to me a pity to condemn them to oblivion, for they throw light upon one who in his generation had considerable influence, which was always used for the benefit of his fellow-creatures, and who played a not insignificant part in the Victorian era. Also I think the letters will enable those of this rising generation, to whom Arthur Helps is a mere name, to understand the purpose of all his writings, whilst to those of his contemporaries and friends who remain - alas, but few - they would bring him to mind and renew old associations. The collection, which covers a period from 1829-75, is one chiefly of letters bearing upon current politics and literature. It is, however, far from being a full and complete synopsis of my father's voluminous correspondence. There are gaps of many months, and even years, during which I am unable to chronicle any correspondence. This is due to several causes. 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.