Letters of Lord Acton to Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone

by Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton

COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, 1904

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press

"Through such souls alone
God stooping shows sufficient of His Light
For us i' the dark to rise by."

THIS VOLUME
IS DEDICATED TO
LADY ACTON
BY M. D.

CONTENTS

PAGE
DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [iii]
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [vii]
EDITOR'S PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ix]
INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [xi]
LETTERS OF LORD ACTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [221]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ PORTRAIT OF LORD ACTON (Photogravure) . . . . . . Frontispiece ]