THE END.
THE
LAST DAY OF A CONDEMNED.
FROM THE FRENCH OF
M. VICTOR HUGO.
WITH OBSERVATIONS
ON
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
BY
SIR P. HESKETH FLEETWOOD.
BART., M.P.
DEDICATION.
TO
THE QUEEN’S MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY.
Madam,—The personal favour which your Majesty has been so graciously pleased to confer on me, in allowing the present dedication,—thus implying a confidence in the probable nature of the work,—will not, I trust, be found to have been misused by me, should your Majesty hereafter honour the volume by perusal. In thus being the medium through which the pleadings of a class of society, so far removed from the sympathy of mankind, approach the throne of your Majesty, may I be permitted to take this opportunity of expressing what is responded to by every feeling heart in your Majesty’s dominions,—a respectful appreciation of the mildness and clemency which have pervaded the administration of the laws during the present merciful reign.
With sincere prayers for the happiness of your Majesty,