Dedication

TO

THE MOST EMINENT AND MOST REVEREND LORD,

NICHOLAS,

CARDINAL WISEMAN,

ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER,

WHOSE KIND ENCOURAGEMENT, VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS,

,AND PECULIAR DEVOTION TO THE MODERN SAINTS,

FOSTERED THE BEGINNINGS, AND DEFENDED THE PROGRESS

OF THE ENGLISH SERIES OF THEIR LIVES,

THIS ESSAY

IS BY PERMISSION DEDICATED, WITH SENTIMENTS OF AFFECTIONATE DEVOTION

AND PERSONAL ADMIRATION, BY ONE WHO FOR SEVEN YEARS HAS BEEN ALLOWED

TO ENJOY THE PRIVILEGE

OF HIS INTIMATE KINDNESS, HIS WISE DIRECTION, AND HIS PATERNAL RULE,

ST. MARY S, SYDENHAM HILL, FEAST OF THE CIRCUMCISION. M.DCCC.LI1I*