__________ MY LORD, Having received your Lordship's permission to dedicate to you this my first essay as an Author, I beg to tender my best acknowledgements for the honour, and for the interest you have so kindly expressed in the success of the following pages. Under such favourable auspices a successful result may be confidently anticipated by Your Lordship's Obliged and obedient servant,                ROLLO BURSLEM. HAREWOOD LODGE, HAMPSHIRE. __________ The following pages are literally what