GENERAL EDITORS ADVISORY EDITORS CORRESPONDING SECRETARY EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Typography by Wm. M. Cheney INTRODUCTION Opinion is a mighty matter in war, and I doubt but the French think it impossible to conquer an army that he leads, and our soldiers think the same; and how far even this step may encourage the French to play tricks with us, no man knows. Swift's Journal to Stella , 1 January 1711 … the moment he leaves the service and loses the protection of the Court, such scenes will open as n