102 To SIR JAMES ALLANSON PICTON, J.P., F.S. A., WHO, LIKE THE SUBJECT OF THIS MEMOIR, HAS EVER REGARDED "PUBLIC SERVICES AS THE END 66 FOR WHICH A MAN IS BORN," AND ALSO, LIKE HIM, HAS RECOGNISED IN DEVOTION TO HUMANITY THE PRACTICAL WORSHIP OF GOD, THIS BOOK IS, WITH MUCH GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION, Dedicated BY HIS SON. |