Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books (Oxford University) Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=q_QDAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. THE SMUGGLER: A Tale BY G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ. AUTHOR OF "DARNLEY," "DE L'ORME," "RICHELIEU," ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. 1845. DEDICATION. * * * TO THE HON. CHARLES EWAN LAW, M.P. RECORDER OF LONDON, ETC. ETC. ETC. * * * My Dear Sir, It would be almost superfluous to assure you of my esteem and regard; but feelings of personal friendship are rarely assigned as the sole motives of a dedication. The qualities, however, which command public respect, and the services which have secured it to you in so high a degree, must appear a sufficient motive for offering you this slight tribute, in the eyes not only of those who know and love you in the relations of private life, but of all the many who have marked your career, either as a lawyer, alike eminent in learning and in eloquence, or as a just, impartial, clear-sighted, and yet merciful judge. You will willingly accept the book, I know, for the sake of the author; though, perhaps, you may have neither time nor inclination to read it. Accept the dedication, also, I beg, as a sincere testimony of respect from one who, having seen a good deal of the world, and studied mankind attentively, is not easily induced to reverence or won to regard. When you look upon this page, it will probably call to your mind some very pleasant hours, which would doubtless have been as agreeable if I had not been there. As I write it, it brings up before my eyes many a various scene, of which you and yours were the embellishment and the light. At all events, such memories must be pleasant to us both; for they refer to days almost without a shadow, when the magistrate and the legislator escaped from care and thought, and the laborious man of letters cast away his toil.