Author: Samuel T. Sheppard

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Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781330602447

Excerpt from The Byculla Club a History When I was first considering the idea of writing this history, I asked a learned Judge how senior members of the Club would be likely to regard the project. The reply suggested that no definite objection need be feared, and in fact that, though my elders and betters would all think themselves capable of writing a much better history, they might encourage and help me in a task for which they themselves had neither time nor taste. I am conscious of many defects in the now accomplished work and realise the truth of my friend's prophecy. He certainly was right in thinking that I should not ask in vain for help. The response to an initial circular was disappointing, but an importunate attitude at a later stage of the book's progress was not without good result. Some of the many kind friends, and members unknown to me personally, who have contributed in one way or another to this book I must more particularly mention. In the first place, I have often made use of the brief outline of the early history of the Club with which the book of Club rules is prefaced. That outline is the work of Mr. Enthoven and is largely based, as documents in the Club records show, on notes made in 1894 by the late Sir James Campbell and Mr. James Douglas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.