Excerpt from Anecdotes of Public Men, Vol. 2 The immense success of the first volume of my Anecdotes of Public Men encouraged the preparation of the new series now presented to the public; and the reader will find, I hope, in this large variety of characters and scenes, the same kindly spirit to the living and the dead. Written in the turmoil of great excitement at Washington, while I was in a high official position, and in Philadelphia after I had voluntarily resigned all othee, and in a foreign country when I was acting as the American Commissioner to promote the success of the Cen tennial Exhibition, between the years 1874 and 1876, I claim the indulgence ofthe press for all mistakes and omissions. 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.