Excerpt from Conference on War Relief and Personal Service: Organised by Charity Organisation Societies and Guilds of Help The chairman: Your Grace, Ladies, and Gentlemen, - I have been asked to read the following letters of regret for absence from the meeting. The first is from the Archbishop of York, who says: I am much interested to hear of the proposed Conference, and wish most heartily that I could be present, especially during the discussion of the subject fixed for June 11; but I fear it is impossible. I am held up by many engagements in this part of the world, fixed long ago. I must content myself with wishing every success to the Con ference.' Then we have a note from Lady St. Cyres, who writes to say that she is away in the country, under doctor's orders, for rest, and fears that she will not be able to be present. Mrs. H. B. Irving expresses regret at not being able to be present, so does Miss Macarthur. We have similar letters from Lady Roberts, Lady French, the Bishop of Win chester, Lady Eglinton, and Lord Grey. 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.