I INSCRIBE THE PRESENT VOLUMES IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY ELDEST AND BELOVED SON Charles Robert, WHO, HAVING ATTAINED, BY HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES, AND PROFESSIONAL WORTH, (BEFORE HE WAS TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE) THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT IN HIS LATE MAJESTY'S EIGHTY-NINTH REGIMENT, WAS, DURING MY ABSENCE FROM ENGLAND, SUDDENLY REMOVED FROM THIS LAND OF PROBATION, ON THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER 1836: JUST AS RETURNING HEALTH SEEMED TO OPEN THE FAIREST PROSPECTS ON HIS PATH. |