Excerpt from Lord Grey of the Reform Bill: Being the Life of Charles, Second Earl Grey When the late Earl Grey invited me, in 1913, to make use of the Howick Papers, In order to write the life of his grandfather, I asked him whether I might be allowed a freedom of historical comment more exten sive than would be proper in the biography of a states man recently dead. The permission was granted with characteristic readiness and generosity. My work was interrupted by an interval of more than four years of war, during which the late Lord Grey died, but his son, in the same Spirit, desired me to complete the book. 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.