Excerpt from The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 9: For the Year 1825 The alteration that was made last year in the arrangement of The Annual Biography and Obituary, by the omission of twp of the parts of which it originally consisted, and the consequent enlargement of, its principal feature, appearing to have met with general approbation, has been persevered in; and the present may be considered as the permanent form of the work. As in all preceding instances, the materials of which the following Memoirs are composed, have, been derived from various sources; - principally, from contemporary publications of every respectable, description, and from private and friendly contributions. The Memoirs of Mrs. Lee, the Marquis of Titchfield, Major Cartwright, and Mr. Bowdich, are original; that of Mr. Lowry is nearly so; and those of Mr. Belzoni, Mr. Gapel Lofft, Mr. Sharp, Mrs. Thicknesse, &c. will be found to contain more or Jess of novel matter. 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.