AUTOBIOGRAPHY. A Collection OF THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING LIVES EVER PUBLISHED, WRITTEN BY THE PARTIES THEMSELVES. WITH BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS, AND COMPENDIOUS SEQUEL& VOL. VIII. LORD HERBERT AND PRINCE EUGENE. LONDON: WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND ARNOT, AVE-MARIA-LANE, MDCCCXXX. EDITOR'S PREFACE. HR THE original preface and dedication to this work by Horace Walpole, which follow, render all observation upon the peculiar character and attraction of the autobiography of the celebrated lord Herbert of Cherbury entirely superfluous. Now for several years recognised as one of the most interesting specimens of selfportraiture in the English language, it is only necessary to observe here, that it is reprinted for the present collection, with a due attention to all the collateral or additional information which is necessary to render the present edition equal to the best of those which have preceded it |