Book excerpt: Excerpt from Macaulay's Essays on William Pitt, Earl of Chatham In the compilation of these Notes frequent use has been made of the following books: - Lecky's History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Mahon's History of England (1713-1783), Walpole's Memoirs of George II, Walpole's Memoirs of George III., Cates's Dictionary of General Biography, Lowe and Pulling's Dictionary of English History, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Smith's Antiquities of Westminster. When copying direct from these works I have generally acknowledged my authority: sometimes, however, when giving only a digest of their remarks I have omitted to do so: but it would be worse than foolish to pretend to any originality in a book of this kind. I have to thank Sir G. O. Trevelyan, M.P., for kindly putting me in the way of acquiring the information contained in the Appendix. My thanks are also due to Mr. Jones, the Clerk of the Works at Westminster Hall, for showing me over all the buildings in his charge, and for allowing me to examine many valuable plans, which he has in his office, descriptive of West minster, Palace Yard, and its various buildings at different periods of its history. 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.