For the sake of I have always taken an interest in . It was started by the proprietors when the expiring century had scarcely reached middle age. It was associated with and Douglas Jerrold, and , edited by my old and valued friend, Sir John Robinson, in the early fifties, had for one of its contributors my father, then writing for and . To this day its connection with is unbroken, for my friend, Mr. H. W. Lucy, contributes articles anent Parliament for both papers-- and for the Again, the editorial offices in Bouverie Street face one another, and in Pressland the claims of neighbourhood are recognised. Writing as a man, I pray that the pleasant may long continue.