ΤΟ HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G. ETC. ETC. A NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH TASTE AND BENEFICENCE; THE PRINCELIEST REPRESENTATIVE OF AN EVER PRINCELY HOUSE; THE LANDLORD BELOVED OF HIS TENANTS, BOTH IN ENGLAND AND IN IRELAND; THE FRIEND OF HONEST ADVERSITY, NOTWITHSTANDING DIFFERENCES OF OPINION; THE DISCERNER AND RAISER OF MERIT IN HUMBLE STATION; THE ADORNER OF HIS COUNTRY WITH BEAUTI FUL GARDENS, AND WITH THE FAR-FETCHED BOTANY OF OTHER CLIMATES; ONE, OF WHOM IT MAY BE SAID, WITHOUT POETICAL EXAGGERATION, AND EVEN WITHOUT METAPHOR, THAT HIS FOOTSTEPS MAY BE TRACED IN FLOWERS, AND THAT HE HAS MADE THE HOUSES OF |