BY CHARLES KNIGHT.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

"The old bees die, the young possess their hive."

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,

AND CHARING CROSS.

ΤΟ

HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM,

THE UNWEARIED ADVOCATE OF PROGRESS,

THESE SKETCHES

OF SOME OF THE STAGES OF TRANSITION FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT

December, 1853.

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.