preserved, studied, and arranged, by the affectionate industry of
his sister, Miss Macaulay; and material of high interest has been
entrusted to my hands by Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Edward Cropper. I
have been assisted throughout the book by the sympathy, and the
recollections, of my sister Lady Holland, the niece to whose
custody Lord MACAULAY'S papers by inheritance descend.

G.O.T.

March 1876.





LIFE AND LETTERS OF LORD MACAULAY

By

SIR GEORGE OTTO TREVELYAN

CHAPTER I

1800-1818.

Plan and scope of the work--History of the Macaulay family--
Aulay--Kenneth--Johnson and Boswell--John Macaulay and his
children--Zachary Macaulay--His career in the West Indies and in
Africa--His character--Visit of the French squadron to Sierra
Leone--Zachary Macaulay's marriage--Birth of his eldest son--Lord