TO

JAMES R. HOPE SCOTT, ESQ., Q.C.

ETC., ETC.,

A NAME EVER TO BE HAD IN HONOUR,

WHEN UNIVERSITIES ARE MENTIONED,

FOR THE ZEAL OF HIS EARLY RESEARCHES,

AND THE MUNIFICENCE OF HIS LATER DEEDS,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

A TARDY AND UNWORTHY MEMORIAL,

ON THE PART OF ITS AUTHOR,

OF THE LOVE AND ADMIRATION

OF MANY EVENTFUL YEARS.

Dublin, Oct. 28, 1856.