The

EARLY LIFE CORRESPONDENCE

and WRITINGS of

THE RT. HON. EDMUND BURKE

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The

EARLY LIFE CORRESPONDENCE

and WRITINGS of

The Rt. Hon. EDMUND BURKE LL.D.
With a Transcript of

The MINUTE BOOK of the DEBATING "CLUB"
founded by him

in TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

By

The late ARTHUR P. I. SAMUELS M.A.
Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist

Trinity College Dublin

Ex-Auditor of the College Historical Society
Barrister-at-Law

Captain 11th Royal Irish Rifles

With an INTRODUCTION and SUPPLEMENTARY
CHAPTERS ON BURKE'S CONTRIBUTIONS

to the REFORMER and his part

in the LUCAS CONTROVERSY

by

The Rt. Hon. ARTHUR WARREN SAMUELS P.C. LL.D.

Ex-scholar T.C.D.,

Sometime M.P. for Dublin University

Judge of the High Court
of Justice in Ireland

CAMBRIDGE:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS MDCCCCXXIII.

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PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

VI. THE "CLUB" AND ITS PERSONNEL .

VII. FAREWELL TO TRINITY

APP.

I. THE MINUTE BOOK AND NOTES

II. BURKE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REFORMER

III. PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE LUCAS CON-

TROVERSY

IV. CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. SHACKLETON RE-

LATING TO THE SKETCH OF BURKE IN THE

LONDON EVENING POST

V. WILL OF RICHARD BURKE, SENIOR.

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