Excerpt from Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America, Vol. 2 of 2: Embracing History, Statesmanship, Naval and Military Life, Philosophy, the Drama, Science, Literature, and Art A sketch originally contributed to a London periodical by Mr. Shiel, the eminent Irish barrister and politician. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.