"حياة ومراسلات اللواء السير جون مالكوم، قائد فرسان وسام الطُهر، المبعوث السابق إلى بلاد فارس وحاكم بومباي؛ من رسائل ومذكرات غير منشورة. في مجلّدين. المجلد I." [‎٨] (٥٦٦/١٩)

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PREFACE.
who had once known him, I have seldom failed to elicit
some characteristic reminiscences from the cotemporaries
whose assistance I have sought.
It remains only to be observed, that, with the excep
tion of two or three letters, the correspondence quoted
in this Memoir is now published for the first time. In
the later editions of the Wellington Correspondence may
be found one or two of the Duke's letters to Malcolm,
which appear also in the first of these volumes. The
publication of the remainder, however, has not been an
ticipated by Colonel Gurwood. There was no one to
whom the Duke of Wellington wrote more unreservedly
than to Sir John Malcolm. This unreserve has rendered
necessary a cautious use of the correspondence; but
enough is still given to show the intimate terms on
which they corresponded, and to illustrate, at the same
time, many interesting traits of the Duke's character.
On turning over these printed pages, before finally dis
missing them to take their chance with the Public, and
on again referring to the materials (literally a room-full)
out of which the Memoir has been shaped, I cannot re
sist a strong sensation of regret at the thought of the
many interesting and valuable papers still lying unused
around me. I must console myself with the thought that
a selection from these may some day be laid before the
Public.
J. W. KAYE.
London, November, 1856.