Ebook Life and Letters of John Arthur Roebuck

IT is nearly twenty years since Mr. Roebuck died, and surprise has often been expressed that so long a time has elapsed without any record being given to the world of the. Career of a man of unique personality, who played a prominent part in his country's affairs for half a century. Into the reasons for the delay it is unnecessary to enter. Circumstances have at length made possible the realization of the'determination, ever tenaciously held by those most intimately connected with Mr. Roebuck, to place the story of his life before the public. Although the ranks of those who knew him are sadly thinned, and a generation has arisen to whom he is little more than a name, the lapse of time brings with it this compensation — that the events which engrossed Mr. Roebuck's activities can be seen' 'in larger perspective, and the persons with whom he came in contact can be referred to with less of the reticence that would have been necessary during their lifetime.