POLITICAL FAME.

BY

ROSE ELLEN HENDRIKS.

LONDON:

WILLIAM PICKERING,

PUBLISHER,

177, PICCADILLY.

1847.

DEDICATION.

To the Politicians of England I dedicate this little work, which has been written, if not with ability, at least con amore. It matters little who is the Author of the work; there are two reasons why it is secured from illiberal criticism: the first, that it has no tendency towards any party, but treats of the theory, not the "branchingoff lines" (to use a fashionable railway term) of politics; secondly, the Author has gained much publ, and not a little private, praise