LORD KILGOBBIN
by
Charles Lever
TO THE MEMORY OF ONE
WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP MADE THEHAPPINESS OF A LONG LIFE,
AND WHOSE LOSS HAS LEFT ME HELPLESS,
IDEDICATE THIS WORK,
WRITTEN IN BREAKING HEALTH AND BROKEN SPIRITS.
THE TASK, THAT ONCE WAS MY JOY AND MY PRIDE,
I HAVE LIVED TO FINDASSOCIATED WITH MY SORROW:
IT IS NOT, THEN, WITHOUT A CAUSE I SAY,
I HOPE THIS EFFORT MAY BE MY LAST.
CHARLES LEVER.
TRIESTE, January 20, 1872.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
‘Lord Kilgobbin’ appeared originally as a serial, (illustrated by LukeFildes) in ‘The Cornhill Magazine,’ commencing in the issue for October1870, and ending in the issue for March 1872. It was first published inbook form in three volumes in 1872, with the following title-page:
LORD KILGOBBIN | A TALE OF IRELAND IN OUR OWN TIME | BY | CHARLES LEVER,LL.D. | AUTHOR OF | ‘THE BRAMLEIGHS OF BISHOP’S FOLLY,’ ‘THAT BOY OFNORCOTT’S,’ | ETC., ETC. | IN THREE VOLUMES | [VOL. I.] | LONDON | SMITH,ELDER, AND CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE | 1872. | [THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION ISRESERVED.]